How to Download and Decrypt Live Streaming video

[mabel00]

Hello, I'm new into this and I was wondering if someone could help me with how to download and decrypt live streams while the live is happening.
Do I download the video and once the live is done I decrypt? or do I actually have to download and decrypt while live is happening?.
What tools should I use for this?
Thank you!

[stabbedbybrick]

N_m3u8DL-RE works great for this. You can choose to download a section and then decrypt, or live mux-and-decrypt and play file immediately in VLC or whatever.

Just run 'N_m3u8DL-RE --help' for available commands.

[NBA456017]

N_m3u8DL-RE can decrypt recording

Command Line:

N_m3u8DL-RE --save-name test "URL" --append-url-params --mp4-real-time-decryption --use-shaka-packager --live-real-time-merge --key kid:key -M format=mkv:muxer=mkvmerge

[mabel00]

N_m3u8DL-RE works great for this. You can choose to download a section and then decrypt, or live mux-and-decrypt and play file immediately in VLC or whatever.

Just run 'N_m3u8DL-RE --help' for available commands.

Thank you so much!

[mabel00]

N_m3u8DL-RE can decrypt recording

Command Line:

N_m3u8DL-RE --save-name test "URL" --append-url-params --mp4-real-time-decryption --use-shaka-packager --live-real-time-merge --key kid:key -M format=mkv:muxer=mkvmerge

Thanks for the help! Will try this out!

[lasauce35]

command option exist to have live stream output like hls ?

[lomero]

N_m3u8DL-RE --help

and you can see all option available

[lasauce35]

yup but i have already checked and not found any option for that, probably possible if you use ffmpeg with pipe but not sure if it work

[lomero]

sorry, maybe i do not understand your trouble ...

you can explain better what you mean ?

[LZAA]

Url?

[lasauce35]

for live stream, instead recording on disk i want to republish this live stream in hls format unencrypted but this tool are not appropriate.

[thej911]

for live stream, instead recording on disk i want to republish this live stream in hls format unencrypted but this tool are not appropriate.

Search for a panel called "Mpd-Player Ui"

Regards

[Quint]

You can stream with vlc. First use N_m3u8DL and save the two streams, video and audio. Then open in vlc:
Media / Stream / Add: decrypted (and still saving) video-stream
Click down on other options, check "play another media synchronously", click on Extra media / Browse, then Add the audio stream
Then stream. I didn't try it but should work.

[ChicagoGhost]

N_m3u8DL-RE can decrypt recording

Command Line:

N_m3u8DL-RE --save-name test "URL" --append-url-params --mp4-real-time-decryption --use-shaka-packager --live-real-time-merge --key kid:key -M format=mkv:muxer=mkvmerge

What if I want to stop recording live stream? Like after when event has ended and live stream keeps recording...

[battering-vending-east]

I am trying to live stream https://www.ctvnews.ca/live using mpv. I extracted its key, which seems to be constant. Trying to use

mpv --demuxer-lavf-o=cenc_decryption_key=417edcac1b76db20cdd781c8ed58 0f28 https://live-news.video.9c9media.com/f/news/ctvnews/manifest.mpd

command and the video starts playing. However, shortly after, ffmpeg cannot receive the stream anymore, because "HTTP error 404 Forbidden". How can I avoid the error?