M3U8 Video Converter Bot

This project contains a Telegram bot designed to convert M3U8 video streams into a single MP4 file and send it to the user. It utilizes the python-telegram-bot library for interacting with the Telegram API, aiohttp for asynchronous HTTP requests, and ffmpeg for merging video segments.

Features

• Download M3U8 file and extract video segments.
• Download video segments concurrently for faster processing.
• Merge video segments into a single MP4 file.
• Send the converted video file directly to the user on Telegram.
• Utilizes Pyrogram for sending large video files.

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• python-telegram-bot
• aiohttp
• ffmpeg installed on the system and accessible from the command line.
• A Telegram bot token, and API ID and Hash from my.telegram.org.

Installation

1. Clone this repository or download the source code.

2. Install the required Python packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Make sure ffmpeg is installed on your system and is accessible from the command line.

4. Create a config.json file in the project root with the following structure:

   {
     "API_ID": "your_api_id",
     "API_HASH": "your_api_hash",
     "BOT_TOKEN": "your_bot_token"
   }

   Replace your_api_id, your_api_hash, and your_bot_token with your actual Telegram API ID, API Hash, and bot token.

Usage

1. Start the bot by running:

   python main.py

2. Interact with your bot on Telegram. Use the /convert <M3U8 URL> command to start converting a video.

How It Works

• The bot accepts an M3U8 URL via the /convert command.
• It downloads the M3U8 file and extracts the URLs of the video segments.
• Video segments are downloaded concurrently to speed up the process.
• Downloaded segments are merged into a single MP4 file using ffmpeg.
• The final video file is sent to the user on Telegram.

Limitations

• The bot is designed to work with publicly accessible M3U8 URLs. It may not work with URLs that require authentication or are behind a paywall.
• The size of the final video file is limited by Telegram's maximum file size for bots, which is 50 MB for documents and 2 GB for videos sent using Pyrogram.

Reported Results

(these results are based on first 10-20 trial runs)

• The bot can achieve download speed same as the link network without loss or buffer
• Duration of merging the segment files can be as low as 60 files / second
• Upload speed is limited due to Telegram servers, highest achieved so far is 16MB/s

Disclaimer

This project is for educational purposes only. Use it at your own risk. The author is not responsible for any misuse or damage caused by this program.