m3u8 AUDIO, VIDEO, SUBTITLES attributes support in StreamInfo object

Is it possible to add AUDIO, VIDEO, SUBTITLES attributes support along with CLOSED-CAPTIONS in StreamInfo object when parsing #EXT-X-STREAM-INF tag? It would be more convenient to get an access to this info directly instead of going through all media objects.

Jul 09 '18 16:07 mbakholdina

The playlist

#EXTM3U

#EXT-X-VERSION:3

#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=CLOSED-CAPTIONS,GROUP-ID="cc",NAME="English",LANGUAGE="eng",AUTOSELECT=YES,INSTREAM-ID="CC1"
#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=CLOSED-CAPTIONS,GROUP-ID="cc",NAME="German",LANGUAGE="ger",AUTOSELECT=YES,INSTREAM-ID="CC2"

#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=SUBTITLES,GROUP-ID="sub",NAME="English",LANGUAGE="eng",AUTOSELECT=YES,URI="http://10.129.128.128:8080/output/test_class_hls/preset_1/dump/subtitle_0_eng/subtitle_0_eng.m3u8"
#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=SUBTITLES,GROUP-ID="sub",NAME="German",LANGUAGE="ger",AUTOSELECT=YES,URI="http://10.129.128.128:8080/output/test_class_hls/preset_1/dump/subtitle_1_ger/subtitle_1_ger.m3u8"

#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=AUDIO,GROUP-ID="aud",NAME="English",LANGUAGE="eng",DEFAULT=NO,AUTOSELECT=YES,URI="http://10.129.128.128:8080/output/test_class_hls/preset_1/dump/audio_1_eng/audio_1_eng.m3u8"
#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=AUDIO,GROUP-ID="aud",NAME="English",LANGUAGE="eng",DEFAULT=NO,AUTOSELECT=YES,URI="http://10.129.128.128:8080/output/test_class_hls/preset_1/dump/audio_0_eng/audio_0_eng.m3u8"

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=445460,CODECS="avc1.420015,mp4a.40.2",RESOLUTION=320x180,CLOSED-CAPTIONS="cc",SUBTITLES="sub",AUDIO="aud"
http://10.129.128.128:8080/output/test_class_hls/preset_1/dump/video_5/video_5.m3u8

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=766243,CODECS="avc1.4d001f,mp4a.40.2",RESOLUTION=480x270,CLOSED-CAPTIONS="cc",SUBTITLES="sub",AUDIO="aud"
http://10.129.128.128:8080/output/test_class_hls/preset_1/dump/video_4/video_4.m3u8

The code

import m3u8

def foo(path):

    try:
        m3u8_obj = m3u8.load(path)  
    except FileNotFoundError as e:
        print("FileNotFoundError while parsing m3u8 playlist:", e.filename, "({:})".format(e.strerror))
        raise e

    # Current playlist is master and contains variants
    assert(m3u8_obj.is_variant)
    stream_inf_tags = m3u8_obj.playlists
    assert (len(stream_inf_tags) != 0)

    for i, stream in enumerate(stream_inf_tags):
        print ('\nVariant', i)
        print(stream.uri)
        print(stream.stream_info.bandwidth)
        print(stream.stream_info.resolution)
        print(stream.stream_info.codecs)
        # For CLOSED-CAPTIONS attribute in EXT-X-STREAM-INF tag
        print(stream.stream_info.closed_captions) 
       
        # For AUDIO, VIDEO, SUBTITLES attributes in EXT-X-STREAM-INF tag
        for media in stream.media:
            print(media.type)
            print(media.group_id)

    

if __name__ == '__main__':

    path = 'playlist.m3u8'
    foo(path)

Current result

Variant 0
http://10.129.128.128:8080/output/test_class_hls/preset_1/dump/video_5/video_5.m3u8
445460
(320, 180)
avc1.420015,mp4a.40.2
"cc"
AUDIO
aud
AUDIO
aud
SUBTITLES
sub
SUBTITLES
sub

Variant 1
http://10.129.128.128:8080/output/test_class_hls/preset_1/dump/video_4/video_4.m3u8
766243
(480, 270)
avc1.4d001f,mp4a.40.2
"cc"
AUDIO
aud
AUDIO
aud
SUBTITLES
sub
SUBTITLES
sub

Expected result

Variant 0
http://10.129.128.128:8080/output/test_class_hls/preset_1/dump/video_5/video_5.m3u8
445460
(320, 180)
avc1.420015,mp4a.40.2
CLOSED-CAPTIONS
cc
AUDIO
aud
SUBTITLES
sub

Variant 1
http://10.129.128.128:8080/output/test_class_hls/preset_1/dump/video_4/video_4.m3u8
766243
(480, 270)
avc1.4d001f,mp4a.40.2
CLOSED-CAPTIONS
cc
AUDIO
aud
SUBTITLES
sub

Problems: Problem 1: m3u8_obj.playlists[i].stream_info.closed_captions returns "cc" instead of cc without quotation marks. There is a separate ticket for this. Problem 2: CLOSED-CAPTIONS attribute and AUDIO, VIDEO, SUBTITLES attributes are parsed at a different levels. CLOSED-CAPTIONS attribute is available via m3u8_obj.playlists[i].stream_info.closed_captions while other attributes via m3u8_obj.playlists[i].media Problem 3: m3u8_obj.playlists[i].media returns the list of (type, group_id) as many times as declared in EXT-X-MEDIA tags if a rendition group is declared in EXT-X-STREAM-INF tag in one of the attributes: AUDIO, VIDEO, SUBTITLES, or CLOSED-CAPTIONS. As a result, we have twice (AUDIO, aud) and twice (SUBTITLES, sub) instead of listing them only once.

Oct 11 '18 11:10 mbakholdina

Not sure this is the same question, but I can see to extract all audio information from this playlist

Is this supported? I only get the Italian audio track at the bottom, but not the English one.

#EXTM3U #EXT-X-VERSION:4

#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=SUBTITLES,GROUP-ID="subs",NAME="Italian",DEFAULT=NO,AUTOSELECT=YES,LANGUAGE="ita",CHARACTERISTICS="public.accessibility.transcribes-spoken-dialog, public.accessibility.describes-music-and-sound",URI="https://mediapolisvod.rai.it/relinker/relinkerServlet.htm?cont=10177458&output=57&forceUserAgent=get_my_direct_url"

#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=SUBTITLES,GROUP-ID="subs",NAME="English",DEFAULT=NO,AUTOSELECT=NO,LANGUAGE="eng",CHARACTERISTICS="public.accessibility.transcribes-spoken-dialog, public.accessibility.describes-music-and-sound",URI="https://mediapolisvod.rai.it/relinker/relinkerServlet.htm?cont=10177450&output=57&forceUserAgent=get_my_direct_url"

#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=AUDIO,GROUP-ID="audio",NAME="Italian",LANGUAGE="ita",DEFAULT=YES,AUTOSELECT=YES,URI="https://hlsaz-dc-euwe.akamaized.net/99fa284a-91d3-47d8-ba4b-ad31b8424448/20190304184113_10176232.ism/QualityLevels(255997)/Manifest(audio_ita,format=m3u8-aapl,filter=medium_1200-2400)"

#EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=AUDIO,GROUP-ID="audio",NAME="English",LANGUAGE="eng",AUTOSELECT=YES,URI="https://hlsaz-dc-euwe.akamaized.net/99fa284a-91d3-47d8-ba4b-ad31b8424448/20190304184113_10176232.ism/QualityLevels(255997)/Manifest(audio_eng,format=m3u8-aapl,filter=medium_1200-2400)"

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=1532553,RESOLUTION=736x414,CODECS="avc1.4d401f,mp4a.40.2",AUDIO="audio",SUBTITLES="subs" https://hlsaz-dc-euwe.akamaized.net/99fa284a-91d3-47d8-ba4b-ad31b8424448/20190304184113_10176232.ism/QualityLevels(1227598)/Manifest(video,format=m3u8-aapl,filter=medium_1200-2400)

#EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=1532553,RESOLUTION=736x414,CODECS="avc1.4d401f",URI="https://hlsaz-dc-euwe.akamaized.net/99fa284a-91d3-47d8-ba4b-ad31b8424448/20190304184113_10176232.ism/QualityLevels(1227598)/Manifest(video,format=m3u8-aapl,filter=medium_1200-2400,type=keyframes)"

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=2158421,RESOLUTION=1024x576,CODECS="avc1.4d401f,mp4a.40.2",AUDIO="audio",SUBTITLES="subs" https://hlsaz-dc-euwe.akamaized.net/99fa284a-91d3-47d8-ba4b-ad31b8424448/20190304184113_10176232.ism/QualityLevels(1839994)/Manifest(video,format=m3u8-aapl,filter=medium_1200-2400)

#EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=2158421,RESOLUTION=1024x576,CODECS="avc1.4d401f",URI="https://hlsaz-dc-euwe.akamaized.net/99fa284a-91d3-47d8-ba4b-ad31b8424448/20190304184113_10176232.ism/QualityLevels(1839994)/Manifest(video,format=m3u8-aapl,filter=medium_1200-2400,type=keyframes)"

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=2765361,RESOLUTION=1280x720,CODECS="avc1.4d4028,mp4a.40.2",AUDIO="audio",SUBTITLES="subs" https://hlsaz-dc-euwe.akamaized.net/99fa284a-91d3-47d8-ba4b-ad31b8424448/20190304184113_10176232.ism/QualityLevels(2433868)/Manifest(video,format=m3u8-aapl,filter=medium_1200-2400)

#EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=2765361,RESOLUTION=1280x720,CODECS="avc1.4d4028",URI="https://hlsaz-dc-euwe.akamaized.net/99fa284a-91d3-47d8-ba4b-ad31b8424448/20190304184113_10176232.ism/QualityLevels(2433868)/Manifest(video,format=m3u8-aapl,filter=medium_1200-2400,type=keyframes)"

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=269788,CODECS="mp4a.40.2",AUDIO="audio",SUBTITLES="subs" https://hlsaz-dc-euwe.akamaized.net/99fa284a-91d3-47d8-ba4b-ad31b8424448/20190304184113_10176232.ism/QualityLevels(255997)/Manifest(audio_ita,format=m3u8-aapl,filter=medium_1200-2400)

Mar 05 '19 21:03 audetto