Description
Detect and Download M3U8 HLS Streams (HTTP Live Stream) in multiple threads to your local disk
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Extension Rank
"Video Player" Keyword
"Video Downloader Extension" Keyword
"Wait" Keyword
"Stream" Keyword
"Network" Keyword
"Media" Keyword
"Interface" Keyword
"Increase" Keyword
"Local Processing" Keyword
"Live" Keyword
"File" Keyword
"Downloader" Keyword
"Download" Keyword
"Detect" Keyword
"Command" Keyword
"Come" Keyword
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Review Summary
Users generally praise 'Live Stream Downloader' for reliably downloading live streams and being the best available option with useful features like a built-in converter. However, multiple users note issues such as partial downloads that only capture a few seconds or incomplete files, problems downloading audio separately, missing automatic file naming, occasional file system errors, and lack of customization in context menu options.
Pros
- Effectively downloads live streams as promised
- User-friendly and works as intended
- Considered the best or one of the best by several users
- Includes a built-in converter, simplifying usage
- Downloads fragmented streams successfully
Cons
- Fails to download full streams, stopping after a few seconds or produces incomplete files
- Some issues with obtaining audio track separately or missing audio in downloads
- Lack of certain features such as automatic file naming based on titles
- Errors related to file system permissions during writing
- No option to disable right-click context menu entry
Permissions
This extension can:
- storage
- contextMenus
- webRequest
- declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
- declarativeContent
- scripting
- alarms
This extension can access:
- *://*/*
Additional Information
0.5.6
April 29, 2025
0.21 MB
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