Adaptive Bitrate Manifest Viewer

View HLS m3u8, MPEG Dash, and SMIL manifests in Chrome with syntax highlighting.

Adaptive Bitrate Manifest Viewer: View Exact Streaming Manifest

Adaptive Bitrate Manifest Viewer is a chrome extension that lets you view HLS m3u8, MPEG Dash and SMIL manifests directly in your Chrome browser. This tool conveniently blocks the download when the manifest is requested as the main URL, parses it and displays it, complete with syntax highlighting and direct links to the documentation. Ideal for developers and testers, it also provides the option to download the manifest file and links the resources in the manifest for easy testing.
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Extension stats

Manifest V2
Users: 3,000+
Rating: 4.69
(16)
Version: 0.9.1 (Last updated: 2022-07-14)
Creation date: 2022-07-14
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • *://*/*
  • <all_urls>
Size: 54.15K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

Super helpful in my day-to-day work. If you work in video streaming or even slightly adjacent to it I would highly recommend this extension! Thanks for keeping it maintained!
by Jason Zukor, 2024-01-16

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by E . B Manurung , Amd, 2017-12-27
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Adaptive Bitrate Manifest Viewer requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
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