m3u8dl 0.1.0

m3u8 playlist downloader

m3u8-dl

a CLI program to download videos in a m3u8 playlist, write it to a single video file and convert it to mp4 using ffmpeg. Read about m3u8 here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U#M3U8

Dependencies

• Install python external modules using pip install -r requirements.txt after activating virtualenv.
• FFMPEG for video conversion, visit https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html.
• Visit https://www.wikihow.com/Install-FFmpeg-on-Windows for FFMPEG setup on windows.
• Visit https://packaging.python.org/guides/installing-using-pip-and-virtual-environments/#creating-a-virtual-environment for instructions on how to use virtualenv.

Usage

• clone the repository using git clone "ssh/https url".
• create a virtual environment using virtualenv -p python3.6 venv in linux terminal, see 'Dependecies' for platform specific instructions.
• activate virtual environment using source venv/bin/activate in linux terminal, see 'Dependecies' for platform specific instructions.
• install dependencies using pip install -r requirements.txt.
• compile shared libraries using python setup.py build_ext --inplace.
• insert the url request headers in headers.txt.
• start the script using python main.py <url of playlist>.

Installing/Uninstalling

for installation in ubuntu using PyInstaller:-

• activate virtualenv using source venv/bin/activate
• run pyinstaller main.py --name m3u8-dl --onefile -p venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ in terminal.
• run sudo mv dist/m3u8-dl /usr/local/bin/ in terminal window.
• now that the program is installed globally you can start the program using m3u8-dl in the terminal

for uninstalling in ubuntu:-

• run sudo rm /usr/local/bin/m3u8-dl

CLI Options

--help, -h:- display how to use the script
--convert, -c:- specify this flag to convert the video to mp4 using ffmpeg`
--name, -n:- specify the name by which to save the downloaded video, else 'video' is chosen as default name`
--header-path, -p:- specify the path of header file`
--retry, -r:- specify number of retries, by default 5 retries will be initiated
--debug, -d:- print helpful messages to console to understand program flow