hls-fetch is a small program that downloads and decrypts HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) videos. HLS is commonly used for streaming video on Apple iOS devices.

hls-fetch can download videos from web pages with embedded

It is written in Perl.

hls-fetch is written by Oskar Liljeblad [email protected].

This software is a work in progress and there are probably many ways it can still be improved. If you'd like to contribute patches, ideas, or bug reports, please don't hesitate contacting me!

hls-fetch is copyright (C) 2012 Oskar Liljeblad.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

The latest hls-fetch can be downloaded from GitHub:

• https://github.com/osklil/hls-fetch

• Perl 5.10.0 (or later). Debian: perl

• OpenSSL (only needed for encrypted streams). Debian: openssl

• HTML::Parser Perl module. Debian: libhtml-parser-perl

• LWP::UserAgent Perl module. Debian: libwww-perl

• JSON Perl module. Debian: libjson-perl

• URI Perl module. Debian: liburi-perl

All you need to specify on the command line is the URL to fetch. hls-fetch will download the page and look for a

Run 'hls-fetch --help' for further usage information.

On SIGINT and other terminating signals, make sure temporary files are removed.

Autodetect data in URL so that the --embedded/--playlist/--svtplay options are not necessary.

• HTTP Streaming with Encryption under Linux: http://www.opensolutions.ie/blog/2010/08/http-streaming-with-encryption-under-linux/

• HTTP Live Streaming: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming