When we see a video on any web page, we are watching it through streaming. This streaming is normally done through links, either hidden or accessible through different tricks. There are many websites that do not allow you to remove it using the classic right click trick, but there is a new extension that does.
We are talking about Stream Detector , an extension available for Firefox, Chrome and Edge that allows us to obtain all the links of the content we see streaming on a website. Using it is as simple as pressing the button for the extension, and it will quickly load the list of links in it. Very similar to what extensions like Image Downloader do, but oriented to videos.
One-click streaming links
Thus, the functionality is really simple, since we only have to install it in Firefox . Of course, it must be taken into account that the extension requires many permissions to function, including access to all data from all websites, entering data in the clipboard, displaying notifications and accessing the tabs open in the browser. Therefore, it is advisable to have another alternative installation of Firefox, such as the Beta or Nightly version, in which to install the extensions that may make us doubt about their security.
Depending on the website where we are, we will see a link to copy or several. In the event that the default functionality does not work for us, we can try the different commands for copying the URL.
By default, the extension is designed to display only the links that are in the active window. However, we can also put it to show us all the links available in all the open tabs, or those of the previous sessions in the event that the one we have active does not have multimedia content.
Also available for Chrome
In turn, the extension allows you to keep track of the M3U8 / MPD / F4M / ISM lists , as well as the VTT / SRT / TTML / TTML2 / DFXP subtitle files used by Apple HLS, Adobe HDS, MPEG-DASH and Microsoft. Smooth Streaming .
The extension also offers advanced options, such as changing what the default click does so that it obtains the link of another modality that we use more. It also allows you to choose whether or not we want the subtitles to be downloaded.
Unfortunately, the extension does not support all current services, as there are proprietary solutions whose links you cannot download. Facebook and Twitter are blacklisted by default, but there may be other services where it doesn’t work properly for you.
If you want to test the extension on Google Chrome or Edge, there is a version available on GitHub for Chromium-based web browsers. Of course, you have to download the package and install it manually. For Firefox we can install it directly from this link.