Live Stream Downloader

Detect and Download M3U8 HLS Streams (HTTP Live Stream) in multiple threads to your local disk

What is Live Stream Downloader?

The 'Live Stream Downloader' extension for Chrome detects M3U8 streaming formats on the active tab, offering to safely and quickly download these segmented streams as a single file to your local disk. It uses multi-threading to increase download speed and writes data directly to the disk for stable downloading. This stream downloader tool is highly capable, even on shaky network connections, and perfect for saving large files.

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By: chandler.stimson

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Users: 300,000+

Rating: 4.27 (425) ▲ 2 new ratings

Version: 0.5.3 (Last updated: 2024-11-08)

Creation date: 2020-06-15

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
contextMenus
webRequest
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
declarativeContent
scripting
alarms

Host permissions:

*://*/*.flv*
*://*/*.avi*
*://*/*.wmv*
*://*/*.mov*
*://*/*.mp4*
*://*/*.pcm*
*://*/*.wav*
*://*/*.mp3*
*://*/*.aac*
*://*/*.ogg*

Size: 214.02K

Email: ch*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 1281 ▼ 17

Other rankings

#2965 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 3

#6 in stream keyword 47 ▼ 1

#11 in downloader keyword 78 ▲ 3

#15 in video downloader extension keyword 82 ▲ 14

#21 in wait keyword 9 ▼ 1

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Other platforms

Live Stream Downloader (v0.5.3)

3.35

(52) 12,765+

Live Stream Downloader (v0.5.3)

4.50

(26) 75,457+

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Extension summary

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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:

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

Features:

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

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Works effectively for downloading videos
Supports subtitle downloads
High video quality
User-friendly in certain aspects

Cons

Inconsistent performance on certain platforms (e.g., Tik Tok, Douyin)
File naming issues and lack of directory organization
Audio issues with downloaded files
Interface can be confusing

Most mentioned

Not working on specific sites (e.g., Tik Tok, Douyin)
Quality of downloaded videos is good
Subtitle downloading feature is appreciated
Confusing user interface and file naming

Recent reviews

I was looking for a good Streaming downloader built in to chrome for downloading video clips from various sites that only let you download 240p or 360p and want premium memberships to download the stream that is already HD. This allows you to select the main HLS feed and then choose the quality. It works 100% and thank you dev's for making this free. I make alot of my apps available for free if I can, you guys did a good job.