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+Fix for issue https://github.com/chrippa/livestreamer/issues/1478
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+For twitch.tv to work you need to add:
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+--http-header Client-ID=jzkbprff40iqj646a697cyrvl0zt2m6
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+Or you can add this to the configuration file:
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+~/.config/livestreamer/config
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+http-header Client-ID=jzkbprff40iqj646a697cyrvl0zt2m6
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+