# Stream Recorder

> Firefox extension that records streams and videos.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/stream-recorder](https://chrome-stats.com/d/stream-recorder)

## Overview

- **ID:** `stream-recorder`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** megacamz
- **Category:** download-management,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 5,330
- **Weekly downloads:** 259
- **Rating:** 3.19 / 5 (21 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-01-25
- **First published:** 2023-01-23
- **Size:** 229 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/stream-recorder/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/megacamz/Stream-Recorder](https://github.com/megacamz/Stream-Recorder)

## Description

Stream Recorder is a handy Firefox extension designed to record streams and videos from various online players directly to your computer. It offers flexible recording capabilities, allowing you to pause and resume the recording process at any time to capture only the parts you want.

Once you stop the recording, Stream Recorder saves the video file with a timestamp and site name embedded in the title for easy identification. Please note, it currently does not support recording from YouTube. Installation guides and manual downloads are available on the official GitHub repository and detailed usage instructions can be found through provided links. This tool is perfect for users looking to capture live streams or video content from multiple sources seamlessly.

## Rankings

- #1,123 — Overall
- #101 — Download Management
- #182 — Photos, Music & Videos
- #4 — stream
- #5 — record
- #6 — video recorder

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Stream Recorder is praised for detecting streaming video and offering an easy-to-use recording workflow, with usable output and better performance than some competitors. However, reliability is inconsistent across sites and streams, with reports of non-working sessions, site-specific issues (Twitter, others), audio-volume dependency requiring workarounds, and saving failures when streams end or are interrupted.

### Pros

- Detects streaming video and offers to record
- Easy to use / user-friendly
- Works on YouTube (at least) and generally functional on some sites
- Records in a usable format (webdm) and can be easily converted to MP4 with VLC or other tools
- Often praised as better than similar add-ons / performs well when it works

### Cons

- Unreliable / often doesn't work or only records partially
- Site compatibility varies; some sites (e.g., Twitter) may not be supported
- Audio handling depends on the source volume; playback can be quiet or missing and requires workarounds
- Saving issues when streams stop or recording is turned off; files may not be saved
- Ad/promotional content appears in the experience (advertising from questionable sites) in at least one review

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