A nodejs application which parses a m3u8 playlist and returns the data as json. Uses tedconf/node-m3u8 for the actual parsing.
Simply run node application.js "[url to m3u8 playlist file]" and json will be outputed on stdout that represents the playlist.
E.g. node application.js "https://devimages.apple.com.edgekey.net/streaming/examples/bipbop_16x9/bipbop_16x9_variant.m3u8" returns the following at the time of writing this readme.
{
"items": {
"PlaylistItem": [],
"StreamItem": [{
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"bandwidth": 263851,
"codecs": "mp4a.40.2, avc1.4d400d",
"resolution": [416, 234],
"audio": "bipbop_audio",
"subtitles": "subs"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null,
"uri": "gear1/prog_index.m3u8"
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"bandwidth": 577610,
"codecs": "mp4a.40.2, avc1.4d401e",
"resolution": [640, 360],
"audio": "bipbop_audio",
"subtitles": "subs"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null,
"uri": "gear2/prog_index.m3u8"
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"bandwidth": 915905,
"codecs": "mp4a.40.2, avc1.4d401f",
"resolution": [960, 540],
"audio": "bipbop_audio",
"subtitles": "subs"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null,
"uri": "gear3/prog_index.m3u8"
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"bandwidth": 1030138,
"codecs": "mp4a.40.2, avc1.4d401f",
"resolution": [1280, 720],
"audio": "bipbop_audio",
"subtitles": "subs"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null,
"uri": "gear4/prog_index.m3u8"
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"bandwidth": 1924009,
"codecs": "mp4a.40.2, avc1.4d401f",
"resolution": [1920, 1080],
"audio": "bipbop_audio",
"subtitles": "subs"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null,
"uri": "gear5/prog_index.m3u8"
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"bandwidth": 41457,
"codecs": "mp4a.40.2",
"audio": "bipbop_audio",
"subtitles": "subs"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null,
"uri": "gear0/prog_index.m3u8"
}
}],
"IframeStreamItem": [{
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"bandwidth": 28451,
"codecs": "avc1.4d400d",
"uri": "gear1/iframe_index.m3u8"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"bandwidth": 181534,
"codecs": "avc1.4d401e",
"uri": "gear2/iframe_index.m3u8"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"bandwidth": 297056,
"codecs": "avc1.4d401f",
"uri": "gear3/iframe_index.m3u8"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"bandwidth": 339492,
"codecs": "avc1.4d401f",
"uri": "gear4/iframe_index.m3u8"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"bandwidth": 669554,
"codecs": "avc1.4d401f",
"uri": "gear5/iframe_index.m3u8"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null
}
}],
"MediaItem": [{
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"type": "AUDIO",
"group-id": "bipbop_audio",
"language": "eng",
"name": "BipBop Audio 1",
"autoselect": true,
"default": true
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"type": "AUDIO",
"group-id": "bipbop_audio",
"language": "eng",
"name": "BipBop Audio 2",
"autoselect": false,
"default": false,
"uri": "alternate_audio_aac_sinewave/prog_index.m3u8"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"type": "SUBTITLES",
"group-id": "subs",
"name": "English",
"default": true,
"autoselect": true,
"forced": false,
"language": "en",
"characteristics": "\"public.accessibility.transcribes-spoken-dialog, public.accessibility.describes-music-and-sound\"",
"uri": "subtitles/eng/prog_index.m3u8"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"type": "SUBTITLES",
"group-id": "subs",
"name": "English (Forced)",
"default": false,
"autoselect": false,
"forced": true,
"language": "en",
"uri": "subtitles/eng_forced/prog_index.m3u8"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"type": "SUBTITLES",
"group-id": "subs",
"name": "Français",
"default": false,
"autoselect": true,
"forced": false,
"language": "fr",
"characteristics": "\"public.accessibility.transcribes-spoken-dialog, public.accessibility.describes-music-and-sound\"",
"uri": "subtitles/fra/prog_index.m3u8"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"type": "SUBTITLES",
"group-id": "subs",
"name": "Français (Forced)",
"default": false,
"autoselect": false,
"forced": true,
"language": "fr",
"uri": "subtitles/fra_forced/prog_index.m3u8"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"type": "SUBTITLES",
"group-id": "subs",
"name": "Español",
"default": false,
"autoselect": true,
"forced": false,
"language": "es",
"characteristics": "\"public.accessibility.transcribes-spoken-dialog, public.accessibility.describes-music-and-sound\"",
"uri": "subtitles/spa/prog_index.m3u8"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"type": "SUBTITLES",
"group-id": "subs",
"name": "Español (Forced)",
"default": false,
"autoselect": false,
"forced": true,
"language": "es",
"uri": "subtitles/spa_forced/prog_index.m3u8"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"type": "SUBTITLES",
"group-id": "subs",
"name": "日本語",
"default": false,
"autoselect": true,
"forced": false,
"language": "ja",
"characteristics": "\"public.accessibility.transcribes-spoken-dialog, public.accessibility.describes-music-and-sound\"",
"uri": "subtitles/jpn/prog_index.m3u8"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null
}
}, {
"attributes": {
"attributes": {
"type": "SUBTITLES",
"group-id": "subs",
"name": "日本語 (Forced)",
"default": false,
"autoselect": false,
"forced": true,
"language": "ja",
"uri": "subtitles/jpn_forced/prog_index.m3u8"
}
},
"properties": {
"byteRange": null,
"date": null,
"discontinuity": null,
"duration": null,
"title": null
}
}]
},
"properties": {}
}