Stream Recorder - download HLS as MP4

Came looking for new extension, since CocoCut seemingly is throttling downloads now. You can use this extension head-to-head with CocoCut, with single thread downloading, and this extension is much faster. You can use the "boost" feature, which is multi-thread download, that use to be free with CocoCut to kick up the download speed. I wouldn't even be opposed to mult-thread being a pro version, as long as the regular download isn't being throttled(which is being deceitful to people to try ... Show more

Has served me well on many occasions on several sites I've used it. Of course it doesn't work on sites that don't use HLS but when it works it's great and reliable. Figured I'd leave a positive review after using it for 2+ years on free and paid content. I've mostly used "Normal" mode as it works well enough, I've only used "Live" mode when normal wasn't working, usually ended up being an issue with how my page loaded or setup of the streaming source.

Works well usually, tabs getting suspended can interfere with it though so make sure you create an exception for it. Another thing I would like to see is an option for it to open it's tabs in the background so that you don't have to constantly switch between tabs if you're after a bunch of streams on some website.