HLS Player - m3u8 Streaming Player

HLS Player - m3u8 HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) Player

Users100K

Rating4.5

Reviews49

Manifest versionV3

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Version3.1.1

ManifestV3

Size302KiB

Languages1English

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https://www.hlsplayer.org/

HLS Player a chrome extention which implements an HTTP Live Streaming client.

You can play .m3u8 HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) .

It relies on HTML5 video and MediaSource Extensions for playback.

It works by transmuxing MPEG-2 Transport Stream and AAC/MP3 streams into ISO BMFF (MP4) fragments. This transmuxing could be performed asynchronously using Web Worker if available in the browser. hls.js also supports HLS + fmp4, as announced during WWDC2016

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AI product read

Chrome extension that plays HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) .m3u8 video streams directly in the browser using the hls.js library and HTML5 MediaSource Extensions

Chrome does not natively support playing .m3u8 HLS streams (unlike Safari). This extension enables playback of HLS/m3u8 video URLs by intercepting them and rendering them through an embedded hls.js player.

User navigates to a .m3u8 URL or clicks an m3u8 link on a webpage → extension intercepts via webRequest API or content script → opens player.html in a new tab → hls.js loads the stream, transmuxes MPEG-2 TS to ISO BMFF fragments → HTML5 <video> element plays the stream with native controls

Target users: Developers testing HLS streams / Users who encounter .m3u8 video links and need playback in Chrome / Anyone needing to play HLS live or VOD streams in a browser

hls.js is a large minified library (~1.1MB) that cannot be fully analyzed, but it is the well-known open-source HLS.js project by video-dev
No indication of any external service dependency for core functionality — the extension operates entirely locally

Monetization

No paid features detected

No payment APIs, no subscription logic, no upgrade UI, no feature gating. All 'pro' keyword matches are generic JavaScript Object methods (Object.getOwnPropertySymbols, Object.defineProperty, Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor, _toPropertyKey, _defineProperties, _createClass) from the bundled hls.js library — not 'Pro' plan references. The extension is fully functional without any payment.

Confidence: 98
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Source: AI / High
Login required: No
Reason: No login UI, no authentication APIs, no account creation, no tokens/cookies management. The extension is a purely local HLS player that intercepts .m3u8 URLs and plays them using the hls.js library in a local player.html page. All 'session' keyword matches in hls.js are HLS protocol terms (EXT-X-SESSION-DATA, EXT-X-SESSION-KEY, DRM key sessions), not user login sessions.

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扩展能力较强：webRequest
主机权限覆盖范围较宽
同时具备浏览数据与站点访问能力

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HLS Player

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