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Select specific stream from m3u8 and download using ffmpeg.md

List available programs

$ ffmpeg -i <URL.m3u8>

Specifying program

$ ffmpeg -i URL.m3u8 -map <SOURCE_IDX>:p:<PROGRAM_NUMBER> -c copy output.ext

Specify video/audio stream

$ ffmpeg -i URL.m3u8 -map <SOURCE_IDX>:v:<VIDEO_STREAM_INDEX> -map <SOURCE_IDX>:a:<VIDEO_STREAM_INDEX> -c copy output.ext

Example

$ ffmpeg -i URL.m3u8 -map 0:p:4 -c copy output.mp4
$ ffmpeg -i URL.m3u8 -map 0:v:0 -map 0:a:0 -c copy output.mp4
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