Use this stunning sensational secret technique to make Hls-downloader even more powerful titanic on chromium's forks !

[trimechee]

Hi, Mr Helloyanis recently rewrote the code of Live stream downloader from the stratch to add a new design, new features and options....:

https://github.com/helloyanis/media-downloader-unleashed

but his new version is only compatible with firefox, when I asked him to add chrome support, here is his answer:

"I don't think it will be possible with the way I implement it.

Firefox allows you to use the webRequest API, so the add-on can read the requests, the server response and dynamically replay them when downloading media.

Chrome has deprecated this in favor for the declarativeNetRequest, which allows you to declare rules in your application. So it would mean I would have to specify rules manually for every streaming service in existence to get the headers used with the request which is impossible. And even if I had a team of thousands of people doing this, you can't even modify the request headers with declarativeNetRequest.

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/api/declarativeNetRequest?hl=fr#header_modification

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/declarativeNetRequest#comparison_with_the_webrequest_api

I do use manifest v3! However, Firefox has an implementation which does not deprecate the webRequest API, allowing ad-blockers and many other extensions to retain full functionality. The declarativeNetRequest API is good for privacy when making a browser extension made to work for a few sites, but it severely limits its ability to work on a large scale."

So here's my idea, Mr. @puemos , according to Mr. Helloyanis, a manifest v3 extension can use manifest v2, and the developer of the famous Supermium browser, Mr. Win32ss, who recently released a sensational, revolutionary special version specifically compatible with Windows 10/11, affirms that he will continue to support manfestv2 even after July 2025 and the end of Chrome Enterprise:

https://github.com/win32ss/supermium/releases/tag/win10_11-test-v1

Also, Brave and CatsXP browsers based on Chromium continue to support manifest v2....

So my idea please is to make or remix a special manifest v3 version of Hls-downloader compatible with Supermium browser to make the extension even stronger, perhaps. by adopting the firefox maifest v3 version of Hls-downloader to Supermium browser, and to brave and catsxp which have become giga popular browsers, thank you!

[trimechee]

Mr @puemos ,

can you please confirm that this is also the case for Hls-downloader i.e. the developer of a video downloader extension manifest v3 have to specify rules manually for every streaming service in existence to get the headers used with the request which is impossible. And even if the developer had a team of thousands of people doing this, you can't even modify the request headers with declarativeNetRequest ?!!!!!!

it’s superhuman work !!!!!!!!

this also means that Hls-downloader for firefox is more powerful than Hls-downloader for chrome and detects more streams ?

I am really in shock destroyed, i discover with horror that the DeclarativeNetRequest manifest v3 is an absolute disaster that not only destroys ad blockers but also destroys the ability to easily detect videos from thousands of sites and makes video downloader extensions much weaker, according to Mr. Helloyanis. I also discover that a manifest v3 extension can use manifest v2, essential for easily detecting videos out of the box from thousands of sites.....i hate chrome of google