How to Download Amazon Product Videos (m3u8) with Python – Full Code Tutorial

Introduction

The author, a Python enthusiast, shares a question from a community member about scraping Amazon product videos and provides a step‑by‑step solution.

Solution Process

Using browser network inspection, the video was identified as an m3u8 stream – Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming format encoded in UTF‑8. Once the m3u8 URL is obtained, the video can be downloaded.

The following GitHub link contains a ready‑made script that the author adopts:

https://github.com/PY-GZKY/python-automation-docs/blob/master/docs/%E7%88%AC%E8%99%AB/m3u8%E9%9F%B3%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91%E6%8B%BC%E6%8E%A5.md

Core Python code:

import datetime
import time
import os
import requests

# m3u8 is the local file path

def get_ts_urls(m3u8_path):
    urls = []
    with open(m3u8_path, "r") as file:
        lines = file.readlines()
        for line in lines:
            if line.endswith(".ts
"):
                print(line)
                urls.append("https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/vse-vms-transcoding-artifact-us-east-1-prod/084028a2-9a64-485f-a55b-676577059927/" + line.strip("
"))
    return urls

def download(ts_urls, download_path):
    for i in range(len(ts_urls)):
        ts_url = ts_urls[i]
        file_name = ts_url.split("/")[-1]
        print("开始下载 %s" % file_name)
        try:
            response = requests.get(ts_url, stream=True, verify=False)
        except Exception as e:
            print("异常请求：%s" % e.args)
            return
        ts_path = download_path + "/{0}.ts".format(i)
        with open(ts_path, "wb+") as file:
            for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):
                if chunk:
                    file.write(chunk)
        time.sleep(.56)

def file_walker(path):
    file_list = os.listdir(path)
    file_list.sort(key=lambda x: int(x[:-3]))
    file_list_ = []
    for fn in file_list:
        p = "tsfiles/" + fn
        file_list_.append(p)
    print(file_list_)
    return file_list_

def combine(ts_path, file_name):
    file_list = file_walker(ts_path)
    file_path = file_name + '.MP4'
    with open(file_path, 'wb+') as fw:
        for i in range(len(file_list)):
            fw.write(open(file_list[i], 'rb').read())

if __name__ == "__main__":
    urls = get_ts_urls("./data.txt")
    download(urls, "tsfiles")
    combine("tsfiles", "大理")

The script downloads each ts segment, saves them locally, and then merges them into a single mp4 file using the combine() function.

An alternative method mentioned is using ffmpeg directly:

ffmpeg -allowed_extensions ALL -i <m3u8_url> -c copy output_video.mp4

Conclusion

The tutorial demonstrates how to locate the m3u8 URL, download the constituent .ts files with Python, and assemble them into a playable video, while also offering a quick ffmpeg command for those who prefer a one‑liner solution.