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mrswhite
07-19-2015, 07:03 AM
Hi there.
I've been trying to download a livestream which i found that the m3u8 file is located here: http://positivo-live.ripple.ticdn.it/giffoniff/myStream/playlist.m3u8

when I tried to download it to get the different manifests for the different versions i only see this:
#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=818740,CODECS="avc1.77.30,mp4a.40.2",RESOLUTION=640x360
chunklist.m3u8

So I tried using that m3u8 file which doesn't work.

I tried using ffmpeg directly like:
ffmpeg.exe -i "http://positivo-live.ripple.ticdn.it/giffoniff/myStream/playlist.m3u8" -c copy "video.ts"

(and i even changed playlist.m3u8 to chunklist.m3u8).

I also tried youtube-dl but it created a file (the livestream began with like an hour and a half or two of nonsense before the real video started) but then it stopped downloading and now i cant do that again.

youtube-dl.exe http://positivo-live.ripple.ticdn.it/giffoniff/myStream/playlist.m3u8 --ffmpeg-location C:\ffmpeg\ffmpeg-20131204-git-f65afef-win32-static\bin


Using that line it stopped at this part:
frame=36205 fps= 16 q=-1.0 size= 108958kB time=24:17:57.92 bitrate= 10.2kbits/

as I said, it's still nonsense in the video (and i had to rename the file to .mp4)

During the stream I was able to get a lot of ".ts" urls but when i tried accessing them after a while they were offline. I only managed to download the last ones.

For example:
http://positivo-live.ripple.ticdn.it/giffoniff/myStream/media-uiwv1wlm4_774.ts

(it's now offline too, apparently they only lasted like a minute or less online)

Anyway, is there any way i can get this stream? Not the first part which as i said it's nonsense but like after the first hour and a half.

thank you!

troller12
07-20-2015, 12:52 AM
Hi,

all working so far to watch / download stream.
ffmpeg.exe -i http://positivo-live.ripple.ticdn.it/giffoniff/myStream/playlist.m3u8 -c copy video.ts

livestreamer hlsvariant://http://positivo-live.ripple.ticdn.it/giffoniff/myStream/playlist.m3u8 best
On the stream I just see a freeze frame in browser also no sound is to hear (seems to be offline at the moment).

greetz

karimpoh
07-20-2015, 03:23 AM
Hi,

I'm new here. Hope you guys can help and tell me how to download this video with ffmpeg and livestreamer

http://mediacorpssvod-s.akamaihd.net/ondemand/SS/201504W-B/20150717_CAHAYA_LEBARAN_EP1_PC_SS.ism

http://mediacorpssvod-s.akamaihd.net/ondemand/SS/201504W-B/20150717_CAHAYA_LEBARAN_EP1_PC_SS.ism

Thank you in advance.
Kp

john2j
07-30-2015, 02:30 AM
Hey, I use VLC player for m3u8. It's alright when the stream is stable :)