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HLS Downloader

by leocompson

v0.1.4 Updated Aug 7, 2025 47.83KiB
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★ 3.63
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Description

HLS Downloader lets you easily download fragmented media files (with .ts file extension) from the internet. HLS or HTTP Live Steam is a new media format developed by Apple Inc. It contains a master playlist with the ".m3u8" file extension. First, the extension downloads the master playlist, and then within the master, it finds playlist content. Each playlist has several fragmented items. All items are displayed in the UI with a download and a remove button. When you press the download button the extension downloads all fragmented media and merges them all to generate a single media file. Note 1: the interface for the extension can be opened in a new tab or a separate window. Please right-click on the toolbar button to choose the appropriate context. Within the UI, there is a toggle button to turn the addon ON or OFF. Moreover, to switch the interface theme to dark, please press the moon icon in the bottom toolbar. Note 2: HLS Downloader is NOT responsible for media content that you download with this add-on. We strongly recommend that you verify the related media copyright permissions on each website before downloading any media file(s). Note 3: to download the HLS stream you gave 3 options. (1) To add a stream URL manually, please enter the desired URL with the ".m3u8" file extension in the UI. (2) As you browse the internet, this extension monitors the webpages and captures all HLS media files, and if anything is found, automatically downloads the playlist and updates the badge number accordingly (only when the addon is turned ON). The 3rd option for downloading the HLS stream is via the context-menu item. Please right-click on ".m3u8" streams and then select - Download with HLS Downloader - from the context menu. If you have a feature request or found a bug to report, please fill out the bug report form on the add-on's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/hls-downloader.html).
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Reviews (29 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-24
Okita Toshimichi

doesnt work

★☆☆☆☆2025-12-05
quantum Legend

downloaded stream dont play

★☆☆☆☆2025-10-20
bninja bninja

trash and garbage

★☆☆☆☆2025-10-01
Ashoka Bhat

it does nothing, Blank extension with blank UI

★☆☆☆☆2025-09-01
Diego Miguel

DOES NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

★☆☆☆☆2025-07-20
Patty Elton

Worst UI I have ever seen, prob. not, but it's very bad

★☆☆☆☆2025-04-24
Cheng Chong

terrible interface and files are corrupt.

★☆☆☆☆2025-02-14
Red Scorpion

After many hours of stream, it shows "Network Error" and can not download the video it recorded. Very rare will download a rescued video but it is rare as Haley's Comet. This happens very often the last months. In the past it work great. Now it disappoints.

★☆☆☆☆2024-12-13
swirl123

not working

★☆☆☆☆2024-10-19
Chris Ose

Doesn't work.

★☆☆☆☆2024-10-14
Mh btt

It works but is very slow to load.

★☆☆☆☆2024-09-01
Chris

Idk how to use

★☆☆☆☆2024-08-24
Zahra Samari

bad extention ever ! it's not working

★☆☆☆☆2023-09-17
Anno Niem

Unclear what it was doing, ended up with 6 copies testing this extension before it became clear to me that it's just dropping things in the default download dir without any sort of notification. The file naming once more is a mess and we get this weird .ts file extension slapped onto the downloads. No option for changing the file name before it's dropped in the default download dir. Still not found a better alternative for Stream Downloader in fact this may be the worse so far checking out the related extensions.

★☆☆☆☆2023-08-17
Shawn

download TS file can't be play by any player

★☆☆☆☆2022-11-28
B. J.

I was unable to get it to function. I pasted the link and the link is valid yet nothing happened in the extension.

★☆☆☆☆2022-05-11
Juan Xero

May 2022, the video output seems flawed. The video streamed fine on the website, and when downloaded resulted in a .ts file, ~200MB (expected). However, Handbrake said the file was not a valid source not could I play it back in VLC.

★☆☆☆☆2021-10-20
jfrument jfrument

Doesnt do anything

★☆☆☆☆2021-07-20
Laila Dabab Nahas

useless

★☆☆☆☆2021-06-19
Patrick Højstrup

HLS stream URLs just replaces one and other.

★☆☆☆☆2020-08-07
Steven Roussos

USELESS. Windows 10, It says it is downloading, spins a good while. Save dialogue is ON. But NO save appears, no new file(s) anywhere. Where does it put the result? Or I guess it just uses the bandwidth and then throws away the result?????

★★☆☆☆2025-09-05
Oliver Gransee

Until recently, everything worked perfectly. You could record up to three tabs in a browser simultaneously, and I was completely thrilled and satisfied; it did everything I wanted. For some time now, nothing has worked at all. I'm very disappointed and considered uninstalling it. I hope for improvements and browser adaptations.

★★☆☆☆2023-01-26
Gerónimo Tutusaus

The fantastic part of this tools is that I could download a.ts file that I am pretty sure is the video but I don't have any clue how to make it playable for any player. I read something about m3u8 files, decrypting and devtools but it was too much to understand. If you have any reply to this post, I'll change the rating to 5 stars because you seem to be on a great track despite it still needs to nail the final outcome. Best.

★★☆☆☆2021-10-16
JoonHong Min

NOT WORKING

★★☆☆☆2021-04-18
James Baker

First video I tried to download, I got one line, but no options to download. Could not download where another extension I'm using, coul.

★★☆☆☆2021-02-24
xndr

Hmm... It's an open source project without a code repository...

★★★☆☆2025-01-27
Ashish Patel

Recently Stopped working with error ```checked runtime.lastError: Invalid filename```

★★★☆☆2022-04-02
mauricio pinheiro

It really downloads M3U8 files but TS video files doesn´t works. For example i executed for a given video and it shows 4 distinct files, i downloaded all of them and when i executed on VLC nothing happens...

★★★☆☆2022-02-09
Carlo Meister

Video worked ok, downloaded in .ts format. But no audio came with it?

Permissions (5)

Permissions

contextMenus Can add items to the right-click menu downloads Can manage and monitor downloads storage Can store data locally in your browser webNavigation Can monitor navigation events webRequest Can observe and analyze network traffic

Details

Version 0.1.4
Updated Aug 7, 2025
Size 47.83KiB
First Seen Apr 1, 2026