Gathering detailed insights and metrics for m3u8stream
Gathering detailed insights and metrics for m3u8stream
Concatenates segments from a m3u8/dash-mpd playlist into a consumable stream.
Installations
npm install m3u8streamDeveloper Guide
BETA
Typescript
Yes
Module System
CommonJS
Min. Node Version
>=12
Node Version
16.13.1
NPM Version
7.24.2
Releases
21
Languages
2
TypeScript
JavaScript
TypeScript (96.74%)
JavaScript (3.26%)
Developer
fent
Download Statistics
Total Downloads
29,450,685
Last Day
28,544
Last Week
191,836
Last Month
742,244
Last Year
9,556,697
GitHub Statistics
MIT License
224 Stars
146 Commits
53 Forks
6 Watchers
4 Branches
7 Contributors
Updated on Jun 14, 2025
Bundle Size
30.72 kB
Minified
11.10 kB
Minified + Gzipped
Maintainers
1
Package Meta Information
Latest Version
0.8.6
Package Id
m3u8stream@0.8.6
Unpacked Size
48.37 kB
Size
13.49 kB
File Count
21
NPM Version
7.24.2
Node Version
16.13.1
Total Downloads
Cumulative downloads
Total Downloads
29,450,685
node-m3u8stream
Reads segments from a m3u8 playlist or DASH MPD file into a consumable stream.
Usage
1const fs = require('fs'); 2const m3u8stream = require('m3u8stream') 3 4m3u8stream('http://somesite.com/link/to/the/playlist.m3u8') 5 .pipe(fs.createWriteStream('videofile.mp4'));
API
m3u8stream(url, [options])
Creates a readable stream of binary media data. options can have the following
begin- Where to begin playing the video. Accepts an absolute unix timestamp or date and a relative time in the formats1:23:45.123and1m2s.liveBuffer- How much buffer in milliseconds to have for live streams. Default is20000.chunkReadahead- How many chunks to preload ahead. Default is3.highWaterMark- How much of the download to buffer into the stream. See node's docs for more. Note that the actual amount buffered can be higher since each chunk request maintains its own buffer.requestOptions- Any options you want to pass to miniget, such asheaders.parser- Either "m3u8" or "dash-mpd". Defaults to guessing based on the playlist url ending in.m3u8or.mpd.id- For playlist containing multiple media options. If not given, the first representation will be picked.
Stream#end()
If called, stops requesting segments, and refreshing the playlist.
Event: progress
Object- Current segment with the following fields,number- numnumber- sizenumber- durationstring- url
number- Total number of segments.number- Bytes downloaded up to this point.
For static non-live playlists, emitted each time a segment has finished downloading. Since total download size is unknown until all segment endpoints are hit, progress is calculated based on how many segments are available.
miniget events
All miniget events are forwarded and can be listened to from the returned stream.
m3u8stream.parseTimestamp(time)
Converts human friendly time to milliseconds. Supports the format
00:00:00.000 for hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds respectively.
And 0ms, 0s, 0m, 0h, and together 1m1s.
time- A string (or number) giving the user-readable input data
Limitations
Currently, it does not support encrypted media segments. This is because the sites where this was tested on and intended for, YouTube and Twitch, don't use it.
This does not parse master playlists, only media playlists. If you want to parse a master playlist to get links to media playlists, you can try the m3u8 module.
Install
npm install m3u8stream
Tests
Tests are written with mocha
1npm test
No vulnerabilities found.
Reason
no binaries found in the repo
Reason
no dangerous workflow patterns detected
Reason
license file detected
Details
- Info: project has a license file: LICENSE:0
- Info: FSF or OSI recognized license: MIT License: LICENSE:0
Reason
dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 2
Details
- Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/lint.yml:10: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/fent/node-m3u8stream/lint.yml/master?enable=pin
- Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/lint.yml:12: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/fent/node-m3u8stream/lint.yml/master?enable=pin
- Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/nodejs.yml:15: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/fent/node-m3u8stream/nodejs.yml/master?enable=pin
- Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/nodejs.yml:18: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/fent/node-m3u8stream/nodejs.yml/master?enable=pin
- Warn: third-party GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/nodejs.yml:28: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/fent/node-m3u8stream/nodejs.yml/master?enable=pin
- Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/release.yml:12: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/fent/node-m3u8stream/release.yml/master?enable=pin
- Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/release.yml:16: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/fent/node-m3u8stream/release.yml/master?enable=pin
- Warn: npmCommand not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/lint.yml:16
- Warn: npmCommand not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/nodejs.yml:24
- Info: 0 out of 6 GitHub-owned GitHubAction dependencies pinned
- Info: 0 out of 1 third-party GitHubAction dependencies pinned
- Info: 1 out of 3 npmCommand dependencies pinned
Reason
Found 3/27 approved changesets -- score normalized to 1
Reason
0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
Reason
detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
Details
- Warn: no topLevel permission defined: .github/workflows/lint.yml:1
- Warn: no topLevel permission defined: .github/workflows/nodejs.yml:1
- Warn: no topLevel permission defined: .github/workflows/release.yml:1
- Info: no jobLevel write permissions found
Reason
no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
Reason
security policy file not detected
Details
- Warn: no security policy file detected
- Warn: no security file to analyze
- Warn: no security file to analyze
- Warn: no security file to analyze
Reason
project is not fuzzed
Details
- Warn: no fuzzer integrations found
Reason
branch protection not enabled on development/release branches
Details
- Warn: branch protection not enabled for branch 'master'
Reason
SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
Details
- Warn: 0 commits out of 7 are checked with a SAST tool
Reason
23 existing vulnerabilities detected
Details
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-968p-4wvh-cqc8
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-67hx-6x53-jw92
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-93q8-gq69-wqmw
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-v6h2-p8h4-qcjw
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-grv7-fg5c-xmjg
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-3xgq-45jj-v275
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-gxpj-cx7g-858c
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-2j2x-2gpw-g8fm
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-ww39-953v-wcq6
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-9c47-m6qq-7p4h
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-p6mc-m468-83gw
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-29mw-wpgm-hmr9
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-35jh-r3h4-6jhm
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-952p-6rrq-rcjv
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-f8q6-p94x-37v3
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-vh95-rmgr-6w4m
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-xvch-5gv4-984h
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-hj48-42vr-x3v9
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-9wv6-86v2-598j
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-c2qf-rxjj-qqgw
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-j8xg-fqg3-53r7
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-c4w7-xm78-47vh
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-p9pc-299p-vxgp
Score
2.7
/10
Last Scanned on 2025-06-30
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