HLS downloader

This is a library to support downloading a m3u8 file. All TS segments will be downloaded into a folder and then joined into a single TS file. The default file name is video.ts

Features:

• Concurrent download segments with multiple http connections
• Decrypt HLS-encoded segments
• Auto-retry download
• Display downloading progress bar
• Record a live stream video

Todo:

• Allow adding http headers

How to integrate this library into your code

Get the library

go get github.com/canhlinh/hlsdl

then import it to your code.

import "github.com/canhlinh/hlsdl"

Sample:

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/canhlinh/hlsdl"
)

func main() {
	hlsDL := hlsdl.New("https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/sintel/hls/video/1500kbit.m3u8", nil, "download", 64, true, "")
	
	filepath, err := hlsDL.Download()
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(filepath)
}

How to build a console application

Build for linux

make build-linux

Build for windows

make build-windows

Run the application

./bin/hlsdl --help

./bin/hlsdl -u https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/sintel/hls/video/1500kbit.m3u8 -d download -w 10

Record a live stream video

./bin/hlsdl --url "http://cdn1.live-tv.od.ua:8081/bbb/bbbtv-abr/bbb/bbbtv-720p/chunks.m3u8?nimblesessionid=62115268" --record true

Get prebuild here https://github.com/canhlinh/hlsdl/releases *