Encryption keys
The segments may be or not encrypted. The keys attribute list will
be a list with all the different keys as described with #EXT-X-KEY:
Each key has the next properties:
If no #EXT-X-KEY is found, the keys list will have a unique element None. Multiple keys are supported.
If unencrypted and encrypted segments are mixed in the M3U8 file, then the list will contain a None element, with one
or more keys afterwards.
To traverse the list of keys available:
import m3u8
m3u8_obj = m3u8.loads('#EXTM3U8 ... etc ...')
len(m3u8_obj.keys) => returns the number of keys available in the list (normally 1)
for key in m3u8_obj.keys:
if key: # First one could be None
key.uri
key.method
key.iv
Getting segments encrypted with one key
There are cases where listing segments for a given key is important. It’s possible to
retrieve the list of segments encrypted with one key via by_key method in the
segments list.
Example of getting the segments with no encryption:
import m3u8
m3u8_obj = m3u8.loads('#EXTM3U8 ... etc ...')
segmk1 = m3u8_obj.segments.by_key(None)
# Get the list of segments encrypted using last key
segm = m3u8_obj.segments.by_key( m3u8_obj.keys[-1] )
With this method, is now possible also to change the key from some of the segments programmatically:
import m3u8
m3u8_obj = m3u8.loads('#EXTM3U8 ... etc ...')
# Create a new Key and replace it
new_key = m3u8.Key("AES-128", "/encrypted/newkey.bin", None, iv="0xf123ad23f22e441098aa87ee")
for segment in m3u8_obj.segments.by_key( m3u8_obj.keys[-1] ):
segm.key = new_key
# Remember to sync the key from the list as well
m3u8_obj.keys[-1] = new_key
Variant playlists (variable bitrates)
A playlist can have a list to other playlist files, this is used to
represent multiple bitrates videos, and it’s called variant streams.
See an example here.
variant_m3u8 = m3u8.loads('#EXTM3U8 ... contains a variant stream ...')
variant_m3u8.is_variant # in this case will be True
for playlist in variant_m3u8.playlists:
playlist.uri
playlist.stream_info.bandwidth
the playlist object used in the for loop above has a few attributes:
uri: the url to the stream
stream_info: a StreamInfo object (actually a namedtuple) with
all the attributes available to #EXT-X-STREAM-INF
media: a list of related Media objects with all the attributes
available to #EXT-X-MEDIA
playlist_type: the type of the playlist, which can be one of VOD
(video on demand) or EVENT
NOTE: the following attributes are not implemented yet, follow
issue 4 for updates
alternative_audios: its an empty list, unless it’s a playlist
with Alternative audio, in this case it’s a list with Media
objects with all the attributes available to #EXT-X-MEDIA
alternative_videos: same as alternative_audios
A variant playlist can also have links to I-frame playlists, which are used
to specify where the I-frames are in a video. See Apple’s documentation on
this for more information. These I-frame playlists can be accessed in a similar
way to regular playlists.
variant_m3u8 = m3u8.loads('#EXTM3U ... contains a variant stream ...')
for iframe_playlist in variant_m3u8.iframe_playlists:
iframe_playlist.uri
iframe_playlist.iframe_stream_info.bandwidth
The iframe_playlist object used in the for loop above has a few attributes:
uri: the url to the I-frame playlist
base_uri: the base uri of the variant playlist (if given)
iframe_stream_info: a StreamInfo object (same as a regular playlist)