Python 3 Script to Download HLS Live Video Streaming Files as MP4 Video File in Terminal
pip install hlsdownload hls-downloader "http://example.com/event/master.m3u8?t=2016-11-21T10:35:00Z-2016-11-21T10:45:00Z" outfile # Copyright 2016 Eyevinn Technology. All rights reserved# Use of this source code is governed by a MIT License# license that can be found in the LICENSE file.# Author: Jonas Birme (Eyevinn Technology)import argparseimport loggingfrom hlsdownload import debugfrom hlsdownload import HLSDownloader def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Download HLS and convert to MP4 files') parser.add_argument('hlsuri', metavar='HLSURI', default=None, help='URI to HLS master manifest') parser.add_argument('output', metavar='OUTPUT', default='out', help='Output name') parser.add_argument('--debug', dest='debug', action='store_true', default=False, help='Write debug info to stderr') parser.add_argument('--nocleanup', dest='nocleanup', action='store_true', default=False, help='Do not remove temp files') parser.add_argument('--nodownload', dest='nodownload', action='store_true', default=False, help='Do not download any segments') parser.add_argument('--singlebitrate', dest='bitrate', default=None, help='Download only one bitrate') parser.add_argument('--numretries', dest='retries', default=3, help='Number of times to retry downloading a failed segment. Default is 3') args = parser.parse_args() debug.doDebug = args.debug logger = logging.getLogger('hlsdownload') hdlr = logging.FileHandler('hls-downloader.log') formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s') hdlr.setFormatter(formatter) logger.addHandler(hdlr) logger.setLevel(logging.INFO) debug.log('Downloading HLS: %s' % args.hlsuri) logger.info("------------------------ NEW SESSION -------------------------") try: downloader = HLSDownloader(args.hlsuri, '.', not args.nocleanup, int(args.retries)) downloader.writeDiscontinuityFile(args.output) downloader.toMP4(args.output, args.bitrate, not args.nodownload) except Exception as e: logger.error('Unrecoverable error: ' + str(e)) if __name__ == '__main__': try: main() except Exception, err: raise