FWIW, you can use Twitch without installing Flash in certain cases. If you happen to be using OS X and Safari, you can add "/hls" to any URL to have it play wit

FWIW, you can use Twitch without installing Flash in certain cases. If you happen to be using OS X and Safari, you can add "/hls" to any URL to have it play without Flash. If you're not averse to installing software, you could look into Livestreamer [1] that plays the stream in VLC. The advantage in both cases being improved fidelity and reduced battery consumption. [1] - https://livestreamer.readthedocs.org/en/latest/install.html https://livestreamer.readthedocs.org/en/latest/install.html