There has to be a way round this.
The m3u8 file seems abit small. ffmpeg doesn't like it and says there is missing parts.
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Host Name : streaming.itunesfestival.com
Method : GET
Path : /auth/eu1/vod/20140916/v1/1012882_blondie_desktop_vod.m3u8?token=expires=141 1085701~access=/auth/*~md5=0413be32e567d83c130da9a0262f7c51
User Agent : AppleCoreMedia/1.0.0. (AAS-3.0.6; U; Windows NT 6.1)
Response Code : 200
Response String : OK
Content Type : application/x-mpegurl
Referer :
Content Encoding :
Transfer Encoding :
Server : Windows-Azure-Blob/1.0 Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
Content Length : 1310
Connection : keep-alive
Cache Control : max-age=0, no-cache, no-store
Location :
Server Time : 18/09/2014 13:24:01
Last Modified Time: 16/09/2014 21:35:08
Cookie : token=expires=1411085701~access=/auth/*~md5=0413be32e567d83c130da9a0262f7c51; ITMFID=195B45659363D2FC8585640AB0A3324C
Client Address : 192.168.1.86:51685
Server Address : 213.123.85.32:80
Request Time : 00:00:00.000
Response Time : 104 ms
URL :
http://streaming.itunesfestival.com/...0da9a0262f7c51
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Host Name : streaming.itunesfestival.com
Method : GET
Path : /auth/eu1/vod/20140916/v1/1200_256/1012882_blondie_vod.m3u8?token=expires=1411085701~ access=/auth/*~md5=0413be32e567d83c130da9a0262f7c51
User Agent : AppleCoreMedia/1.0.0. (AAS-3.0.6; U; Windows NT 6.1)
Response Code : 200
Response String : OK
Content Type : application/x-mpegurl
Referer :
Content Encoding :
Transfer Encoding :
Server : Windows-Azure-Blob/1.0 Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
Content Length : 22566
Connection : keep-alive
Cache Control : max-age=0, no-cache, no-store
Location :
Server Time : 18/09/2014 13:24:02
Last Modified Time: 16/09/2014 21:38:04
Cookie : token=expires=1411085701~access=/auth/*~md5=0413be32e567d83c130da9a0262f7c51; ITMFID=195B45659363D2FC8585640AB0A3324C
Client Address : 192.168.1.86:51686
Server Address : 213.123.85.32:80
Request Time : 00:00:00.382
Response Time : 73 ms
URL :
http://streaming.itunesfestival.com/...0da9a0262f7c51
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Host Name : streaming.itunesfestival.com
Method : GET
Path : /auth/eu1/vod/20140916/v1/1200_256/1012882_blondie_vod.m3u8?token=expires=1411085701~ access=/auth/*~md5=0413be32e567d83c130da9a0262f7c51
User Agent : AppleCoreMedia/1.0.0. (AAS-3.0.6; U; Windows NT 6.1)
Response Code : 200
Response String : OK
Content Type : application/x-mpegurl
Referer :
Content Encoding :
Transfer Encoding :
Server : Windows-Azure-Blob/1.0 Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
Content Length : 22566
Connection : keep-alive
Cache Control : max-age=0, no-cache, no-store
Location :
Server Time : 18/09/2014 13:24:01
Last Modified Time: 16/09/2014 21:38:04
Cookie : token=expires=1411085701~access=/auth/*~md5=0413be32e567d83c130da9a0262f7c51; ITMFID=195B45659363D2FC8585640AB0A3324C
Client Address : 192.168.1.86:51685
Server Address : 213.123.85.32:80
Request Time : 00:00:00.114
Response Time : 102 ms
URL :
http://streaming.itunesfestival.com/...0da9a0262f7c51
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