mdp+key

[ser87]

hello to all guys and thanks again for your help, I wanted to ask you, having mpd and key, what program can I use to download audio and video and then merge them? thanks, I can use both windows but I prefer ubuntu

[white_snake]

Use N_m3u8DL-RE. Your command should look like:

N_m3u8DL-RE -M format=mkv --key aaaaaa:bbbbbb mpdurl.mpd

This will download, decrypt and mux the streams in one go.

[ser87]

Use N_m3u8DL-RE. Your command should look like:

N_m3u8DL-RE -M format=mkv --key aaaaaa:bbbbbb mpdurl.mpd

This will download, decrypt and mux the streams in one go.

perfect thank you

[pteque]

If you want to stay safe and run your downloads inside a Docker/Podman container (works on both Linux and Windows), you can use dash-mpd-cli.

podman run --rm -v .:/content ghcr.io/emarsden/dash-mpd-cli --key aaa:bbb https://example.com/manifest.mpd

For details see https://emarsden.github.io/dash-mpd-cli/container.html

[Spectrumhsm]

Not clear why dash-mpd-cli is safer compared to N_m3u8DL-RE?

[pteque]

Not trying to imply that N_m3u8DL-RE is dangerous to run, but I would recommend caution when running any software downloaded from a website that isn't a well-known vendor/supplier. One way of protecting yourself from potentially malicious applications is to run them "sandboxed" in a software container, using Docker or Podman (free software); they can only read and write to directories that you have explicitly approved (this is the "-v" argument to podman in my example).

There are sometimes software bugs in the container runtimes that allow an "escape" from the container, but they are rare. You can use gVisor as shown in the dash-mpd-cli documentation to use a more secure container runtime. Note that running software in a virtual machine is not as safe unless you take special precautions to revert the virtual machine to its initial state.

Why dash-mpd-cli then? Because it's available packaged as a Docker/Podman container (you can also download a standard executable if you prefer). It doesn't handle m3u8 playlists, however.

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