Native HLS Playback

Allow the browser to play HLS video urls (m3u8) 'natively'

What is Native HLS Playback?

Native HLS Playback is a Chrome extension that uses hls.js to allow for streaming of HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) video URLs embedded as a video HTML element. Users can manage the URL catcher, enable debug mode, switch hls.js versions, toggle video size, and view timed metadata in the console. It now supports subtitles and uses hls.js 1.1.5 as its default player.

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By: Gaetan Hervouet

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Users: 300,000+

Rating: 4.36 (240)

Version: 1.1.5 (Last updated: 2022-05-31)

Creation date: 2019-04-08

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
*://*/*.m3u8*
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
storage

Size: 1.31M

Email: ga*****@gmail.com

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# 1312 ▼ 10

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#23491 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 12

#65 in player keyword 51 ▲ 8

#75 in video player keyword 43 ▼ 4

#104 in play keyword 24 ▲ 1

#112 in settings keyword 34 ▲ 5

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Extension summary

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This extension is a wrapper around the awesome hlsjs library: https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js

Clicking on the extension icon will let you play any m3u8 embedded as a video html element in the current page.

New: type m3u8, then tab, then your m3u8 URL to play the URL in the extension.

Features: Enable/Disable the url catcher by clicking on the icon. Enable hls.js debug mode in the extension settings. Switch between hls.js 0.14.x, 1.0.x and 1.1.x in the settings. Now supports subtitles! Switch between zoom and native video size in the options. Display timed metadata in the console

Default player is now hls.js/1.1.5.

User reviews

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Pros

Works Great
very nice
The best so far

Cons

Does not work anymore
Needs function to change resolution from 4:3 to 16:9
lacks speed control options

Most mentioned

Works Great
very nice
Does not work anymore

Recent reviews

great extension

Eshoo, 2024-01-28

To Rubio R, for speed control you can use a bookmarklet: javascript: var speed = prompt("Please enter speed", "1.17"); document.querySelector('video').playbackRate = speed,void(0); Obviously 1.17 can be changed to your preferred default value, that's just my default value.