N_m3u8DL-RE pre-release

[stabbedbybrick]

N_m3u8DL-RE hasn't seen a new release since Jun 28, 2023, but new features have been added to their main branch. One particularly interesting addition is the ability to select streams based on role, like "Main" or "Description". If included in the service manifest, this makes it much easier to see which audio track has descriptive audio since few services include that info in the id:

INFO : Aud *CENC 7 | 194 Kbps | ec-3 | en-US | 6CH | 211 Segments | Main | ~21m04s
INFO : Aud *CENC 10 | 131 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | en-US | 2CH | 211 Segments | Description | ~21m04s
INFO : Aud *CENC 8 | 130 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | en-US | 2CH | 211 Segments | Main | ~21m04s
INFO : Aud *CENC 9 | 130 Kbps | ec-3 | en-US | 2CH | 211 Segments | Description | ~21m04s
INFO : Sub 11 | en-US | wvtt | 209 Segments | Main | ~20m54s

Another interesting feature is the --ad-keyword <REG>, where you can use keywords to filter out ad segments from a manifest.
See N_m3u8DL-RE --help for all options.

Since there are no new executables on the official repository, I forked it and built them myself to include the new features. These are considered pre-releases, so bugs are possible. I haven't noticed any issues on Linux or Windows so far, though.

You can find them here: https://github.com/stabbedbybrick/N_m3u8DL-RE/releases/tag/20240304

[PSXman_uk]

Thanks for that ill try it out

Just realised i was using the same version already put in Freevine bin directory

[shellcmd]

great work !

[lomero]

N_m3u8DL-RE hasn't seen a new release since Jun 28, 2023 ....

are you sure ?


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[stabbedbybrick]

N_m3u8DL-RE hasn't seen a new release since Jun 28, 2023 ....

are you sure ?


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Yes. The latest official beta is ver. 20230628 (https://github.com/nilaoda/N_m3u8DL-RE/releases/tag/v0.2.0-beta)

Version 2023113 is the latest build from their pre-release workflow, which is exactly the ones I've posted. The builds on their repository have expired, so I re-built them and figured I'd share them with people who didn't know they existed.

[lomero]

ok, thanks for share your rel

[m0ck]

thanks, good job

[jack_666]

Thanks for sharing.

[keep_it_breezy]

ugh stabby you're a goat - i found the other thread where you mentioned this feature and then realised the artifacts had gone - thank heavens for your foresight.

[pssh]

@stabbedbybrick:

Would you mind sharing how you build the Up-To-Date version (for win-x64 and linux-x64) if it is not too complicated?

[stabbedbybrick]

@stabbedbybrick:

Would you mind sharing how you build the Up-To-Date version (for win-x64 and linux-x64) if it is not too complicated?

It's all handled by github. The N_m3u8DL-RE project has a build workflow, so you only have to fork it and run it.