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Name: m3u8dl
Version: 0.1.0
Summary: m3u8 playlist downloader
Home-page: https://github.com/excalibur-kvrv/m3u8-dl
Author: Kevin Rohan Vaz
Author-email: excalibur.krv@gmail.com
Maintainer: Vaibhav Lodha
Maintainer-email: vlodha98@gmail.com
License: UNKNOWN
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        a CLI program to download videos in a m3u8 playlist, write it to a single video file and convert it to mp4 using ffmpeg. Read about m3u8 here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U#M3U8
        
        ## Dependencies
        - Install python external modules using `pip install -r requirements.txt` after activating virtualenv.
        - FFMPEG for video conversion, visit https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html.
        - Visit https://www.wikihow.com/Install-FFmpeg-on-Windows for FFMPEG setup on windows.
        - Visit https://packaging.python.org/guides/installing-using-pip-and-virtual-environments/#creating-a-virtual-environment for instructions on how to use virtualenv. 
        
        ## Usage
        - clone the repository using `git clone "ssh/https url"`.
        - create a virtual environment using `virtualenv -p python3.6 venv` in linux terminal, see 'Dependecies' for platform specific instructions.
        - activate virtual environment using `source venv/bin/activate` in linux terminal, see 'Dependecies' for platform specific instructions.
        - install dependencies using `pip install -r requirements.txt`.
        - compile shared libraries using ` python setup.py build_ext --inplace`.
        - insert the url request headers in headers.txt.
        - start the script using `python main.py <url of playlist>`.
        
        ## Installing/Uninstalling
        for installation in ubuntu using PyInstaller:-
        - activate virtualenv using `source venv/bin/activate`
        - run `pyinstaller main.py --name m3u8-dl --onefile -p venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/
        ` in terminal.
        - run `sudo mv dist/m3u8-dl /usr/local/bin/` in terminal window.
        - now that the program is installed globally you can start the program using `m3u8-dl` in the terminal
        
        for uninstalling in ubuntu:-
        - run `sudo rm /usr/local/bin/m3u8-dl`
        
        ## CLI Options
            --help, -h:- display how to use the script
            --convert, -c:- specify this flag to convert the video to mp4 using ffmpeg`
            --name, -n:- specify the name by which to save the downloaded video, else 'video' is chosen as default name`
            --header-path, -p:- specify the path of header file`
            --retry, -r:- specify number of retries, by default 5 retries will be initiated
            --debug, -d:- print helpful messages to console to understand program flow
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Requires-Python: >=3.6
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