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m3u8
Python m3u8
_ parser.
Documentation
The basic usage is to create a playlist object from uri, file path or
directly from a string:
.. code-block:: python
import m3u8
m3u8_obj = m3u8.load('http://videoserver.com/playlist.m3u8') # this could also be an absolute filename
print m3u8_obj.segments
print m3u8_obj.target_duration
# if you already have the content as string, use
m3u8_obj = m3u8.loads('#EXTM3U8 ... etc ... ')
Supported tags
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION
_#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE
_#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE
_#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME
_#EXT-X-MEDIA
_#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE
_#EXT-X-KEY
_#EXT-X-STREAM-INF
_#EXT-X-VERSION
_- #EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE
#EXT-X-ENDLIST
_#EXTINF
_#EXT-X-I-FRAMES-ONLY
_#EXT-X-BYTERANGE
_#EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF
_#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY
_- #EXT-X-CUE-OUT
- #EXT-X-CUE-OUT-CONT
- #EXT-X-CUE-IN
- #EXT-X-CUE-SPAN
- #EXT-OATCLS-SCTE35
#EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENTS
_#EXT-X-MAP
_#EXT-X-START
_- #EXT-X-SERVER-CONTROL
- #EXT-X-PART-INF
- #EXT-X-PART
- #EXT-X-RENDITION-REPORT
- #EXT-X-SKIP
#EXT-X-SESSION-DATA
_
Encryption keys
The segments may be or not encrypted. The keys
attribute list will
be a list with all the different keys as described with #EXT-X-KEY
_:
Each key has the next properties:
method
: ex.: "AES-128"uri
: the key uri, ex.: "http://videoserver.com/key.bin"iv
: the initialization vector, if available. OtherwiseNone
.
If no #EXT-X-KEY
is found, the keys
list will have a unique element None
. Multiple keys are supported.
If unencrypted and encrypted segments are mixed in the M3U8 file, then the list will contain a None
element, with one
or more keys afterwards.
To traverse the list of keys available:
.. code-block:: python
import m3u8
m3u8_obj = m3u8.loads('#EXTM3U8 ... etc ...')
len(m3u8_obj.keys) => returns the number of keys available in the list (normally 1)
for key in m3u8_obj.keys:
if key: # First one could be None
key.uri
key.method
key.iv
Getting segments encrypted with one key
There are cases where listing segments for a given key is important. It's possible to
retrieve the list of segments encrypted with one key via by_key
method in the
segments
list.
Example of getting the segments with no encryption:
.. code-block:: python
import m3u8
m3u8_obj = m3u8.loads('#EXTM3U8 ... etc ...')
segmk1 = m3u8_obj.segments.by_key(None)
# Get the list of segments encrypted using last key
segm = m3u8_obj.segments.by_key( m3u8_obj.keys[-1] )
With this method, is now possible also to change the key from some of the segments programmatically:
.. code-block:: python
import m3u8
m3u8_obj = m3u8.loads('#EXTM3U8 ... etc ...')
# Create a new Key and replace it
new_key = m3u8.Key("AES-128", "/encrypted/newkey.bin", None, iv="0xf123ad23f22e441098aa87ee")
for segment in m3u8_obj.segments.by_key( m3u8_obj.keys[-1] ):
segm.key = new_key
# Remember to sync the key from the list as well
m3u8_obj.keys[-1] = new_key
Variant playlists (variable bitrates)
A playlist can have a list to other playlist files, this is used to
represent multiple bitrates videos, and it's called variant streams
.
See an example here
.
.. code-block:: python
variant_m3u8 = m3u8.loads('#EXTM3U8 ... contains a variant stream ...')
variant_m3u8.is_variant # in this case will be True
for playlist in variant_m3u8.playlists:
playlist.uri
playlist.stream_info.bandwidth
the playlist object used in the for loop above has a few attributes:
uri
: the url to the streamstream_info
: aStreamInfo
object (actually a namedtuple) with
all the attributes available to#EXT-X-STREAM-INF
_media
: a list of relatedMedia
objects with all the attributes
available to#EXT-X-MEDIA
_playlist_type
: the type of the playlist, which can be one ofVOD
_
(video on demand) orEVENT
_
NOTE: the following attributes are not implemented yet, follow
issue 4
_ for updates
alternative_audios
: its an empty list, unless it's a playlist
withAlternative audio
, in this case it's a list withMedia
objects with all the attributes available to#EXT-X-MEDIA
alternative_videos
: same asalternative_audios
A variant playlist can also have links to I-frame playlists
, which are used
to specify where the I-frames are in a video. See Apple's documentation
on
this for more information. These I-frame playlists can be accessed in a similar
way to regular playlists.
.. code-block:: python
variant_m3u8 = m3u8.loads('#EXTM3U ... contains a variant stream ...')
for iframe_playlist in variant_m3u8.iframe_playlists:
iframe_playlist.uri
iframe_playlist.iframe_stream_info.bandwidth
The iframe_playlist object used in the for loop above has a few attributes:
uri
: the url to the I-frame playlistbase_uri
: the base uri of the variant playlist (if given)iframe_stream_info
: aStreamInfo
object (same as a regular playlist)
Custom tags
Quoting the documentation::
Lines that start with the character '#' are either comments or tags.
Tags begin with #EXT. They are case-sensitive. All other lines that
begin with '#' are comments and SHOULD be ignored.
This library ignores all the non standard tags by default. If you want them to be collected while loading the file content,
you need to pass a function to the load/loads
functions, following the example below:
.. code-block:: python
import m3u8
def get_movie(line, data, lineno):
if line.startswith('#MOVIE-NAME:'):
custom_tag = line.split(':')
data['movie'] = custom_tag[1].strip()
m3u8_obj = m3u8.load('http://videoserver.com/playlist.m3u8', custom_tags_parser=get_movie)
print(m3u8_obj.data['movie']) # million dollar baby
Running Tests
.. code-block:: bash
$ ./runtests
Contributing
All contribution is welcome, but we will merge a pull request if, and only if, it
- has tests
- follows the code conventions
If you plan to implement a new feature or something that will take more
than a few minutes, please open an issue to make sure we don't work on
the same thing.
.. _m3u8: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216
.. _#EXT-X-VERSION: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.1.2
.. _#EXTINF: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.2.1
.. _#EXT-X-BYTERANGE: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.2.2
.. _#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.2.3
.. _#EXT-X-KEY: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.2.4
.. _#EXT-X-MAP: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.2.5
.. _#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.2.6
.. _#EXT-X-DATERANGE: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.2.7
.. _#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.3.1
.. _#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.3.2
.. _#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.3.3
.. _#EXT-X-ENDLIST: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.3.4
.. _#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.3.5
.. _#EXT-X-I-FRAMES-ONLY: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.3.6
.. _#EXT-X-MEDIA: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.4.1
.. _#EXT-X-STREAM-INF: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.4.2
.. _#EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.4.3
.. _#EXT-X-SESSION-DATA: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.4.4
.. _#EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENTS: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.5.1
.. _#EXT-X-START: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.5.2
.. _issue 1: https://github.com/globocom/m3u8/issues/1
.. _variant streams: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-6.2.4
.. _example here: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-08#section-8.5
.. _issue 4: https://github.com/globocom/m3u8/issues/4
.. _I-frame playlists: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.3.4.3
.. _Apple's documentation: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/technotes/tn2288/_index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40012238-CH1-I_FRAME_PLAYLIST
.. _Alternative audio: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-08#section-8.7
.. _VOD: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/technotes/tn2288/_index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40012238-CH1-TNTAG2
.. _EVENT: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/technotes/tn2288/_index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40012238-CH1-EVENT_PLAYLIST