threefive 3.0.57

threefive is The #1 SCTE-35 tool on the Planet. Death to those who oppose me.

Install |SCTE-35 Cli | SCTE-35 HLS | Cue Class | Stream Class | Online SCTE-35 Parser | Encode SCTE-35 | SCTE-35 Examples | SCTE-35 XML and More XML | SuperKabuki SCTE-35 MPEGTS Packet Injection | SCTE-35 As a Service

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threefive

• Decodes SCTE-35 in TEN formats: MPEGTS, Base64, Bytes, Dicts, Hex,HLS, Integers,JSON,XML and XML+Binary.
• Encodes SCTE-35 in EIGHT formats: MPEGTS, Base64, Bytes, Hex, Int, JSON,XML, and Xml+binary.
• Supports All HLS SCTE-35 Tags.
• Does Automatic AES decryption for MPEGTS and HLS.
• Has Built-in Multicast Sender and Receiver.
• Injects SCTE-35 Packets into MPEGTS video.

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The SuperKabuki SCTE-35 MPEGTS Packet Injection Engine

Sassy, the new SCTE-35 as a service, Decode SCTE-35 in your browser

Super Cool SCTE-35 Examples

New XML stuff in threefive

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Documentation

Install

• Install

Quick Start

• Here's how to decode these SCTE-35 formats with threefive.
• This covers both the Cli tool and library.

MPEGTS

* MPEGTS streams can be Files, Http(s), Multicast, UDP Unicast, or stdin.

• cli

threefive https://example.com/video.ts

• wildcards work too.

threefive /mpegts/*.ts

• lib

from threefive import Stream
stream = Stream('https://example.com/video.ts')
stream.decode()

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Base64

• cli

threefive '/DAsAAAAAyiYAP/wCgUAAAABf1+ZmQEBABECD0NVRUkAAAAAf4ABADUAAC2XQZU='

• lib

from threefive import Cue
data = '/DAsAAAAAyiYAP/wCgUAAAABf1+ZmQEBABECD0NVRUkAAAAAf4ABADUAAC2XQZU='
cue=Cue(data)
cue.show()

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Bytes

• cli

  • Bytes don't work on the cli

• lib

from threefive import Cue
data =  b'\xfc0\x16\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\xf0\x05\x06\xfe\x00\xc0D\xa0\x00\x00\x00\xb5k\x88'
cue=Cue(data)
cue.show()

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Hex

• Can be a hex literal or hex string or bytes.

• cli

threefive  0xfc301600000000000000fff00506fed605225b0000b0b65f3b

• lib

from threefive import Cue
data =  0xfc301600000000000000fff00506fed605225b0000b0b65f3b
cue=Cue(data)
cue.show()

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Int

• Can be a literal integer or string or bytes.

• cli

threefive  1583008701074197245727019716796221243043855984942057168199483b

• lib

from threefive import Cue
data =  1583008701074197245727019716796221243043855984942057168199483
cue=Cue(data)
cue.show()

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JSON

• cli
  • put JSON SCTE-35 in a file and redirect it into threefive

threefive  < json.json

• lib

 from threefive import Cue
 data = '''{
    "info_section": {
        "table_id": "0xfc",
        "section_syntax_indicator": false,
        "private": false,
        "sap_type": "0x03",
        "sap_details": "No Sap Type",
        "section_length": 22,
        "protocol_version": 0,
        "encrypted_packet": false,
        "encryption_algorithm": 0,
        "pts_adjustment": 0.0,
        "cw_index": "0x00",
        "tier": "0x0fff",
        "splice_command_length": 5,
        "splice_command_type": 6,
        "descriptor_loop_length": 0,
        "crc": "0xb56b88"
    },
    "command": {
        "command_length": 5,
        "command_type": 6,
        "name": "Time Signal",
        "time_specified_flag": true,
        "pts_time": 140.005333
    },
    "descriptors": []
}
'''
cue=Cue(data)
cue.show()

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Xml

• cli
  • put xml SCTE-35 in a file and redirect it into threefive

   threefive < xmlbin.xml
  

• lib

from threefive import Cue
data =  '''
<scte35:SpliceInfoSection xmlns:scte35="https://scte.org/schemas/35" 
        ptsAdjustment="0" protocolVersion="0" sapType="3" tier="4095">
   <scte35:TimeSignal>
      <scte35:SpliceTime ptsTime="12600480"/>
   </scte35:TimeSignal>
</scte35:SpliceInfoSection>
'''
cue=Cue(data)

cue.show()

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Xml+binary

• cli
  • write xml+binary to a file and redirect it to threefive

threefive < xmlbin.xml

• lib

from threefive import Cue
data = '''<scte35:Signal xmlns:scte35="https://scte.org/schemas/35">
    <scte35:Binary>/DAWAAAAAAAAAP/wBQb+AMBEoAAAALVriA==</scte35:Binary>
</scte35:Signal>
'''
cue=Cue(data)
cue.show()

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Examples

• Examples

XML

• XML New! updated 05/01/2025

Cli

• SCTE-35 Cli Super Tool Encodes, Decodes, and Recodes. This is pretty cool, it does SCTE-35 seven different ways.
  • The cli tool comes with builtin documentation just type threefive help

HLS

• Advanced Parsing of SCTE-35 in HLS with threefive All HLS SCTE-35 tags, Sidecar Files, AAC ID3 Header Timestamps, SCTE-35 filters... Who loves you baby?

MPEGTS Packet Injection

• The SuperKabuki MPEGTS Packet Injection Engine in the Cli

SCTE-35 As a Service

• Decode SCTE-35 without installing anything. If you can make an https request, you can use Sassy to decode SCTE-35. .

Classes

• The python built in help is always the most up to date docs for the library.

a@fu:~/build7/threefive$ pypy3

>>>> from threefive import Stream
>>>> help(Stream)

• Class Structure
• Cue Class Cue is the main SCTE-35 class to use.
• Stream Class The Stream class handles MPEGTS SCTE-35 streams local, Http(s), UDP, and Multicast.

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| more

• Online SCTE-35 Parser Supporte Base64, Bytes,Hex,Int, Json, Xml, and Xml+binary.

• Encode SCTE-35 Some encoding code examples.

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Install

• python3 via pip

python3 -mpip install threefive

• pypy3

pypy3 -mpip install threefive

• from the git repo

git clone https://github.com/superkabuki/scte35.git
cd threefive
make install

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Using the library

• Let me show you how easy threefive is to use.
• well start off reading SCTE-35 xml from a file

a@fu:~/threefive$ pypy3
Python 3.9.16 (7.3.11+dfsg-2+deb12u3, Dec 30 2024, 22:36:23)
[PyPy 7.3.11 with GCC 12.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> from threefive import reader
>>>> from threefive import Cue
>>>> data =reader('/home/a/xml.xml').read()
* load it into a threefive.Cue instance
```py3
>>>> cue = Cue(data)

• Show the data as JSON

>>>> cue.show()
{
    "info_section": {
        "table_id": "0xfc",
        "section_syntax_indicator": false,
        "private": false,
        "sap_type": "0x03",
        "sap_details": "No Sap Type",
        "section_length": 92,
        "protocol_version": 0,
        "encrypted_packet": false,
        "encryption_algorithm": 0,
        "pts_adjustment": 0.0,
        "cw_index": "0x00",
        "tier": "0x0fff",
        "splice_command_length": 15,
        "splice_command_type": 5,
        "descriptor_loop_length": 60,
        "crc": "0x7632935"
    },
    "command": {
        "command_length": 15,
        "command_type": 5,
        "name": "Splice Insert",
        "break_auto_return": false,
        "break_duration": 180.0,
        "splice_event_id": 1073743095,
        "splice_event_cancel_indicator": false,
        "out_of_network_indicator": true,
        "program_splice_flag": false,
        "duration_flag": true,
        "splice_immediate_flag": false,
        "event_id_compliance_flag": true,
        "unique_program_id": 1,
        "avail_num": 12,
        "avails_expected": 5
    },
    "descriptors": [
        {
            "tag": 0,
            "identifier": "CUEI",
            "name": "Avail Descriptor",
            "provider_avail_id": 12,
            "descriptor_length": 8
        },
        {
            "tag": 0,
            "identifier": "CUEI",
            "name": "Avail Descriptor",
            "provider_avail_id": 13,
            "descriptor_length": 8
        },
        {
            "tag": 0,
            "identifier": "CUEI",
            "name": "Avail Descriptor",
            "provider_avail_id": 14,
            "descriptor_length": 8
        },
        {
            "tag": 0,
            "identifier": "CUEI",
            "name": "Avail Descriptor",
            "provider_avail_id": 15,
            "descriptor_length": 8
        },
        {
            "tag": 0,
            "identifier": "CUEI",
            "name": "Avail Descriptor",
            "provider_avail_id": 16,
            "descriptor_length": 8
        },
        {
            "tag": 0,
            "identifier": "CUEI",
            "name": "Avail Descriptor",
            "provider_avail_id": 17,
            "descriptor_length": 8
        }
    ]
}

• convert the data back to xml

>>>> print(cue.xml())
<scte35:SpliceInfoSection xmlns:scte35="https://scte.org/schemas/35"  ptsAdjustment="0" protocolVersion="0" sapType="3" tier="4095">
   <scte35:SpliceInsert spliceEventId="1073743095" spliceEventCancelIndicator="false" spliceImmediateFlag="false" eventIdComplianceFlag="true" availNum="12" availsExpected="5" outOfNetworkIndicator="true" uniqueProgramId="1">
      <scte35:BreakDuration autoReturn="false" duration="16200000"/>
   </scte35:SpliceInsert>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="12"/>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="13"/>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="14"/>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="15"/>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="16"/>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="17"/>
</scte35:SpliceInfoSection>

• convert to xml+binary

>>>> print(cue.xmlbin())
<scte35:Signal xmlns:scte35="https://scte.org/schemas/35">
    <scte35:Binary>/DBcAAAAAAAAAP/wDwVAAAT3f69+APcxQAABDAUAPAAIQ1VFSQAAAAwACENVRUkAAAANAAhDVUVJAAAADgAIQ1VFSQAAAA8ACENVRUkAAAAQAAhDVUVJAAAAEQdjKTU=</scte35:Binary>
</scte35:Signal>

• convert to base64

>>>> print(cue.base64())
/DBcAAAAAAAAAP/wDwVAAAT3f69+APcxQAABDAUAPAAIQ1VFSQAAAAwACENVRUkAAAANAAhDVUVJAAAADgAIQ1VFSQAAAA8ACENVRUkAAAAQAAhDVUVJAAAAEQdjKTU=

• convert to hex

>>>> print(cue.hex())
0xfc305c00000000000000fff00f05400004f77faf7e00f7314000010c05003c0008435545490000000c0008435545490000000d0008435545490000000e0008435545490000000f000843554549000000100008435545490000001107632935

• show just the splice command

>>>> cue.command.show()
{
    "command_length": 15,
    "command_type": 5,
    "name": "Splice Insert",
    "break_auto_return": false,
    "break_duration": 180.0,
    "splice_event_id": 1073743095,
    "splice_event_cancel_indicator": false,
    "out_of_network_indicator": true,
    "program_splice_flag": false,
    "duration_flag": true,
    "splice_immediate_flag": false,
    "event_id_compliance_flag": true,
    "unique_program_id": 1,
    "avail_num": 12,
    "avails_expected": 5
}

• edit the break duration

>>>> cue.command.break_duration=30
>>>> cue.command.show()
{
    "command_length": 15,
    "command_type": 5,
    "name": "Splice Insert",
    "break_auto_return": false,
    "break_duration": 30,
    "splice_event_id": 1073743095,
    "splice_event_cancel_indicator": false,
    "out_of_network_indicator": true,
    "program_splice_flag": false,
    "duration_flag": true,
    "splice_immediate_flag": false,
    "event_id_compliance_flag": true,
    "unique_program_id": 1,
    "avail_num": 12,
    "avails_expected": 5
}

• re-encode to base64 with the new duration

>>>> cue.base64()
'/DBcAAAAAAAAAP/wDwVAAAT3f69+ACky4AABDAUAPAAIQ1VFSQAAAAwACENVRUkAAAANAAhDVUVJAAAADgAIQ1VFSQAAAA8ACENVRUkAAAAQAAhDVUVJAAAAEe1FB6g='

• re-encode to xml with the new duration

>>>> print(cue.xml())
<scte35:SpliceInfoSection xmlns:scte35="https://scte.org/schemas/35"  ptsAdjustment="0" protocolVersion="0" sapType="3" tier="4095">
   <scte35:SpliceInsert spliceEventId="1073743095" spliceEventCancelIndicator="false" spliceImmediateFlag="false" eventIdComplianceFlag="true" availNum="12" availsExpected="5" outOfNetworkIndicator="true" uniqueProgramId="1">
      <scte35:BreakDuration autoReturn="false" duration="2700000"/>
   </scte35:SpliceInsert>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="12"/>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="13"/>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="14"/>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="15"/>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="16"/>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="17"/>
</scte35:SpliceInfoSection>

• show just the descriptors

>>>> _ = [d.show() for d in cue.descriptors]
{
    "tag": 0,
    "identifier": "CUEI",
    "name": "Avail Descriptor",
    "provider_avail_id": 12,
    "descriptor_length": 8
}
{
    "tag": 0,
    "identifier": "CUEI",
    "name": "Avail Descriptor",
    "provider_avail_id": 13,
    "descriptor_length": 8
}
{
    "tag": 0,
    "identifier": "CUEI",
    "name": "Avail Descriptor",
    "provider_avail_id": 14,
    "descriptor_length": 8
}
{
    "tag": 0,
    "identifier": "CUEI",
    "name": "Avail Descriptor",
    "provider_avail_id": 15,
    "descriptor_length": 8
}
{
    "tag": 0,
    "identifier": "CUEI",
    "name": "Avail Descriptor",
    "provider_avail_id": 16,
    "descriptor_length": 8
}
{
    "tag": 0,
    "identifier": "CUEI",
    "name": "Avail Descriptor",
    "provider_avail_id": 17,
    "descriptor_length": 8
}

• pop off the last descriptor and re-encode to xml

>>>> cue.descriptors.pop()
{'tag': 0, 'identifier': 'CUEI', 'name': 'Avail Descriptor', 'private_data': None, 'provider_avail_id': 17, 'descriptor_length': 8}
>>>> print(cue.xml())
<scte35:SpliceInfoSection xmlns:scte35="https://scte.org/schemas/35"  ptsAdjustment="0" protocolVersion="0" sapType="3" tier="4095">
   <scte35:SpliceInsert spliceEventId="1073743095" spliceEventCancelIndicator="false" spliceImmediateFlag="false" eventIdComplianceFlag="true" availNum="12" availsExpected="5" outOfNetworkIndicator="true" uniqueProgramId="1">
      <scte35:BreakDuration autoReturn="false" duration="2700000"/>
   </scte35:SpliceInsert>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="12"/>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="13"/>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="14"/>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="15"/>
   <scte35:AvailDescriptor providerAvailId="16"/>
</scte35:SpliceInfoSection>

The Cli tool

The cli tool installs automatically with pip or the Makefile.

• SCTE-35 Inputs
• SCTE-35 Outputs
• Parse MPEGTS streams for SCTE-35
• Parse SCTE-35 in hls
• Display MPEGTS iframes
• Display raw SCTE-35 packets from video streams
• Repair SCTE-35 streams changed to bin data by ffmpeg

Inputs

• Most inputs are auto-detected.
• stdin is auto selected and auto detected.
• SCTE-35 data is printed to stderr
• stdout is used when piping video
• mpegts can be specified by file name or URI.

threefive udp://@235.2.5.35:3535

• If a file comtains a SCTE-35 cue as a string( base64,hex,int,json,or xml+bin), redirect the file contents.

  threefive < json.json  

• quoted strings(( base64,hex,int,json or xml+bin), can be passed directly on the command line as well.

threefive '/DAWAAAAAAAAAP/wBQb+ztd7owAAdIbbmw=='

Input Type	Cli Example
Base64	threefive '/DAsAAAAAyiYAP/wCgUAAAABf1+ZmQEBABECD0NVRUkAAAAAf4ABADUAAC2XQZU='
Hex	threefive 0xfc301600000000000000fff00506fed605225b0000b0b65f3b
HLS	threefive hls https://example.com/master.m3u8
JSON	threefive < json.json
Xmlbin	js threefive < xmlbin.xml

Streams

Protocol	Cli Example
File	threefive video.ts
Http(s)	threefive https://example.com/video.ts
Stdin	threefive < video.ts
UDP Multicast	threefive udp://@235.35.3.5:9999
UDP Unicast	threefive udp://10.0.0.7:5555
HLS__	threefive hls https://example.com/master.m3u8

Outputs

• output type is determined by the key words base64, bytes, hex, int, json, and xmlbin.
• json is the default.
• Any input (except HLS,) can be returned as any output
  • examples Base64 to Hex etc...)

Output Type	Cli Example
Base 64	threefive 0xfc301600000000000000fff00506fed605225b0000b0b65f3b base64
Bytes	threefive 0xfc301600000000000000fff00506fed605225b0000b0b65f3b bytes
Hex	threefive '/DAsAAAAAyiYAP/wCgUAAAABf1+ZmQEBABECD0NVRUkAAAAAf4ABADUAAC2XQZU=' hex
Integer	threefive '/DAsAAAAAyiYAP/wCgUAAAABf1+ZmQEBABECD0NVRUkAAAAAf4ABADUAAC2XQZU=' int
JSON	threefive 0xfc301600000000000000fff00506fed605225b0000b0b65f3b json
Xml+bin	threefive 0xfc301600000000000000fff00506fed605225b0000b0b65f3b xmlbin

hls

• parse hls manifests and segments for SCTE-35

threefive hls https://example.com/master.m3u8

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Iframes

• Show iframes PTS in an MPEGTS video

threefive iframes https://example.com/video.ts

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packets

• Print raw SCTE-35 packets from multicast mpegts video

threefive packets udp://@235.35.3.5:3535

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proxy

• Parse a https stream and write raw video to stdout

threefive proxy video.ts

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pts

• Print PTS from mpegts video

threefive pts video.ts

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sidecar

• Parse a stream, write pts,write SCTE-35 Cues to sidecar.txt

threefive sidecar video.ts

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sixfix

• Fix SCTE-35 data mangled by ffmpeg

threefive sixfix video.ts

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show

• Probe mpegts video ( kind of like ffprobe )

 threefive show video.ts

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version

• Show version

 threefive version

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help

• Help

 threefive help

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Stream Multicast with the threefive cli, it's easy.

• The threefive cli has long been a Multicast Receiver( client )
• The cli now comes with a builtin Multicast Sender( server).
• Start the Receiver first
• It's optimized for MPEGTS (1316 byte Datagrams) but you can send any video or file.
• The defaults will work in most situations, you don't even have to set the address.
• threefive cli also supports UDP Unicast Streaming.

a@fu:~$ threefive mcast help
usage: threefive mcast [-h] [-i INPUT] [-a ADDR] [-b BIND_ADDR] [-t TTL]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i INPUT, --input INPUT
                        like "/home/a/vid.ts" or "udp://@235.35.3.5:3535" or
                        "https://futzu.com/xaa.ts"
                        [default:sys.stdin.buffer]
  -a ADDR, --addr ADDR  Destination IP:Port [default:235.35.3.5:3535]
  -b BIND_ADDR, --bind_addr BIND_ADDR
                        Local IP to bind [default:0.0.0.0]
  -t TTL, --ttl TTL     Multicast TTL (1 - 255) [default:32]
a@fu:~$ 

iodisco.com/scte35

Month	Savings
January	$100

Base64 SCTE-35

• The Cli tool can decode Base64 SCTE-35 on the command line.

	a@fu:~$ threefive '/DAgAAAAAAAAAP/wDwUAAAABf//+AA27oAABAAAAANwB3tE='

• Using the library Base64 SCTE-35 is decoded by the Cue class.

	
	from threefive import Cue
	
	data='/DAgAAAAAAAAAP/wDwUAAAABf//+AA27oAABAAAAANwB3tE='   
	
	cue=Cue(data)
	
	cue.show()
	

Hex SCTE-35

• The Cli tool

	a@fu:~$ threefive 0xfc302000000000000000fff00f05000000017ffffe000dbba0000100000000dc01ded1

• Convert from Hex to bas64,bytes,json,Int, xml or xmlbin

	a@fu:~$ threefive 0xfc302000000000000000fff00f05000000017ffffe000dbba0000100000000dc01ded1 base64

	a@fu:~$ threefive 0xfc302000000000000000fff00f05000000017ffffe000dbba0000100000000dc01ded1 xml

• Convert to Hex

a@fu:~$ threefive '/DAgAAAAAAAAAP/wDwUAAAABf//+AA27oAABAAAAANwB3tE=' hex

• lib

	
from threefive import Cue
	
data='0xfc302000000000000000fff00f05000000017ffffe000dbba0000100000000dc01ded1''   
	
cue=Cue(data)
	
cue.show()
	

• Convert from Hex to bas64,bytes,json,Int, xml or xmlbin

from threefive import Cue	
data='0xfc302000000000000000fff00f05000000017ffffe000dbba0000100000000dc01ded1''   
cue=Cue(data)

cue.base64() 	# base64

cue.bytes()  	# or bytes

cue.show()  	# or json

cue.int()  		# or int

cue.xml()  		# or xml

cue.xmlbin() 	# or xmlbin

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