This is a simple script, developed on linux for python 3, to crawl through a m3u playlist file and run ffmpeg on each of the discovered streams for the purpose of capturing the stream characteristics (Video: Resolution, FPS, Bitrate - Audio: Type, Channels, Bitrate).
This is a work in progress and may break easily. Watch the log to see what's going on.
- Python 3+ (No special libraries required)
- FFMPEG
- FFPROBE
Basic, evaluate each stream in playlist for 60 seconds.
python3 ./stream_crawl.py -i http://path_to_m3u -t 60 -o output.csv
Groups, output unique groups in playlist.
python3 ./stream_crawl.py -i http://path_to_m3u -g
Filter, evaluate each stream in playlist that matches specified group for 60 seconds.
python3 ./stream_crawl.py -i http://path_to_m3u -t 60 -o output.csv -f "Special Group"
-i- Define path to input playlist (works for web links or local file paths)-o- Define output csv file path (ex. output.csv)-t- Duration to evaluate each stream in the playlist in seconds (ex. 60)-g- Parse unique groups in supplied playlist and output to the terminal. This command does not analyze any streams.-f- Filter analyzed streams to those that match the specified group name. (ex. NEWS)