Play HLS

Play HLS urls in-browser

What is Play HLS?

"Play HLS" is a Chrome extension that empowers users to play HLS urls or m3u8 links directly in their browser. Leveraging an hls.js library from video-dev, the extension works by transmuxing MPEG-2 Transport Stream and AAC/MP3 streams into ISO BMFF (MP4) fragments. The transmuxing process can occur asynchronously with help from Web Worker (if available). Also, the extension supports HLS + fmp4 as announced during WWDC2016. Importantly, it operates directly with standard HTML<video> elements, eliminating the need for any player.

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Extension stats

By: play-hls

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Users: 200,000+

Rating: 3.42 (36)

Version: 1.7 (Last updated: 2022-10-28)

Creation date: 2020-06-03

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

*://*/*m3u8*
*://*/*.ts*
webRequest
webRequestBlocking

Size: 493.57K

Email: je*****@hotmail.com

Ranking

# 1734 ▼ 5

Other rankings

#1680 in Developer Tools #12 in play keyword 22 ▲ 6 #205 in video player keyword 40 ▼ 12 #246 in stream keyword 48 ▼ 7

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Extension summary

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Play HLS urls in-browser Extension with an hls.js library from: https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js Play the m3u8 links you click on and any m3u8 links you paste into the address bar.

It works by transmuxing MPEG-2 Transport Stream and AAC/MP3 streams into ISO BMFF (MP4) fragments. This transmuxing could be performed asynchronously using Web Worker if available in the browser. hls.js also supports HLS + fmp4, as announced during WWDC2016

hls.js does not need any player, it works directly on top of a standard HTML

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