Stream Ustream.tv ISS live video feed locally without using web player, re-encode the stream as audio only (using livestreamer and vlc)

iss_stream

# prerequisites: livestreamer http://docs.livestreamer.io/ with ustream plugin (python-librtmp required)
# video lan client: http://www.videolan.org/

# grab the video stream and expose the stream locally as is on port 8082
livestreamer http://www.ustream.tv/channel/9408562 worst --player-continuous-http --player-external-http --player-external-http-port 8082

# grab the locally streamed video feed and transcode it audio only (mp3,16k/s,44100) 
vlc -vvvv http://livestreamerip:8082 --loop --no-sout-video --sout-keep --sout '#gather:transcode{vcodec=none,acodec=mp3,ab=16,channels=1,samplerate=44100}:http{mux=raw,dst=:8083}'


# after running both livestreamer and transcoding vlc you can point a client (e.g. vlc on a windows laptop) to the url http://transcodingvlcip:8083 to play the audio only feed.
# this setup work pretty well on a rapsberry pi2 

# bonus: you can change the url livestreamer points to, in order to get a different stream. this is not limited to the iss ustream live feed obviously