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The Stream Detector by rawrower

Formerly known as HLS Stream Detector. Detects M3U8/MPD/F4M/ISM playlists used by HLS/DASH/HDS/MSS streams. Assembles readymade youtube-dl (recommended)/FFmpeg/Streamlink commands.

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Toolbar icon.
Notification (bottom right-hand corner of the screen).
Options menu.
About this extension
This addon provides an easy way to keep track of playlists used by Apple HLS, Adobe HDS, MPEG-DASH, and Microsoft Smooth Streaming streams.

URLs can either be copied as they are or transformed into readymade youtube-dl, FFmpeg or Streamlink commands, including the User-Agent, Cookie, and Referer headers. The chosen tool then downloads the stream into a single file until it is finished or stopped.
(youtube-dl, FFmpeg, and Streamlink not provided with this addon.)

Features an options menu, a cool icon in the toolbar, and fancy notifications.


Let me know if you stumble upon a website on which the addon does not properly detect M3U8/MPD/F4M/ISM files and I might fix the issue at some point. Thanks.
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Version
1.1.0
Last updated
a month ago (Jul 24, 2018)
License
Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version History
Release notes for 1.1.0
Changelog:
  • Added support for MPEG-DASH (MPD), Adobe HDS (F4M), and Microsoft Smooth Streaming (ISM),
  • Changed name of addon to The Stream Detector due to above change,
  • Added support for youtube-dl (recommended),
  • Fixed default settings not working (again).
Note:
  • FFmpeg doesn't work with F4M and ISM streams. Streamlink doesn't work with ISM streams. Therefore, youtube-dl is the recommended tool. Streams coupled with incompatible tools are copied as plain URLs instead,
  • There's basically a 0% chance that everything is going to be working fine without me having to fix something. Let me know if you find any significant bugs.