5.0 / 5
I pasted the manifest, chose 1080p, and the tool handled the whole merge. No more command-line scripts for every stream.
Andre Rivas
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Download M3u8 videos easily for offline viewing. Fast, reliable M3u8 video downloader with high-quality downloads.
How to download a M3U8 video
Follow these steps to save a public M3U8 video link.
1
Paste a public M3U8 video, page, or stream link.
2
Wait while we fetch the M3U8 video.
3
Download the video file to your device.
Screenshots
Preview the extension experience before installing.
Features
Detects HLS (m3u8) streams on any page or accepts direct playlist URLs
Parses master playlists to list every quality variant with bitrate and codec info
Forwards cookies, headers, and tokens automatically for authenticated streams
Downloads TS, CMAF, and fMP4 segments with auto-retries for stability
Merges segments into MP4 in the background without re-encoding
Queue manager processes multiple playlists sequentially with cancel support
Supports Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave, and Opera across desktop platforms
Stores licence data locally with no analytics or remote tracking
About M3U8 Stream downloads
Some videos refuse to be saved. You can watch them in your browser, but right-clicking does nothing and regular download tools come up empty. These sites break the video into tiny pieces and stream them in real time, making a normal "Save As" impossible.
M3U8 Stream Downloader solves this in the background. It detects the stream on whatever page you are watching, collects all the pieces automatically, and stitches them together into a single MP4 file on your computer.
No command-line tools, no technical knowledge, and no quality loss. Click, choose your resolution, and let it work. Minutes later you have a perfect offline copy ready to watch, archive, or edit.
Reviews
4.9 / 5
Our training portal needs cookies and headers. The downloader forwarded them automatically and delivered perfect MP4s.
Miya O’Donnell
4.8 / 5
I saved three-hour town halls back-to-back. Retries kept the downloads alive and quality is identical to the source.
Mateo Alvarez
Official Links
Open the extension, product page, source repository, and related downloader resources.
Supported Platforms
windows, mac, linux, chrome, firefox, edge, brave, opera, whale, yandex
Supported Regions
Worldwide
Permissions
downloads
Saves completed media files directly to your browser downloads folder.
storage
Stores license state, download queue data, and local preferences on your device.
activeTab
Reads the current tab only after you invoke the extension.
tabs
Detects supported pages and coordinates the downloader popup with the active tab.
scripting
Injects the downloader controls and detection logic into supported pages.
notifications
Required for the notifications browser extension capability.
contextMenus
Required for the contextMenus browser extension capability.
offscreen
Processes media streams in the background without freezing the page.
host_permissions
Limits detection and controls to the supported source pages for this downloader.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about our converter
How do I download an m3u8 stream with this extension?
Does it work with authenticated streams?
Can I queue multiple playlists?
Which browsers are supported?
Will it download DRM-protected or encrypted streams?
Do subtitles or alternate audio tracks download?
Is my data private?
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