Common issues¶

Enable caching in your player¶

By default most players do not cache the data they receive from Streamlink. Caching can reduce the amount of buffering you run into because the player will have some breathing room between receiving the data and playing it.

Use the --player-args or --player option to pass these options to your player.

Multi-threaded streaming¶

On segmented streaming protocols (such as HLS and DASH) it's possible to use multiple threads for downloading multiple segments at the same time to potentially increase the throughput. This can be done via Streamlink's --stream-segment-threads argument.