MediaFlow Proxy

MediaFlow Proxy is a powerful and flexible solution for proxifying various types of media streams. It supports HTTP(S) links, HLS (M3U8) streams, and MPEG-DASH streams, including DRM-protected content. This proxy can convert MPEG-DASH DRM-protected streams to decrypted HLS live streams in real-time, making it one of the fastest live decrypter servers available.

Features

Stream Processing

• Convert MPEG-DASH streams (DRM-protected and non-protected) to HLS
• Support for Clear Key DRM-protected MPD DASH streams
• Support for non-DRM protected DASH live and VOD streams
• Proxy and modify HLS (M3U8) streams in real-time
• Proxy HTTP/HTTPS links with custom headers

Proxy & Routing

• Advanced proxy routing system with support for:
  • Domain-based routing rules
  • Protocol-specific routing (HTTP/HTTPS)
  • Subdomain and wildcard patterns
  • Port-specific routing
• Support for HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS5 proxy forwarding
• Flexible SSL verification control per route
• Support for expired or self-signed SSL certificates
• Public IP address retrieval for Debrid services integration

Security

• API password protection against unauthorized access & Network bandwidth abuse prevention
• Parameter encryption to hide sensitive information
• Optional IP-based access control for encrypted URLs
• URL expiration support for encrypted URLs

Additional Features

• Built-in speed test for RealDebrid and AllDebrid services
• Custom header injection and modification
• Real-time HLS manifest manipulation
• HLS Key URL modifications for bypassing stream restrictions

Configuration

Set the following environment variables:

• API_PASSWORD: Optional. Protects against unauthorized access and API network abuses.
• ENABLE_STREAMING_PROGRESS: Optional. Enable streaming progress logging. Default is false.

Transport Configuration

MediaFlow Proxy now supports advanced transport configuration using HTTPX's routing system. You can configure proxy and SSL verification settings for different domains and protocols.

Basic Configuration

Enable proxy for all routes:

PROXY_URL=http://proxy:8080
ALL_PROXY=true

Advanced Routing Configuration

Configure different proxy settings for specific patterns:

PROXY_URL=http://proxy:8080
TRANSPORT_ROUTES='{
    "https://internal.company.com": {
        "proxy": false
    },
    "all://streaming.service.com": {
        "proxy_url": "socks5://streaming-proxy:1080",
        "verify_ssl": false
    }
}'

The routing system supports various patterns:

• Domain routing: "all://example.com"
• Subdomain routing: "all://*.example.com"
• Protocol-specific routing: "https://example.com"
• Port-specific routing: "all://*:1234"
• Wildcard routing: "all://"

Route Configuration Options

Each route can have the following settings:

• proxy: Boolean to enable/disable proxy for this route (default: true)
• proxy_url: Optional specific proxy URL for this route (overrides primary proxy_url)
• verify_ssl: Boolean to control SSL verification (default: true)

Configuration Examples

1. Simple proxy setup with SSL bypass for internal domain:

PROXY_URL=http://main-proxy:8080
TRANSPORT_ROUTES='{
    "https://internal.domain.com": {
        "proxy": false,
        "verify_ssl": false
    }
}'

2. Different proxies for different services:

PROXY_URL=http://default-proxy:8080
TRANSPORT_ROUTES='{
    "all://*.streaming.com": {
        "proxy": true,
        "proxy_url": "socks5://streaming-proxy:1080"
    },
    "all://*.internal.com": {
        "proxy": false
    },
    "https://api.service.com": {
        "proxy": true,
        "verify_ssl": false
    }
}'

3. Global proxy with exceptions:

PROXY_URL=http://main-proxy:8080
ALL_PROXY=true
TRANSPORT_ROUTES='{
    "all://local.network": {
        "proxy": false
    },
    "all://*.trusted-service.com": {
        "proxy": false
    }
}'

Speed Test Feature

MediaFlow Proxy now includes a built-in speed test feature for testing RealDebrid and AllDebrid network speeds. To access the speed test:

1. Open your browser and navigate to http://your-server:8888/speedtest.html
2. The speed test page allows you to:
   • Test download speeds from RealDebrid servers
   • Test download speeds from AllDebrid servers

Installation

Option 1: Self-Hosted Deployment

Using Docker from Docker Hub

1. Pull & Run the Docker image:

   docker run -p 8888:8888 -e API_PASSWORD=your_password mhdzumair/mediaflow-proxy
   

Using pip

Important

Ensure that you have Python 3.10 or higher installed.

1. Install the package:

   pip install mediaflow-proxy
   

2. Set the API_PASSWORD and other environment variables in .env:

   echo "API_PASSWORD=your_password" > .env
   

3. Run the MediaFlow Proxy server:

   mediaflow-proxy
   

   You can access the server at http://localhost:8888.

4. To run the server with uvicorn options: (Optional)

   uvicorn mediaflow_proxy.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8888 --workers 4
   

Using git & poetry

Important

Ensure that you have Python 3.10 or higher installed.

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/mhdzumair/mediaflow-proxy.git
   cd mediaflow-proxy
   

2. Install dependencies using Poetry:

   poetry install
   

3. Set the API_PASSWORD environment variable in .env:

   echo "API_PASSWORD=your_password" > .env
   

4. Run the FastAPI server:

   poetry run uvicorn mediaflow_proxy.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8888 --workers 4
   

Build and Run Docker Image Locally

1. Build the Docker image:

   docker build -t mediaflow-proxy .
   

2. Run the Docker container:

   docker run -d -p 8888:8888 -e API_PASSWORD=your_password --restart unless-stopped --name mediaflow-proxy mediaflow-proxy
   

Option 2: Premium Hosted Service (ElfHosted)

For a hassle-free, high-performance deployment of MediaFlow Proxy, consider the premium hosted service through ElfHosted.

To purchase:

1. Visit https://store.elfhosted.com/product/mediaflow-proxy
2. Follow ElfHosted's setup instructions

Benefits:

• Instant setup and automatic updates
• High performance and 24/7 availability
• No server maintenance required

Ideal for users who want a reliable, plug-and-play solution without the technical overhead of self-hosting.

Option 3: Hugging Face Space Deployment (Sometimes it gets stuck in the building state)

1. Signup or Login to Hugging Face https://huggingface.co/
2. Create a new space with random name https://huggingface.co/new-space. Choose docker as SDK and blank template and public visibility.
3. Goto "Settings" tab and create a new secret with name API_PASSWORD and set the value to your desired password.
4. Goto "Files" tab and create a new file with name Dockerfile and paste the following content and click on "Commit" to save the changes.

   FROM python:3.9
   
   RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
   USER user
   ENV PATH="/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH"
   
   WORKDIR /app
   
   RUN pip install mediaflow-proxy
   
   EXPOSE 7860
   
   CMD ["uvicorn", "mediaflow_proxy.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860", "--workers", "4"]

5. Wait until the space gets built and deployed. Sometimes the space gets stuck in the building state, I don't know why. You can wait for a few hours and try to create a new space and follow the steps again.
6. If the space is deployed successfully, you can click on the three dots in the top right corner and click on "Embed this space" and copy "Direct URL".
7. Use the above URL and API password on support addons like MediaFusion, Jackettio, etc.

Usage

Endpoints

1. /proxy/hls/manifest.m3u8: Proxify HLS streams
2. /proxy/stream: Proxy generic http video streams
3. /proxy/mpd/manifest.m3u8: Process MPD manifests
4. /proxy/mpd/playlist.m3u8: Generate HLS playlists from MPD
5. /proxy/mpd/segment.mp4: Process and decrypt media segments
6. /proxy/ip: Get the public IP address of the MediaFlow Proxy server

Once the server is running, for more details on the available endpoints and their parameters, visit the Swagger UI at http://localhost:8888/docs.

Examples

Proxy HTTPS Stream

mpv "http://localhost:8888/proxy/stream?d=https://jsoncompare.org/LearningContainer/SampleFiles/Video/MP4/sample-mp4-file.mp4&api_password=your_password"

Proxy HTTPS self-signed certificate Stream

To bypass SSL verification for a self-signed certificate stream, export the proxy route configuration:

PROXY_ROUTES='{"https://self-signed.badssl.com": {"proxy_url": null, "verify_ssl": false}}'

mpv "http://localhost:8888/proxy/stream?d=https://self-signed.badssl.com/&api_password=your_password"

Proxy HLS Stream with Headers

mpv "http://localhost:8888/proxy/hls/manifest.m3u8?d=https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/img_bipbop_adv_example_fmp4/master.m3u8&h_referer=https://apple.com/&h_origin=https://apple.com&h_user-agent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/118.0.0.0 Safari/537.36&api_password=your_password"

Live DASH Stream (Non-DRM Protected)

mpv -v "http://localhost:8888/proxy/mpd/manifest.m3u8?d=https://livesim.dashif.org/livesim/chunkdur_1/ato_7/testpic4_8s/Manifest.mpd&api_password=your_password"

VOD DASH Stream (DRM Protected)

mpv -v "http://localhost:8888/proxy/mpd/manifest.m3u8?d=https://media.axprod.net/TestVectors/v7-MultiDRM-SingleKey/Manifest_1080p_ClearKey.mpd&key_id=nrQFDeRLSAKTLifXUIPiZg&key=FmY0xnWCPCNaSpRG-tUuTQ&api_password=your_password"

Note: The key and key_id parameters are automatically processed if they're not in the correct format.

URL Encoding

For players like VLC that require properly encoded URLs, use the encode_mediaflow_proxy_url function:

from mediaflow_proxy.utils.http_utils import encode_mediaflow_proxy_url

encoded_url = encode_mediaflow_proxy_url(
    mediaflow_proxy_url="http://127.0.0.1:8888",
    endpoint="/proxy/mpd/manifest.m3u8",
    destination_url="https://media.axprod.net/TestVectors/v7-MultiDRM-SingleKey/Manifest_1080p_ClearKey.mpd",
    query_params={
        "key_id": "nrQFDeRLSAKTLifXUIPiZg",
        "key": "FmY0xnWCPCNaSpRG-tUuTQ",
        "api_password": "your_password"
    },
    request_headers={
        "referer": "https://media.axprod.net/",
        "origin": "https://media.axprod.net",
    }
)

print(encoded_url)

# http://127.0.0.1:8888/proxy/mpd/manifest.m3u8?key_id=nrQFDeRLSAKTLifXUIPiZg&key=FmY0xnWCPCNaSpRG-tUuTQ&api_password=your_password&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.axprod.net%2FTestVectors%2Fv7-MultiDRM-SingleKey%2FManifest_1080p_ClearKey.mpd&h_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.axprod.net%2F&h_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.axprod.net

This will output a properly encoded URL that can be used with players like VLC.

vlc "http://127.0.0.1:8888/proxy/mpd/manifest.m3u8?key_id=nrQFDeRLSAKTLifXUIPiZg&key=FmY0xnWCPCNaSpRG-tUuTQ&api_password=dedsec&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.axprod.net%2FTestVectors%2Fv7-MultiDRM-SingleKey%2FManifest_1080p_ClearKey.mpd"

Generating Encrypted URLs

To generate an encrypted URL with optional IP restriction and expiration, Use the /generate_encrypted_or_encoded_url endpoint via swagger UI or programmatically as shown below:

import requests

url = "http://localhost:8888/generate_encrypted_or_encoded_url"
data = {
    "mediaflow_proxy_url": "http://localhost:8888",
    "endpoint": "/proxy/mpd/manifest.m3u8",
    "destination_url": "https://media.axprod.net/TestVectors/v7-MultiDRM-SingleKey/Manifest_1080p_ClearKey.mpd",
    "query_params": {
        "key_id": "nrQFDeRLSAKTLifXUIPiZg",
        "key": "FmY0xnWCPCNaSpRG-tUuTQ"
    },
    "request_headers": {
        "referer": "https://media.axprod.net/",
        "origin": "https://media.axprod.net",
    },
    "expiration": 3600,  # URL will expire in 1 hour
    "ip": "123.123.123.123",  # Optional: Restrict access to this IP
    "api_password": "your_password"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=data)
encrypted_url = response.json()["encoded_url"]
print(encrypted_url)

You can then use the encoded_url in your player or application to access the media stream.

Using MediaFlow Proxy with Debrid Services and Stremio Addons

MediaFlow Proxy can be particularly useful when working with Debrid services (like Real-Debrid, AllDebrid) and Stremio addons. The /proxy/ip endpoint allows you to retrieve the public IP address of the MediaFlow Proxy server, which is crucial for routing Debrid streams correctly.

When a Stremio addon needs to create a video URL for a Debrid service, it typically needs to provide the user's public IP address. However, when routing the Debrid stream through MediaFlow Proxy, you should use the IP address of the MediaFlow Proxy server instead.

Here's how to utilize MediaFlow Proxy in this scenario:

1. If MediaFlow Proxy is accessible over the internet:

   • Use the /proxy/ip endpoint to get the MediaFlow Proxy server's public IP.
   • Use this IP when creating Debrid service URLs in your Stremio addon.

2. If MediaFlow Proxy is set up locally:

   • Stremio addons can directly use the client's IP address.

Future Development

• Add support for Widevine and PlayReady decryption

Acknowledgements and Inspirations

MediaFlow Proxy was developed with inspiration from various projects and resources:

• Stremio Server for HLS Proxify implementation, which inspired our HLS M3u8 Manifest parsing and redirection proxify support.
• Comet Debrid proxy for the idea of proxifying HTTPS video streams.
• mp4decrypt, mp4box, and devine for insights on parsing MPD and decrypting Clear Key DRM protected content.
• Test URLs were sourced from:
  • OTTVerse MPEG-DASH MPD Examples
  • OTTVerse HLS M3U8 Examples
  • Bitmovin Stream Test
  • Bitmovin DRM Demo
  • DASH-IF Reference Player
• HLS Protocol RFC for understanding the HLS protocol specifications.
• Claude 3.5 Sonnet for code assistance and brainstorming.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

MIT License

Disclaimer

This project is for educational purposes only. The developers of MediaFlow Proxy are not responsible for any misuse of this software. Please ensure that you have the necessary permissions to access and use the media streams you are proxying.