nilaoda/N_m3u8DL-RE
N M3u8DL RE
N_m3u8DL-RE is a command line tool designed for capturing and saving on-demand or live video streams from M3U8 manifest files. It functions as an HLS stream recorder and downloader capable of capturing adaptive bitrate streams and recording live broadcasts with real-time merging and specific duration limits.
The tool features an AES encrypted stream decrypter that removes encryption from media segments using provided keys and external decryption engines. It also includes a media muxer that integrates with the FFmpeg engine to combine downloaded audio, video, and subtitle tracks into a single container.
Additional capabilities include media track filtering by resolution or language via regular expressions and partial content downloading to save specific time ranges of a stream. The system also manages network traffic through configurable proxy settings and multi-threaded segment fetching.
Features
- HLS Stream Capturers - Captures and saves on-demand and live video streams from M3U8 and MPD manifest files.
- Stream Recorders - Records live broadcasts with real-time merging and duration limits to create VOD files.
- Media Manifest Parsing - Parses M3U8 and MPD manifest files to select specific media streams via regular expression matching.
- Media Muxers - Integrates with the FFmpeg engine to combine downloaded audio, video, and subtitle tracks into a single container.
- Adaptive Track Selection - Selects specific media tracks by resolution or language from adaptive streaming sources.
- Video Downloaders - Saves on-demand and live video streams from M3U8 manifest files to local storage.
- Media Decryption - Decrypts encrypted media segments using provided keys and external engines to enable playback.
- Media Decryption - Removes encryption from protected media segments using external keys to make video playable.
- Live Stream Buffering - Captures live broadcast data into temporary segments and merges them sequentially to create video-on-demand files.
- Video Muxing - Integrates with FFmpeg to combine separate audio and video tracks into a single media container.
- Media Track Management - Selects specific audio, video, or subtitle tracks using regular expressions based on language or quality.
- Partial Range Downloading - Saves a specific time range of a video stream instead of downloading the entire file.
- Segmented Downloaders - Utilizes a worker pool to download multiple media segments concurrently for maximum bandwidth utilization.
