[Question] Twitch live streams and --hls-prefer-native

[Mr-Jake]

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Can youtube-dl use the native HLS downloader instead of FFmpeg for Twitch.tv live streams?

I added --hls-prefer-native, but FFmpeg is still being used to capture the live stream.

youtube-dl.exe "https://www.twitch.tv/misterrogers" -o "X:\outout.mp4" --hls-prefer-native 

[dstftw]

Native HLS does not support live streams.