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The Most Pythonic M3U8 Playlist Parser and Downloader Allowed by Law. Automatic AES Decryption. All HLS Tags Are Supported. All SCTE-35 Tags are Supported.

Requires | Install | Usage | Output | SCTE-35 | AES Decrypt | Super Kabuki

Heads up. This is no longer maintained. It's been fun, but it's time for me to go find a real job. ~ Adrian 02/15/2024

M3uFu

The Most Advanced M3U8 Parser Available.

Latest Version v0.0.89 Critical Update

  • TagParser update to handle tags without values.
  • TagParser update to handle blank lines in master.m3u8 files

Features:

  • All HLS Tags are Supported.
  • Private / Custom Tags are Supported.
  • Master Playlists are Supported.
  • HTTP(S), Multicast,UDP, and File Source URIs are Supported.
  • Full 2022 SCTE-35 Support.
  • Base64, Bytes, and Hex formated SCTE-35 Cues are Supported.
  • Automatic Decryption of AES Encrypted Segments.
  • Desegmentation. Playlist Segments can be Reassembled into a Single Mpegts File.

Requires:

  • python3.6+ or pypy3

Install:

python3 -mpip install  m3ufu

         # and/or 

pypy3 -mpip install m3ufu

Usage:

usage: m3ufu [-h] [-i INPUT] [-o OUTFILE] [-v] [-d]

optional arguments:

 -h, --help            show this help message and exit
 
 -i INPUT, --input INPUT
                        Input source, like "/home/a/vid.ts" or 
                        "udp://@235.35.3.5:3535" or "https://futzu.com/xaa.ts"

-o OUTFILE, --outfile OUTFILE
                        download and reassemble segments and write to outfile.
                        SCTE35 cues are written to sidecar.txt

-v, --version         Show version

-d, --debug           Enable debug output.


Automatic AES Decryption

  • When m3ufu detects AES-128, it automatically decrypts the segment
    • This is used:
      • to read PTS from the segment
      • desegmenting a playlist and combining them into a single mpegts file

Output:

  • Returns JSON
{
    "headers": {
        "#EXTM3U": "",
        "#EXT-X-VERSION": "3",
        "#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION": "12",
        "#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE": "1",
        "#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE": "VOD"
    },
    "media": [
        {
            "media": "file_60p_1_00001.ts",
            "end": 10.0,
            "duration": 10.0,
            "tags": {
                "#EXTINF": 10.0
            }
        },

SCTE-35

  • SCTE-35 Cues are parsed and the data is included
        {
            "media": "seg70.ts",
            "start": 147.157,
            "end": 148.058,
            "duration": 0.901,
            "cue": "/DAlAAAAAAAAAAAAFAUAAABXf+//iNg15n4Ae97wAAECAQAAtBIorQ==",
            "cue_data": {
                "info_section": {
                    "table_id": "0xfc",
                    "section_syntax_indicator": false,
                    "private": false,
                    "sap_type": "0x3",
                    "sap_details": "No Sap Type",
                    "section_length": 37,
                    "protocol_version": 0,
                    "encrypted_packet": false,
                    "encryption_algorithm": 0,
                    "pts_adjustment_ticks": 0,
                    "pts_adjustment": 0.0,
                    "cw_index": "0x0",
                    "tier": "0x0",
                    "splice_command_length": 20,
                    "splice_command_type": 5,
                    "descriptor_loop_length": 0,
                    "crc": "0xb41228ad"
                },
                "command": {
                    "command_length": 20,
                    "command_type": 5,
                    "name": "Splice Insert",
                    "time_specified_flag": true,
                    "pts_time": 73231.536067,
                    "pts_time_ticks": 6590838246,
                    "break_auto_return": false,
                    "break_duration": 90.2,
                    "break_duration_ticks": 8118000,
                    "splice_event_id": 87,
                    "splice_event_cancel_indicator": false,
                    "out_of_network_indicator": true,
                    "program_splice_flag": true,
                    "duration_flag": true,
                    "splice_immediate_flag": false,
                    "unique_program_id": 1,
                    "avail_num": 2,
                    "avail_expected": 1
                },
                "descriptors": []
            },
            "tags": {
                "#EXT-X-SCTE35": {
                    "CUE-OUT": "YES",
                    "CUE": "/DAlAAAAAAAAAAAAFAUAAABXf+//iNg15n4Ae97wAAECAQAAtBIorQ=="
                },
                "#EXTINF": 0.901
            }
        },

....

Master Playlists are also Supported

a@fumatica:~/m3u8fu$ pypy3  m3ufu.py ../threefive/master.m3u8 
{
    "headers": {
        "#EXTM3U": "",
        "#EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENTS": "",
        "#EXT-X-VERSION": "7"
    },
    "media": [
        {
            "media": "media-4/stream.m3u8",
            "tags": {
                "#EXT-X-MEDIA": {
                    "AUTOSELECT": "YES",
                    "DEFAULT": "YES",
                    "LANGUAGE": "en",
                    "NAME": "CC1",
                    "GROUP-ID": "text",
                    "INSTREAM-ID": "CC1",
                    "TYPE": "CLOSED-CAPTIONS"
                },
                "#EXT-X-STREAM-INF": {
                    "CLOSED-CAPTIONS": "text",
                    "RESOLUTION": "768x432",
                    "CODECS": "avc1.4D401F,mp4a.40.2",
                    "BANDWIDTH": 2127786,
                    "AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH": 2030321
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "media": "media-1/stream.m3u8",
            "tags": {
                "#EXT-X-STREAM-INF": {
                    "CLOSED-CAPTIONS": "text",
                    "RESOLUTION": "416x234",
                    "CODECS": "avc1.4D400D,mp4a.40.2",
                    "BANDWIDTH": 410181,
                    "AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH": 393177
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "media": "media-2/stream.m3u8",
            "tags": {
                "#EXT-X-STREAM-INF": {
                    "CLOSED-CAPTIONS": "text",
                    "RESOLUTION": "416x234",
                    "CODECS": "avc1.4D400D,mp4a.40.2",
                    "BANDWIDTH": 727459,
                    "AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH": 698361
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "media": "media-3/stream.m3u8",
            "tags": {
                "#EXT-X-STREAM-INF": {
                    "CLOSED-CAPTIONS": "text",
                    "RESOLUTION": "640x360",
                    "CODECS": "avc1.4D401E,mp4a.40.2",
                    "BANDWIDTH": 1263349,
                    "AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH": 1210676
                }
            }
        },
  • Even Master Playlists of iframe Playlists are Supported.
        {
            "media": "media-1/iframes.m3u8",
            "tags": {
                "#EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF": {
                    "URI": "media-1/iframes.m3u8",
                    "RESOLUTION": "416x234",
                    "CODECS": "avc1.4D400D",
                    "BANDWIDTH": 360599,
                    "AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH": 64059
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "media": "media-2/iframes.m3u8",
            "tags": {
                "#EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF": {
                    "URI": "media-2/iframes.m3u8",
                    "RESOLUTION": "416x234",
                    "CODECS": "avc1.4D400D",
                    "BANDWIDTH": 631048,
                    "AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH": 121087
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "media": "media-3/iframes.m3u8",
            "tags": {
                "#EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF": {
                    "URI": "media-3/iframes.m3u8",
                    "RESOLUTION": "640x360",
                    "CODECS": "avc1.4D401E",
                    "BANDWIDTH": 1171948,
                    "AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH": 223837
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "media": "media-4/iframes.m3u8",
            "tags": {
                "#EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF": {
                    "URI": "media-4/iframes.m3u8",
                    "RESOLUTION": "768x432",
                    "CODECS": "avc1.4D401F",
                    "BANDWIDTH": 1752287,
                    "AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH": 354946
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "media": "media-5/iframes.m3u8",
            "tags": {
                "#EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF": {
                    "URI": "media-5/iframes.m3u8",
                    "RESOLUTION": "960x540",
                    "CODECS": "avc1.4D401F",
                    "BANDWIDTH": 2343896,
                    "AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH": 440896
                }
            }
        },
 

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