Hockey Streams Launcher

Hockey Streams Launcher is an open source application that enables you to view RTMP streams from hockeystreams.com in various media players such as VLC, MPC-HC, or MPlayer2 through Livestreamer and RTMPDump

Features

• SD/HD live streaming
• Choose location of streams
• Auto-login
• Filtering by leagues, in progress, coming soon
• Highlight favorite team
• Show game information (time left, scoring)
• On/off scoring
• Choose from multiple media players via Livestreamer
• Uses RTMPDump

Roadmap

• On-Demand with Date picker
• Play live from beginning
• Game stats/roster/preview
• Resizable window
• Auto-update app via clickonce

Prerequisites

• .NET Framework 4.5 [Required]
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package [Required]
• Livestreamer (CMD) [Required]
• One from the following media players:
  • VLC Media Player
  • MPC-HC
  • mplayer2
  • See more supported players here

Downloads

You are more than welcome to take the code provided and compile a version of it yourself, or you can find the latest version here: downloads.

Issues

If you are experiencing any issues such as crashes, please report them here. Please make sure to include the logs found at %APPDATA%\streamlauncher (usually C:\Users[You]\AppData\Roaming\streamlauncher)

How to install

*Tested on both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 x64 based systems.

1. Install prequisites above:
2. Install Livestreamer bundled with RTMPDump (not .zip installation). Tested with v1.12.1.
3. Install VLC Media Player. Tested with v2.2.1. (Alternatively, try MPC-HC or mplayer2)
4. Download and install latest version in downloads
5. Download StreamLauncher.Wpf.zip
6. Unzip to any directory
7. Run setup.exe
8. If installing on Windows 8 and smartscreen prompt is displayed during installation, click More Info -> Run Anyway.
9. Set the correct paths in the Settings dialog for Livestreamer and media player installations.
10. VLC Media Player is usually C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe or C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
11. Set proper file caching for the media player under Media Player Args:
12. (See http://livestreamer.readthedocs.org/en/latest/issues.html#enable-caching-in-your-player)
13. i.e. for vlc, --file-caching=5000 and for mplayer2, -cache 4096

How to upgrade

0. Check for any updates to your media player (i.e VLC) and Livestreamer and install if any.
1. Uninstall "Streams Launcher" from Control Panel > Programs and Features.
2. Download the latest release, unzip (extract) and run setup.exe

Build History

See build history at CI/CD cloud provider Appveyor