The Stream Detector: detects and copies Stream URLs for use in other programs

Stream Detector is a browser extension for Mozilla’s Firefox web browser that lists the streaming URLs it detects on its interface pages. These URLs can be copied directly or copied as out-of-the-box commands for tools like yt-dlp or FFmpeg.

Using the application is simple and straightforward. Just install the extension in Firefox to get started. Adds an icon to the main Firefox toolbar that highlights available streams and provides interaction options when triggered by the user.

In the best case, all you need to do is click on the extension’s icon and click on one of the sequences to copy its full URL; This can only be useful, for example, to copy an audio or video stream for use in another application.

The default option copies the normal stream URL, but you can change it using the Copy Stream URL As menu.

Kodi URLs can be copied and you can also copy out-of-the-box commands for popular apps like yt-dlp, Streamlink, or FFmpeg.

The extension supports various streaming formats according to the description:

This plugin provides an easy way to keep track of M3U8 / MPD / F4M / ISM playlists and VTT / SRT / TTML / TTML2 / DFXP subtitles used by Apple HLS, Adobe HDS, MPEG-DASH and Microsoft Smooth Streaming streams .

The main menu that is displayed when you click on the extension icon in the Firefox toolbar displays other options. By default, only streams that are on the active tab are listed. You can switch to a list of all tabs or a list of previous sessions.

A filter option is provided to quickly find a specific sequence on the page and copy all the URLs in one operation.

The extension’s options list more than a dozen customization preferences.

Here you can change the default click action, for example from copying the URL to copying a command for one of the supported applications.

Other options include adding custom commands, if supported, using an HTTP proxy server or external download manager, or using the tab titles as file names for the output files.

Twitter and Facebook are blacklisted by the extension by default, and the developer notes that the extension may not work on major sites due to the use of proprietary technologies.

Closing words

Stream Detector is a helper extension that lists detected streams. Users who use downloader applications to download these broadcasts, and users who need the URL of the broadcast to play it in other applications, may find this extension for Firefox useful.

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