`vsdownload`

command line program to download hls video streams from websites, m3u8 files and urls

Usage:

$ vsdownload [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:

--version: show current version of vsdownload
--install-completion: Install completion for the current shell.
--show-completion: Show completion for the current shell, to copy it or customize the installation.
--help: Show this message and exit.

Commands:

`vsdownload capture`

capture m3u8 urls from a website

Usage:

$ vsdownload capture [OPTIONS] URL

Arguments:

Options:

-o, --output mysite_log.json: output website m3u8 capture logs in which path [default: log.json]
--driver chromedriver.exe: path of chrome driver for selenium
--scan-ext m3u8/ts/mp4: scan network logs until --scan-ext extension is found in any one of the request url [default: ts]
--baseurl / --no-baseurl: detect baseurl (not recommended) [default: False]
--help: Show this message and exit.

download m3u8 stream from m3u8 url or file

Usage:

$ vsdownload save [OPTIONS] INPUT

Arguments:

Options:

-o, --output merged.ts/merged.mp4/merged.mkv: path for output of downloaded video stream file [default: merged.ts]
--cleanup / --no-cleanup: delete temporary downloaded segments, add --no-cleanup flag to use resume capabilities [default: True]
-m, --max-quality: auto select highest quality sub m3u8 playlist [default: False]
-v, --verbose: verbose downloading outputs and logs [default: False]
-b, --baseurl http://videoserver.com/: base url for all segments, usally needed for local m3u8 file
-t, --threads 1-16: max thread count for parallel threads to download segments [default: 5]
--chunk-size INTEGER: chunk size for downloading ts files (in kilobytes) [default: 1024]
--headers headers.json: path of header defining json file which will update headers
--decrypt / --no-decrypt: auto decrypt ts files [default: True]
--key-iv key==>iv: custom decryption key and iv (key==>iv)
--proxy-address http://xx: http or https proxy address to use
--ffmpeg-path c:\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe: path of ffmpeg binary [default: ffmpeg]
--tempdir directory: path of directory for saving temporary files while downloading [default: temptsfiles]
--retry-count INTEGER: retry count for downloading segment [default: 10]
--timeout time: waiting time for post tasks to perform after downloading (in seconds) [default: 5]
--pre-select INTEGER: pre select a url from log.json file
--help: Show this message and exit.