title: linux: m3u8: how to manually download and create an mp4 from segments listed in .m3u8
body: <p>I have an .m3u8 url i.e <a href="http://example.com/test.m3u8" rel="noreferrer">http://example.com/test.m3u8</a></p>
  
  <p>I can download it by ffmpeg command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ffmpeg -y -loglevel verbose -i "http://example.com/test.m3u8" -c copy -f mpegts test.mp4
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But i am trying to do this manually:</p>
  
  <p>I tried the following:</p>
  
  <p>1) download the m3u8 file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>wget -O test.m3u8 "http://example.com/test.m3u8"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>2) then download each segment into a folder:</p>
  
  <pre><code>aria2c -i test.m3u8
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>this downloads all the .ts files in the folder. </p>
  
  <p>3) then i combine them</p>
  
  <pre><code>cat *.ts &gt; out.ts
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>4) then i try to convert to mp4:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ ffmpeg -i out.ts -c:v libx264 outputfilename.mp4
  ffmpeg version 3.4.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers
    built with gcc 7.3.0 (GCC)
    configuration: --prefix=/usr --disable-debug --disable-static --disable-stripping --enable-avisynth --enable-avresample --enable-fontconfig --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgsm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxcb --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-shared --enable-version3 --enable-omx
    libavutil      55. 78.100 / 55. 78.100
    libavcodec     57.107.100 / 57.107.100
    libavformat    57. 83.100 / 57. 83.100
    libavdevice    57. 10.100 / 57. 10.100
    libavfilter     6.107.100 /  6.107.100
    libavresample   3.  7.  0 /  3.  7.  0
    libswscale      4.  8.100 /  4.  8.100
    libswresample   2.  9.100 /  2.  9.100
    libpostproc    54.  7.100 / 54.  7.100
  out.ts: Invalid data found when processing input
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am getting the following the above error finally. <code>Invalid data found when processing input</code>. Also i heard these files are encrypted. So i am not sure about how to do this.</p>
  
  <p>Below is an example .m3u8 file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>#EXTM3U
  #EXT-X-VERSION:5
  #EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:VOD
  #EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0
  #EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:5
  #UPLYNK-SEGMENT: fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc,00000000,segment
  #UPLYNK-KEY:https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc
  #EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2018-06-01T05:25:50.630000+00:00
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000000
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000000.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000001
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000001.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000002
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000002.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000003
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000003.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000004
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000004.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000005
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000005.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000006
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000006.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000007
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000007.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000008
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000008.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000009
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000009.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x0000000000000000000000000000000A
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G0000000A.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x0000000000000000000000000000000B
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G0000000B.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x0000000000000000000000000000000C
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G0000000C.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x0000000000000000000000000000000D
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G0000000D.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x0000000000000000000000000000000E
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G0000000E.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x0000000000000000000000000000000F
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G0000000F.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000010
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000010.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000011
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000011.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000012
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000012.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000013
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000013.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000014
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000014.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000015
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000015.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000016
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000016.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000017
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000017.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000018
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000018.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000019
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G00000019.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x0000000000000000000000000000001A
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G0000001A.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x0000000000000000000000000000001B
  #EXTINF:4.0960,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G0000001B.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="https://content-aapm1.uplynk.com/check2?b=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;v=fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc&amp;r=g",IV=0x0000000000000000000000000000001C
  #EXTINF:3.6405,
  https://stgec-ausw-tmp.uplynk.com/80C078/ausw/slices/fad/10b98e7c615f43a98b180d51797e74aa/fadd0d418aea4c5da8b87feec9b0acbc/G0000001C.ts?x=0&amp;si=0
  #EXT-X-ENDLIST
  </code></pre>