Native HLS Playback

Description of the Native HLS Playback Chrome Extension

Name Native HLS Playback
Store URL https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/native-hls-playback/emnphkkblegpebimobpbekeedfgemhof
Homepage
Tagline Allow the browser to play HLS video urls (m3u8) ‘natively’
Rating 4.36
Rating Count
Installs 300000
Overview This extension is a wrapper around the awesome hlsjs library: https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js Clicking on the extension icon will let you play any m3u8 embedded as a video html element in the current page. New: type m3u8, then tab, then your m3u8 URL to play the URL in the extension. Features: Enable/Disable the url catcher by clicking on the icon. Enable hls.js debug mode in the extension settings. Switch between hls.js 0.14.x, 1.0.x and 1.1.x in the settings. Now supports subtitles! Switch between zoom and native video size in the options. Display timed metadata in the console Default player is now hls.js/1.1.5.
Version 1.1.5
Size 1.25MiB
Email gaetan.hervouet+chrome-hls@gmail.com
Developer Name Gaetan Hervouet
Updated Date 5/31/2022

Native HLS Playback looks like a great Chrome extension that has hundreds of thousands of installs already. The latest version is only 1.25MiB.