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Add the possibility to use the Shaka packager application for decryption of media with Content Protection,
as an alternative to mp4decrypt. The shaka-packager application is able to handle more media
formats (e.g. WebM/Matroska containers) and is better maintained than mp4decrypt. See the
commandline arguments--decryption-applicationand--shaka-packager-location. -
New commandline argument
--enable-live-streamsthat makes it possible to attempt to download
from a live (dynamic) manifest. Downloading from a genuinely live stream won't work well, because
we don't implement the clock-related throttling needed to only download media segments when they
become available. However, some media sources publish pseudo-live streams where all media segments
are in fact available (they don't update the manifest once the live is complete), which we will be
able to download. You might also have some success in combination with the--sleep-requests
commandline argument. -
New commandline argument
--force-durationwhich makes it possible to specify the number of
seconds of content to download from the DASH stream. This may be necessary when using
--enable-live-streams, because live streams often don't specify a duration. It can also be used
to download only the first part of a normal (static) stream. -
Fix the selection of the desired Representation (according to the user's quality/resolution
preferences) for DASH manifests that include multiple AdaptationSets. This is the case on some
manifests that offer media streams using different codecs. We were previously only examining
Representation elements in the first AdaptationSet present in the manifest.