Generate .m3u8 on the fly from .ts files

Question

I have a list of .ts file segments that follow this pattern

http://www.someaddress.com/file_11223344.ts
http://www.someaddress.com/file_11223345.ts
http://www.someaddress.com/file_11223346.ts
...

Since I need a m3u8 file in order to open this videos, is there a way to generate this m3u8 manually (from ts segments) in .php for example. Original m3u8 is protected and generated only if I have user/pass id etc. This is live stream that is always updated and generated based on a timestamp

Solution

if you have the main file, let's say : http://www.someaddress.com/file_11223344.ts you don't have to convert anything. just change the end of the URL from .ts to .m3u8 that's it :)

Comments

[norcal johnny]

You are correct my man! I just used this method with Atom editor creating a Roku app and it did indeed work! Just had to make sure there was no BOM and yup, it works.

[Senõr Ganso]

It works, but it appears to lose information along the way (like additional audio streams). Any workarounds for that?