m3u8dl Custom Protocol

N_m3u8DL-RE

N_m3u8DL-RE is a cross-platform DASH/HLS/MSS download tool. It supports on-demand and live streaming (DASH/HLS). It does not currently support invocation via protocol.

URLProtocol

URLProtocol is a tool for registering custom URL protocols. It can register any program as a URL protocol for easy invocation.

Installation

1. Download URLProtocol.exe and N_m3u8DL-RE.exe and place them together.
2. Open the URLProtocol tool, enter m3u8dl as the protocol name, click the select target program button, select N_m3u8DL-RE.exe, and click Add. This completes the protocol registration.
3. Open the browser and enter m3u8dl:// to test whether the registration is successful. A popup dialog indicates successful registration.
4. In Cat Catch settings, change m3u8dl Custom Protocol -> Disable to N_m3u8DL-RE.
5. Refer to the documentation of N_m3u8DL-RE and modify the parameters in Parameter Settings to your desired values.

Default parameters: "${url}" --save-dir "%USERPROFILE%\Downloads\m3u8dl" --save-name "${title}_${now}" ${referer|exists:'-H "Referer:*"'} --del-after-done --no-log

For more parameters, please refer to the GitHub page at https://github.com/nilaoda/N_m3u8DL-RE.

Once an m3u8 resource is sniffed, simply click the download icon to invoke N_m3u8DL-RE to download the m3u8 file.

WARNING

The two tools must be kept in fixed file locations, otherwise the protocol will not be able to find the target program the next time it is opened.