grep -E "^https?://.*\.ts" playlist.m3u8 > ts_urls.txt
To successfully download and convert a stream, you must first extract the segment URLs and then use aria2c for the "heavy lifting." 1. Extract Segment URLs
I can provide a (Python or Bash) to automate the entire extraction and merging process for you!
yt-dlp --external-downloader aria2c --external-downloader-args "-c -j 8 -x 8 -s 8 -k 1M" "https://example.com" Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard -j 8 : Allows up to 8 concurrent downloads. -x 8 : Uses up to 8 connections per server.
Then convert to MP4 with ffmpeg :