One common use of the M3U file format is creating a single-entry playlist file pointing to a stream on the Internet. M3U is a computer file format for a multimedia playlist. Like most modern container formats, it allows streaming over the Internet. MPEG-4 Part 14 or MP4 is a digital multimedia format most commonly used to store video and audio and store other data such as subtitles and still images. I think this is related to the way the link is read because it has '.' that makes ffmpeg probably read it as a file and thinking the rest of the line is a command.International Organization for Standardization MacBook-Pro:downloads$ ffmpeg version 4.0 Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developersīuilt with Apple LLVM version 9.0.0 (clang-900.0.39.2)Ĭonfiguration: -prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/4.0 -enable-shared -enable-pthreads -enable-version3 -enable-hardcoded-tables -enable-avresample -cc=clang -host-cflags=-I/System/Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/Current/Headers/ -host-ldflags= -enable-gpl -enable-chromaprint -enable-ffplay -enable-frei0r -enable-libass -enable-libbluray -enable-libbs2b -enable-libcaca -enable-libfdk-aac -enable-libfontconfig -enable-libfreetype -enable-libgme -enable-libgsm -enable-libmodplug -enable-libmp3lame -enable-libopencore-amrnb -enable-libopencore-amrwb -enable-libopenh264 -enable-libopus -enable-librsvg -enable-librtmp -enable-librubberband -enable-libsnappy -enable-libsoxr -enable-libspeex -enable-libssh -enable-libtesseract -enable-libtheora -enable-libtwolame -enable-libvidstab -enable-libvorbis -enable-libvpx -enable-libwavpack -enable-libwebp -enable-libx264 -enable-libx265 -enable-libxvid -enable-libzimg -enable-libzmq -enable-opencl -enable-videotoolbox -enable-openssl -enable-lzma -enable-libopenjpeg -disable-decoder=jpeg2000 -extra-cflags=-I/usr/local/Cellar/openjpeg/2.3.0/include/openjpeg-2.3 -enable-nonfree MacBook-Pro:downloads$ ffmpeg -i -c copy b.mp4

However it doesn't succeed and stuck although VLC player can load it up with no problem. Usually this is a simple task for ffmpeg but i have this link: Īnd i am trying to download it to my computer using this simple line: ffmpeg -i input -c copy output.mp4

M3u8 to mp4 ffmpeg