Seems like everything works as expected:
Code:
livestreamer "hds://http://hlsnorthnews-lh.akamaihd.net/z/us10_starplustest@348549/manifest.f4m?hdnea=ip=000.00.00.000~st=1445070057~exp=1445073657~acl=/*~data=starplus_India~hmac=f546194c01ed75f48af7d510ea4b5b578c4eacded7d4a8b24797a4a9de59f7e3&g=GCWELCHSKEEB&hdcore=3.2.0&plugin=jwplayer-3.2.0.1 pvswf=http://players.edgesuite.net/flash/plugins/jw/v3.2.0.1/AkamaiAdvancedJWStreamProvider.swf" best
[cli][info] Found matching plugin stream for URL hds://http://hlsnorthnews-lh.akamaihd.net/z/us10_starplustest@348549/manifest.f4m?hdnea=ip=000.00.00.000~st=1445070057~exp=1445073657~acl=/*~data=starplus_India~hmac=f546194c01ed75f48af7d510ea4b5b578c4eacded7d4a8b24797a4a9de59f7e3&g=GCWELCHSKEEB&hdcore=3.2.0&plugin=jwplayer-3.2.0.1 pvswf=http://players.edgesuite.net/flash/plugins/jw/v3.2.0.1/AkamaiAdvancedJWStreamProvider.swf
[cli][info] Available streams: 647k (worst), 1233k, 2015k (best)
[cli][info] Opening stream: 2015k (hds)
Code:
livestreamer "hlsvariant://http://hlsnorthnews-lh.akamaihd.net/i/us10_starplustest@348549/master.m3u8?hdnea=ip=000.00.00.000~st=1445070057~exp=1445073657~acl=/*~data=starplus_India~hmac=f546194c01ed75f48af7d510ea4b5b578c4eacded7d4a8b24797a4a9de59f7e3&g=GCWELCHSKEEB&hdcore=3.2.0&plugin=jwplayer-3.2.0.1" best
[cli][info] Found matching plugin stream for URL hlsvariant://http://hlsnorthnews-lh.akamaihd.net/i/us10_starplustest@348549/master.m3u8?hdnea=ip=000.00.00.000~st=1445070057~exp=1445073657~acl=/*~data=starplus_India~hmac=f546194c01ed75f48af7d510ea4b5b578c4eacded7d4a8b24797a4a9de59f7e3&g=GCWELCHSKEEB&hdcore=3.2.0&plugin=jwplayer-3.2.0.1
[cli][info] Available streams: 288p (worst), 396p (best)
[cli][info] Opening stream: 396p (hls)