Aria2c — M3u8

aria2 = aria2p.API(aria2p.Client(host="http://localhost:6800")) playlist = m3u8.load("stream.m3u8") for seg in playlist.segments: aria2.add_uri(seg.uri, options="split": 16, "max-connection-per-server": 16)

ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i <(for f in ./*.ts; do echo "file '$PWD/$f'"; done) -c copy output.mp4 Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard Why use aria2 for m3u8? aria2c m3u8

: Many m3u8 files use relative paths (e.g., segment01.ts instead of https://site.com ). You must prepend the base URL to each line before feeding it to aria2. aria2 = aria2p

1. The downloaded video has no audio or is missing video tracks. The downloaded video has no audio or is missing video tracks

If the M3U8 file contains absolute URLs (starting with http ), you can parse it using simple command-line utilities. grep -E '^https?://' playlist.m3u8 > urls.txt Use code with caution. On Windows (using PowerShell): powershell

Some advanced users pipe through a custom script, but the cleanest "single command" approach uses ffmpeg with aria2c as its downloader via a script:

Run ffmpeg to stitch them seamlessly into a universal MP4 container: