An is not a video file itself. It is a plain-text playlist file containing a sequential list of URLs pointing to tiny video chunks (usually in .ts format).
This report outlines the functionality and known limitations of using the utility to download content from playlists. Overview of aria2c m3u8
aria2c --header="User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0..." --header="Cookie: session_id=XYZ" -i download_links.txt Use code with caution. 2. Encrypted M3U8 Streams (AES-128) An is not a video file itself
I can provide a (Python or Bash) to automate the entire extraction and merging process for you! Overview of aria2c --header="User-Agent: Mozilla/5
This command downloads the M3U8 stream from the provided URL, splits it into 16 segments with a minimum size of 16MB, uses up to 16 connections per server, saves the file to ~/Downloads with the name yourstream.mp4 , and outputs verbose information during the download.
If you download chunks named chunk1.ts through chunk100.ts , a basic cat * command might merge them alphabetically ( chunk1.ts , chunk10.ts , chunk100.ts ) instead of numerically, ruining the video playback.


