m3u8 stream to mp4 using ffmpeg

m3u8-to-mp4.md

1. Copy m3u8 link

2. Run command

echo "Enter m3u8 link:";read link;echo "Enter output filename:";read filename;ffmpeg -i "$link" -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc -vcodec copy -c copy -crf 50 $filename.mp4

Example final command

ffmpeg -i "http://host/folder/file.m3u8" -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc -vcodec copy -c copy -crf 50 file.mp4

@magicdawn, most of the ffmpeg options here don't do anything so it's particularly confusing trying to understand them.

In most all situations you just need this:

ffmpeg -i "http://host/folder/file.m3u8" -c copy file.mp4

@varenc thanks! this one helped me after getting all the files locally with the m3u8 file - needed to rename all 'links to local files' and use your example = worked like a charm and got single file with whole movie!

Is there any way to add a delay equal to segment length? I don't want to stress out the server

Update to my comment:

From ffmpeg documentation:

-re (input)

Read input at native frame rate. This is equivalent to setting -readrate 1.

Not yet tested, but based on the description of -readrate, it's likely the thing I'm looking for.