Option to Proxy m3u8 streams? Can an override option be added?

[nlitend1]

As mentioned in #187 I noted a playlist of mine was only being redirected despite being setup to reverse proxy in api-proxy.yml As @euzu inferred and explained this was due to the likely dynamic nature of HLS streams.

That said, I have noticed that tvheadend proxies these HLS streams without issue and I'm wondering if there could be an 'override' option to allow this with m3u-filter. (Perhaps you know how this works with tvheadend @jojo141185 ?)

The reasoning for proxy is two-fold: one for consistent routing of streams, and two for vpn (gluetun) use. I realize HLS streams often have mutliple video tracks/resolutions and that may be the reasoning behind denying the ability to reverse proxy, but i have also tried with limiting the stream to a single video track (by replacing (/index.m3u8 with /tracks-v1a1/mono.m3u8 in the playlist) and it does not enable reverse proxy mode. Perhaps it is disabled as soon as .m3u8 is detected?

Hoping for a option here to continue with the all-in-one solution of m3u-filter. 😄

[euzu]

@nlitend1 i have implemented reverse proxy mode for hls. Can you try and give me a feedback?
i have pushed an aarch64-beta image.

[nomandera]

Am I correct in saying that environmental variable expansion currently does not work within every .yml configuration file?

e.g.

M3U_FILTER_HOST_INTERNAL=x.x.x.x

inside api-proxy.yml

${env:M3U_FILTER_HOST_INTERNAL}

[euzu]

@nomandera I have pushed the changes to master, and pushed x86_64 beta image and aarch64 beta image.
Environment variable resolution should now work for all config files.

[aniel300]

this means u can either define it in the configs or within the yml/ docker compose?

[euzu]

you can use env variables inside the config files. like ${env:M3U_FILTER_HOME}

You can set this env variables with docker

[aniel300]

ahh ok ok

[euzu]

@nlitend1 I noticed during my tests that VLC has problems with live streams. Other players play the streams without any issues, but VLC exits with an error.

[euzu]

@nlitend1 i have fixed some issues wth hls content. TopGear was not playing, I have pushed the changes as aarch64-beta image.

[aniel300]

is m3u8 proxing working now?

[euzu]

it should work

[aniel300]

ok perfect will try it soonish

[solohpgh]

I have found my error and corrected my config. It is now working with VLC (using the latest "beta" push).

Though not working with TopGear (if using my list), also any "Geo-Blocked" content doesn't seem to like being proxied?

[aniel300]

ok fair enough. i will test later on

[euzu]

@solohpgh from the above link i have downloaded the list for my country, and tested with as geo locked marked channels, it is working.
I have debuged the resolution of the nested m3u8 files and everything seems to resolve as expected.
I dont know why it is not working on your end. What you can do is, download the playlist from m3u-filter, then search for the link. Use curl to get the content of the link until it resolves to a link ending with .ts.

[solohpgh]

I can do that... question, does it make a difference that these geo-locked links are in a ".mpd" format?

example: https://vs-cmaf-pushb-uk-live.akamaized.net/x=4/i=urn:bbc:pips:service:bbc_one_east_midlands/pc_hd_abr_v2.mpd

curl:

<MPD xmlns="urn:mpeg:dash:schema:mpd:2011" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:mpeg:dash:schema:mpd:2011 http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/MPEG-DASH_schema_files/DASH-MPD.xsd" profiles="urn:dvb:dash:profile:dvb-dash:2014,urn:dvb:dash:profile:dvb-dash:isoff-ext-live:2014" type="dynamic" availabilityStartTime="1970-01-01T00:00:30Z" publishTime="2024-10-21T11:20:15.49Z" minimumUpdatePeriod="PT8H" minBufferTime="PT10S" timeShiftBufferDepth="PT2H" maxSegmentDuration="PT4S">
  <Period id="1" start="PT0S">
    <AdaptationSet id="1" contentType="audio" mimeType="audio/mp4" segmentAlignment="true" audioSamplingRate="48000" codecs="mp4a.40.5" startWithSAP="1" group="1" lang="en">
      <AudioChannelConfiguration schemeIdUri="urn:mpeg:dash:23003:3:audio_channel_configuration:2011" value="2"/>
      <Role schemeIdUri="urn:mpeg:dash:role:2011" value="main"/>
      <Representation id="pa3" bandwidth="96000">
        <SegmentTemplate initialization="a=pa3/al=en-GB/ap=main/b=96000/segment.init" media="t=3840/a=pa3/al=en-GB/ap=main/b=96000/$Number$.m4s" timescale="48000" duration="184320"/>
      </Representation>
    </AdaptationSet>
    <AdaptationSet id="2" contentType="video" mimeType="video/mp4" segmentAlignment="true" sar="1:1" startWithSAP="1" group="2" par="16:9">
      <Role schemeIdUri="urn:mpeg:dash:role:2011" value="main"/>
      <Representation id="pv4" bandwidth="281024" width="384" height="216" codecs="avc3.42C015" frameRate="25" scanType="progressive">
        <SegmentTemplate initialization="v=pv4/b=281024/segment.init" media="t=3840/v=pv4/b=281024/$Number$.m4s" timescale="25" duration="96"/>
      </Representation>
      <Representation id="pv5" bandwidth="437056" width="512" height="288" codecs="avc3.4D4015" frameRate="25" scanType="progressive">
        <SegmentTemplate initialization="v=pv5/b=437056/segment.init" media="t=3840/v=pv5/b=437056/$Number$.m4s" timescale="25" duration="96"/>
      </Representation>
      <Representation id="pv8" bandwidth="827008" width="704" height="396" codecs="avc3.4D401E" frameRate="25" scanType="progressive">
        <SegmentTemplate initialization="v=pv8/b=827008/segment.init" media="t=3840/v=pv8/b=827008/$Number$.m4s" timescale="25" duration="96"/>
      </Representation>
      <Representation id="pv10" bandwidth="1604032" width="960" height="540" codecs="avc3.4D401F" frameRate="25" scanType="progressive">
        <SegmentTemplate initialization="v=pv10/b=1604032/segment.init" media="t=3840/v=pv10/b=1604032/$Number$.m4s" timescale="25" duration="96"/>
      </Representation>
      <Representation id="pv13" bandwidth="2812032" width="960" height="540" codecs="avc3.64001F" frameRate="50" scanType="progressive">
        <SegmentTemplate initialization="v=pv13/b=2812032/segment.init" media="t=3840/v=pv13/b=2812032/$Number$.m4s" timescale="50" duration="192"/>
      </Representation>
      <Representation id="pv14" bandwidth="5070016" width="1280" height="720" codecs="avc3.640020" frameRate="50" scanType="progressive">
        <SegmentTemplate initialization="v=pv14/b=5070016/segment.init" media="t=3840/v=pv14/b=5070016/$Number$.m4s" timescale="50" duration="192"/>
      </Representation>
    </AdaptationSet>
    <AdaptationSet id="232" contentType="audio" mimeType="audio/mp4" segmentAlignment="true" audioSamplingRate="48000" codecs="mp4a.40.5" startWithSAP="1" group="1" lang="en">
      <AudioChannelConfiguration schemeIdUri="urn:mpeg:dash:23003:3:audio_channel_configuration:2011" value="2"/>
      <Accessibility schemeIdUri="urn:tva:metadata:cs:AudioPurposeCS:2007" value="1"/>
      <Role schemeIdUri="urn:mpeg:dash:role:2011" value="alternate"/>
      <Representation id="a=pa3/al=en-GB/ap=adb" bandwidth="96000">
        <SegmentTemplate initialization="a=pa3/al=en-GB/ap=adb/b=96000/segment.init" media="t=3840/a=pa3/al=en-GB/ap=adb/b=96000/$Number$.m4s" timescale="48000" duration="184320"/>
      </Representation>
    </AdaptationSet>
  </Period>
  <UTCTiming schemeIdUri="urn:mpeg:dash:utc:http-xsdate:2014" value="https://time.akamai.com/?iso"/>
</MPD>

[euzu]

@solohpgh i assume this is dash format, currently not supported, we need to implement this.

[solohpgh]

Ah.... yes. I just saw the other thread from @aniel300 (#159)