m3u8v

V library for decoding and encoding/generating m3u8 playlist files widely used in the HTTP Live Streaming protocol.

Features

• Supports playlists up to protocol version 7
• Allows for parsing media and master playlists
• Auto-detection for input streams
• Support for DRM systems and non standard Widevine tags

Installation

via vpm:

v install phoreverpheebs.m3u8

via git:

git clone https://github.com/phoreverpheebs/m3u8v.git ~/.vmodules/phoreverpheebs/m3u8

Examples

vhlsdownloader: https://github.com/phoreverpheebs/vhlsdownloader

import phoreverpheebs.m3u8

fn main() {
	playlist := m3u8.decode_from_file('playlist.m3u8', true) or { panic(err) }

	if playlist is m3u8.MasterPlaylist {
		println(playlist.version())
		println(playlist.variants)
		eprintln('master')
	} else if playlist is m3u8.MediaPlaylist {
		println(playlist.version())
		println(playlist.segments)
		eprintln('media')
	}
}

TODO

• Add examples
• Documentation
• Custom Tags
• Custom Decoder
• Protocol version 8

References

This repository was inspired by grafov's implementation of the protocol in Go https://github.com/grafov/m3u8

Other languages

• https://github.com/grafov/m3u8 in Golang
• https://github.com/globocom/m3u8 in Python
• https://github.com/zencoder/m3uzi in Ruby
• https://github.com/Jeanvf/M3U8Paser in Objective C
• https://github.com/tedconf/node-m3u8 in Javascript
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/m3u8parser/ in Java
• https://github.com/karlll/erlm3u8 in Erlang