FFMPEG mp4 from http live streaming m3u8 file

Question

How Can I extract mp4 from http live streaming m3u8 file  I Tried this command below   ffmpeg -i  input file  -f rawvideo -bsf h264 mp4toannexb -vcodec copy out mp4   I took this error       NULL   0000000002f07060  Packet header is not contained in global extradata  corrupted stream or invalid MP4 AVCC bitstream Failed to open bitstream filter h264 mp4toannexb for stream 0 with codec copy  I

User · Accepted Answer

Your command is completely incorrect  The output format is not rawvideo and you don t need the bitstream filter h264 mp4toannexb which is used when you want to convert the h264 contained in an mp4 to the Annex B format used by MPEG-TS for example  What you want to use instead is the aac adtstoasc for the AAC streams   ffmpeg -i http       playlist m3u8 -c copy -bsf a aac adtstoasc output mp4

User · Answer

Aergistal s answer works  but I found that converting to mp4 can make some m3u8 videos broken  If you are stuck with this problem  try to convert them to mkv  and convert them to mp4 later

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