One of the best features that this application boasts is the ability to download your streams at a speed 20x faster than other similar programs.

Well, no matter what your reason for needing to save twitch streams is, this simple, free, and open source program should be able to help you meet your goals. Or maybe you really like a certain video, and want to save it on your device so that you can come back to it a later time, even without an internet connection. But you have a busy life, and you don't always have time to sit around waiting for new streams to come online. With a wide library of games and a wide network of the people that play them, it is easy to see why gamers, both heavy and casual, are turning to this service to get their entertainment. You can use it to watch your favorite games being played by your favorite players, in real time.

Vi.Twitch is becoming a very popular platform, and that's for a reason. Twitch doesn't have a Terms of Service term stating that it is prohibited to download video content - But they do have rules against reverse-engineering the services, And against circumventing features that prevent copying of content.

A developer without Twitch's permission would have had to have reverse-engineered some of the frontend and Twitch services to find what procedure to execute to be able to download some of the raw video.

If a 3rd party tool accesses Twitch's services to download/disseminate the video files directly (Not by executing the Twitch video player) without special permission from Twitch, then it's likely to be a Terms violation, technically, to run such a tool, since Twitch's terms forbid botted access to their website, and there is no public API devs are authorized to use that provides a link to download video files. that means anyone else who download from Twitch must be using a 3rd party tool, assuming they are not manually screen capturing a web browser or app playing the video. Twitch's website and frontent apps do not provide download links, unless you have editor rights to the channel. Downloading and watching it themself in their own private home is probably Fair use, regarding copyright, but

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