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However, you can still use aria2c to handle M3U8 downloads by using it as a high-speed engine for other tools or by manually feeding it segment links. Option 1: The Best Way (yt-dlp + aria2c)

aria2c -x 16 -s 16 -k 16M https://example.com/yourstream.m3u8 aria2c m3u8

Standard downloaders see this map and get confused. They might download the text file (the playlist) but leave you stranded without the actual video. Or worse, they try to download the pieces one by one in a single thread, a process that takes longer than watching the entire series. However, you can still use aria2c to handle