SMIL parsing support
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Description
Some video stream URLs are protected with timestamped tokens, making it inconvenient (or impossible) to save URLs for future use. However some streams also publish stream metadata in SMIL format, which already renders the relevant tokens inline.
If mpv would be able to accept and parse SMIL files it could support these streams without the need to care about timestamps or tokens.
One such example can be found at http://ipbc-metadata-rr-d.vidnt.com/live/ipbc/IPBCchannel11LVM/hls/metadata.xml (see the ttl and cdn_token query params in each stream)
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Research direction
The issue names no files or tests. Start by examining how mpv currently handles stream URLs and metadata, then compare the linked metadata.xml SMIL structure, including ttl and cdn_token query parameters, with supported input formats. Done means mpv can accept and parse such SMIL files and use the resulting stream URLs.
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- Tech stack
- c
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- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
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- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
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