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Re:NixCon Live by wtetzner on Friday October 16, 2020 @11:47AM (#24801962)
> To watch the stream from VLC on your computer, run:

> nix-shell --packages vlc --run "vlc https://dash.nixcon.net/dash/master.m3u8"

I thought this was pretty cool, but unfortunately, this doesn't work on macOS...

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Re:NixCon Live by abathur on Friday October 16, 2020 @01:00PM (#24802707)
Won't really save you today, but you should be able to replace vlc with mpv; I'm currently viewing the presentations from macOS in this manner.
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Re:NixCon Live by wtetzner on Friday October 16, 2020 @01:20PM (#24802916)
Thanks! This worked:

    nix-shell --packages mpv --run "mpv https://dash.nixcon.net/dash/master.m3u8"
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Re:NixCon Live by DenseComet on Friday October 16, 2020 @01:10PM (#24802825)
That command temporarily installs vlc and launches vlc from the command line. If you already have vlc installed, you can do "vlc https://dash.nixcon.net/dash/master.m3u8"
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Re:NixCon Live by wtetzner on Friday October 16, 2020 @01:17PM (#24802887)
Yes, I know. nix-shell on macOS works fine for me, but vlc fails to install because the Nix package is not supported on macOS.

I was just sad that I couldn't use the cool Nix magic to view the stream.

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