This is a script to aid in downloading/recording a live streams from a URL of a .m3u8 file and saves it to an MP4 file.
Specifically this was written for the website MyFreeCams
python mfc-dl.py
The script will ask for the URL of the .m3u8 file and the name of the MP4 file to save the live stream to. The MP4 file will be created in the current working directory.
When the download is in progress, you can pause or resume the download by entering p or r respectively. To quit the script, enter q.
In the case of MyFreeCams, go to models live stream, open developer tools, go to network tab and search for .m3u8.
Should see a bunch of chunklist_, right click on one of those and copy link address.
If the MP4 file already exists, the script will prompt the user to choose a different file name or overwrite the existing file.
- Need to add safer way of stopping recording.
- Possibly add GUI