Compare Chrome extensions: Stream Recorder - download HLS as MP4 vs Live Stream Downloader

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User count 1,000,000+ 300,000+
Average rating 4.22 4.28
Rating count 1,176 324
Last updated 2023-03-26 2023-11-30
Size 123.90K 97.39K
Version 1.3.11 0.4.2
Short description
The most popular downloader for Http Live Streaming(HLS) Detect and Download M3U8 HLS Streams (HTTP Live Stream) in multiple threads to your local disk
Full summary

With the Stream Recorder, you can easily save live and archived videos that are delivered in a typical HLS (m3u8) format. Even more, if the video file type is in an mp4 format, you can record videos directly using the unique video capture function.

Downloaded audio and video data is converted to mp4 as it is with the same quality without re-encoding. This conversion is done inside the extension, without the use of an external server.

Please note that Stream Recorder is not responsible for media content which you download, so we suggest to ensure the copyright and permissions of the media before downloading.

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This extension detects M3U8 streaming formats on the active tab and offers to download these segmented streams as a single file to the user's local disk.

This extension detects all possible video qualities and uses direct disk writing to store segments. So there is no need to have a recovery plan from a possible crash. Your data is written instantly to the local file and is ready to use. It also merges all segments automatically when the file is fetched. To improve download capability, the extension also sets the referrer header of the original page.

This extension uses multiple threads to download the HLS stream to increase the downloading speed and stability. Also, it supports resuming the download process when there is a network failure (Thanks to the TDM.JS engine).

How to use it:

  1. Go to a streaming website like https://videojs.com/
  2. Wait until the toolbar color changes
  3. Click on the toolbar button once to select a quality
  4. Wait until the download is over. You can see the progress as a badge text.

Features:

  1. Download HSL Streams
  2. Detect any audio, video, or media streams on the active tab
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