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      3 hours ago

      Oh, Im sorry. If I’m honest I completely forgot. Here it is:

      You will need ffmpeg installed, and I did write it for Linux, so I’m not sure if there are differences for windows. Worst case you need to slightly modify it to work on windows.

      #!/usr/bin/env python3
      
      import requests
      import os
      import subprocess
      from urllib.parse import urljoin
      import sys
      
      def download_video_chunks(base_url, output_file):
          """
          Downloads video chunks from the given base URL and merges them into a single file.
      
          :param base_url: The URL to the playlist or base directory containing the video chunks.
          :param output_file: The name of the output video file (e.g., "output.mp4").
          """
          try:
              # Get the playlist file (e.g., .m3u8 or .ts index file)
              print(f"Fetching playlist or video chunk URLs from: {base_url}", flush=True)
              response = requests.get(base_url, timeout=10)
              response.raise_for_status()
              
              # Parse the playlist to get the chunk URLs
              lines = response.text.splitlines()
              chunk_urls = [urljoin(base_url, line) for line in lines if line and not line.startswith("#")]
      
              if not chunk_urls:
                  print("No video chunks found in the provided URL.", flush=True)
                  return
      
              # Create a directory for storing chunks
              os.makedirs("video_chunks", exist_ok=True)
      
              # Download each chunk
              chunk_files = []
              for idx, chunk_url in enumerate(chunk_urls):
                  chunk_file = os.path.join("video_chunks", f"chunk_{idx:04d}.ts")
                  print(f"Downloading {chunk_url}...", flush=True)
      
                  with requests.get(chunk_url, stream=True) as chunk_response:
                      chunk_response.raise_for_status()
                      with open(chunk_file, "wb") as f:
                          for chunk in chunk_response.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):
                              f.write(chunk)
      
                  chunk_files.append(chunk_file)
      
              # Merge the chunks into a single file using ffmpeg
              print("Merging chunks...", flush=True)
              with open("file_list.txt", "w") as f:
                  for chunk_file in chunk_files:
                      f.write(f"file '{chunk_file}'\n")
      
              subprocess.run(["ffmpeg", "-f", "concat", "-safe", "0", "-i", "file_list.txt", "-c", "copy", output_file], check=True)
      
              print(f"Video saved as {output_file}", flush=True)
      
          except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
              print(f"An error occurred while downloading: {e}", flush=True)
          except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
              print(f"An error occurred while merging: {e}", flush=True)
          finally:
              # Clean up temporary files
              if os.path.exists("file_list.txt"):
                  os.remove("file_list.txt")
              for chunk_file in chunk_files:
                  os.remove(chunk_file)
              # if os.path.exists("video_chunks"):
                  # os.rmdir("video_chunks")
      
      if __name__ == "__main__":
          base_url = input("Enter the URL of the video playlist or base directory: ")
          output_file = input("Enter the output video file name (e.g., output.mp4): ")
          print(f"Starting download process for playlist: {base_url}", flush=True)
          download_video_chunks(base_url, output_file)
      

      If you guys can recommend a fair and open pastebin alternative for me I will upload it there as well and edit this with the link