video.mp4

M3U8-Downloader

An app developed based on the Electron framework that can download and play HLS video streams.

Module	Features
Downloader	Download `m3u8` url Auto-recognizes the clipboard Batch downloads Video category Merge TS fragments manually Custom http-header parameters Multiple language support Dark theme, protect eyes Free and open source, no ads No tracking, no backdoors Multi-platform support, macOS, Win10+, Linux
Player	Rotate the video screen Play other local meida files

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How to get .M3U8 url

In chrome browser, press F12, click the tab to the Network page, enter "m3u8" in the Filter box, and then press F5 to refresh the page, if the video in the web page uses an HLS source, you can capture the video stream address here, and then right-click Copy -> Copy Link Address. Provide the m3u8 source address, download and transcode Mp4 files losslessly

Download Releases

Development environment

- node -v   v20.4.0
- yarn -v   v3.5.1

"dependencies": {
    "aria2": "^4.1.2",
    "async": "^3.2.4",
    "crypto-js": "^4.1.1",
    "dateformat": "^5.0.3",
    "download": "^8.0.0",
    "electron-context-menu": "^3.6.1",
    "electron-is-dev": "^2.0.0",
    "ffmpeg-static": "5.1.0",
    "filenamify": "4.3.0",
    "fluent-ffmpeg": "^2.1.2",
    "forever-monitor": "^3.0.3",
    "got": "11.8.3",
    "hpagent": "^1.2.0",
    "http": "0.0.0",
    "https": "^1.0.0",
    "m3u8-parser": "^6.1.0",
    "nconf": "^0.12.0",
    "queue": "^7.0.0",
    "url": "^0.11.0",
    "winston": "^3.8.2"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "electron": "^24.6.2",
    "electron-builder": "^24.4.0"
  },

Clone code

git clone https://github.com/12343954/M3U8-Downloader.git

Install Yarn

npm install yarn -g

Upgrade to yarn 3.5.1

yarn set version stable

Install dependencies

yarn

Run

yarn start

Package

//windows
yarn pack-win

//mac
yarn pack-mac

Enjoy it