when sniffing the url, use "must contain" field to get a fast view of when the proper url/code shows up and close the browser player window the instant the code shows up, do not let browser keep playing video. Looks like this in URLsnooper:
then, as fast as you can (less than 10 seconds ideally) do livestreamer (red is exact copy/paste from urlsnooper above):
Code:
livestreamer "hlsvariant://http://content.uplynk.com/ext/d09b16c953aa40c98dd8c513526aca5a/a18444787.m3u8?ad.kv=_fw_ae,975cd70e2de25291acc0efc98a48935e&exp=1436716966&rn=903327098&tc=1&oid=d09b16c953aa40c98dd8c513526aca5a&linearv=4&ad=e3ads&ad.ulbd=1&ad.csid=watchespn:null:e3ads&ad.caid=a18444787&eid=a18444787&euid=ESPN3_VDMS&ct=a&sig=14cd3a9de9328960b79a8c1e6bc2d9f3c68477b2a5308dc2cd394c4dbfb6e66c" best -o espn.mp4
you will see this:
then open with video player like this:
