How to properly play IPTV m3u8 chunked streams?

[markg85]

Hi,

You can grab any IPTV channel from here for example.
Note that these are continuous (live) streaming channels.

These channels contain a list of chunks (say 5 or so) which mpv plays.
After that list is played mpv quits. Fine for a fixed length video, not so much for a live stream.

Playing the same string with mpv <url> --loop-playlist=inf nearly works. It looks like the last chunk is played twice or something? It's weird.

Here's a random channel from that site as example:
mpv "http://cfd-v4-service-channel-stitcher-use1-1.prd.pluto.tv//proxy/99b21a01-5948-4846-8087-2fee1b5f0a3d/6508be683a0d700008c534e4/master.m3u8?appName=web&appVersion=unknown&clientTime=0&deviceDNT=0&deviceId=6c265962-30d3-11ef-9cf5-e9ddff8ff496&deviceMake=Chrome&deviceModel=web&deviceType=web&deviceVersion=unknown&includeExtendedEvents=false&sid=99b21a01-5948-4846-8087-2fee1b5f0a3d&serverSideAds=false&checkedby%3Aiptvcat.net=&startingOffset=0%" --loop-playlist=inf

I'm sure this can be possible in mpv with it's wealth of commands. Just finding the right ones is a bit tricky.