Reviews for HLS Downloader
HLS Downloader by puemos
99 reviews
- Rated 4 out of 5by Cutta, a year agoOK. So before this new update, i was having no issues. Really Like the New UI. Just have 2 issues. 1. Whenever i try multiple conversions, there is a chance that it just stops working and i would need to restart the browser. 2. should have an option to use url as file name, it would really help when it comes to finding what was downloaded.
Other than that, this Extension is Top Teir and should be more up in the ratings but i feel it to be a little unstable sometimes
For anyone reading this, Set Concurrency to 1 and Fetch attempts to 150. Do Not Do More than 1 at a time - Rated 3 out of 5by Sesarma, a year ago4.1.0 is working neither as well as the old version I was running (I am wondering if I was running version 3-something since 4.0.2 is having the same problems), nor doing the things indicated in the snapshot images on the main Mozilla page. I am no longer seeing the trash icons on the download and "sniffer" tabs. At least on the sniffer tab there's a "clear all" button (still no trash icons on the individual items the way there used to be), but it only clears items from the sniffer tab. I had downloads freeze multiple times on a site (I don't think I am allowed to post links to it here according to the terms) that normally has no issues. I had to disable the extension entirely and start it again. In a few cases the download would reach 100% but even after waiting 5 minutes no save window would appear. I ended up having to download a single video at a time (I used to do two at the same time with no problem), ideally doing nothing else with my browser while downloading, then keeping my fingers crossed the save window would appear. 4.1.0 is nice in that it saves as .mp4 . I downgraded to 4.0.2 to see if that improved things some but it didn't and then I also lost the direct to .mp4 capability.
Otherwise this is a great add-on and I have really been appreciating it and the developer's effort for the past couple of months. I was so glad to find it! Other add-ons will do similar but they require you to install additional software, sometimes at a charge.
Using Firefox 115.10.0esr. Maybe some of the lack of features appearing and the rough interface is because I am using an older FF version (I have an old computer). I would have given it a 5 on the benefit of a doubt about that, but the new version is really making me consider downgrading to version 3, so I am docking a star for that.
Edit since the developer specifically requested this: www3.nhk.or.jp Any of the shows.
April 2025 Update. Been trying to use the latest 4-something version. While many new features are nice such as direct to MP4 and file names that make sense, it is an incredible RAM hog! When I was actually downloading a video it was taking about 3-4 GB RAM alone as part of the web extensions. My computer was redlining memory usage and slowed to a crawl for 5-10 minutes. I would have to quit the extension and restart it to get things back to normal. In the end I reverted again to version 3 and while I lose some of the nice features of 4, version 3 barely makes a bump in memory usage. Maybe it is the converting to 4 inside Firefox that is doing this? Just as a note, more sites are moving to yet another kind of streaming and this extension only work on one that I still use. It is great for that but being left behind with technology.Developer response
posted a year agoWow, thanks so much for this detailed review. I'll try to see what's wrong with new version (might be the ffmpeg conversion).
Would you be able to share one of the website you had issues with? - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18410461, a year agoGreat Job the New Version is Crap, the older one works easely and fine the new Version doesn´t work.... useless Crap
Developer response
posted a year agoIt's nice to get such an honest feedback on work I do for free. In any case, can you share the website and the versions? Also, if you can to this page, does it works?
https://developer-tools.jwplayer.com/stream-tester - Rated 1 out of 5by Rentner, a year agoThe new version 4.0.2is not usable on different Win 10/11 systems with older hardware.Only a switchback to 3.2.1 works.
Developer response
posted a year agoCan you share the website and the versions? Also, if you can to this page, does it works?
https://developer-tools.jwplayer.com/stream-tester - Rated 4 out of 5by enzo, a year agoUnfortunately, the new version does not work because nothing is downloaded. The old design is much nicer. Where can I get the old version for Firefox again?.
- Rated 5 out of 5by LuckyLuke, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Horst, a year ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Dogger, a year agoEasy to break, and difficult to fix
Downloaded one video. After I cleared it, extension stopped working. Uninstall and reinstall didn't work.
Didn't let me choose download location on first try, or in settings. I'm sure there are other problems, but it broke too quickly to find out. - Rated 4 out of 5by Kodex Baba, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by pixartist, a year agoNo idea what people are complaining about, this does exactly what it says it does.
- Rated 5 out of 5by techman22, a year ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Jomas, a year agoUnable to detect streaming video on streamingcommunity.express. Paste the Url doesn't work.
- Rated 4 out of 5by sigit, a year agoUseful tool. Although very rarely it's unable to capture stream.
- Rated 5 out of 5by BLumia, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18003607, a year agoWorked like a charm on an obscure streaming site!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Dj panos, a year ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Pugnatrix, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Weid, a year ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Meysam, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Gennadiy, a year agoWorks great, very convenient. Unlike external stuff (yt-dl or VLC) it allows downloading stuff that is locked behind authentication with no hassle.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Rafael Prenholato, 2 years ago