Add --hls-use-mpegts option

When using the mpegts container hls vidoes can be played while being downloaded (useful if you are recording a live stream).
VLC and mpv play them file, but QuickTime doesn't.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py
index 10b83c6b2..cb34dc4ab 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/hls.py
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ class HlsFD(FileDownloader):
                 '-headers',
                 ''.join('%s: %s\r\n' % (key, val) for key, val in headers.items())]
 
-        args += ['-i', url, '-f', 'mp4', '-c', 'copy', '-bsf:a', 'aac_adtstoasc']
+        args += ['-i', url, '-c', 'copy']
+        if self.params.get('hls_use_mpegts', False):
+            args += ['-f', 'mpegts']
+        else:
+            args += ['-f', 'mp4', '-bsf:a', 'aac_adtstoasc']
 
         args = [encodeArgument(opt) for opt in args]
         args.append(encodeFilename(ffpp._ffmpeg_filename_argument(tmpfilename), True))