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2.6.9

[Fixed] Fixed the recording script error.
[Added] Added a "RemoveFailedPreviewFiles" button to the preview popup.


2.6.8

[Updated] Settings: Filter size now supports expressions, ranges, and units. For example, >100 KB <1 GB = 500 KB <= 500 KB 500-1000 MB. See the documentation for details.

[Updated] m3u8 parser now supports merging and downloading m3u8 files with the EXT-X-BYTERANGE tag.

[Updated] m3u8 parser now allows you to select any slice to merge (clicking the slice address allows you to select or deselect the slice). You now need to click "Confirm" after modifying the download range.

[Added] Added Vietnamese language support. Thanks to @trongkhiemk3.

[Added] m3u8 parser and downloader now support nested online ffmpeg mode. Other settings - "Nested online ffmpeg" option. No longer opens a new tab separately, resolving occasional issues where files could not be sent to online ffmpeg. (Under testing)

[Fixed] Fixed an issue where the m3u8 parser would download files repeatedly in certain extreme cases.

[Fixed] Fixed the issue where recording scripts did not work in Firefox.

[Fixed] Fixed the issue where downloads failed due to the title containing the character "/".


2.6.7
[Fixed]
Fixed an issue where Deep Search could malfunction under certain circumstances.


2.6.6

[English]
[Fixed] Fixed the issue where using online ffmpeg in browsers like Edge and Brave resulted in empty files.
[Updated] Thanks to @Oleada1 for refining the translation.

[Updated] Enhanced Deep Search now finds more resources.

[Fixed] Resolved the issue where video recording was not working in Firefox.

[Fixed] Fixed the problem where the download prompt did not appear when recording videos.

[Fixed] Fixed the issue where Deep Search caused webpages to malfunction.

[Fixed] Fixed the issue where the blocklist was not working.


2.6.5

[Added] Some websites do not wish to be crawled by this extension. To respect copyright preferences, the extension cannot be activated on websites listed in the Blocked Sites list.
[Added] Added Turkish language support. Thanks to @ilker-binzet.

[Added] Added Spanish language support. Thanks to @Oleada1.

[Fixed] Issue where the sidebar was unusable in some browsers.

[Fixed] Incorrect User-Agent transmission when sending to Aria2.

[Fixed] Handling error of double quotes in template tag replacement.

[Fixed] Issue of some settings being lost during configuration import.

[Fixed] Issue where deep search caused malfunctions on some websites.


2.6.4
[Updated] Updated webrtc recording script

[Updated] Updated deep search script

[Updated] Updated Japanese language, thanks to @hmaoraze

[Added] Support for MQTT protocol, thanks to @jetsung

[Added] Filter to remove duplicate file names

[Added] Always open deep search option (use with caution)

[Added] Selectable pages in pop-up mode

[Added] Support for time-based sorting in filter pages

2.6.3
[Fixed] The sidePanel feature is missing in Chromium versions below 114, causing the extension to be unusable.

2.6.2
[Added] Retry function for failed recordings in the m3u8 parser (testing)

[Added] File size estimation in the m3u8 parser

[Added] Added the "Use sidebar" option in other settings. Open the extension in the browser sidebar instead of popup mode (Firefox is not supported)

[Updated] m3u8 preview now supports HEVC/H265 encoding

[Updated] Deep search now supports parsing Vimeo playlist.json

[Changed] Refactored the cache capture script to reduce header data missing issues

[Changed] Refactored to eliminate duplicate resources and reduce resource usage

[Fixed] An issue with the cache capture script causing video playback problems

[Deleted] m3u8 parser: Deleted the old version of the downloader

[Deleted] Enabled the new popup page and deleted the old popup page

2.6.1
[Changed] Made some adjustments to mobile browsers

2.6.0
[Added] A new popup page (popup button) with file preview and filtering to help you download the files you need (disable the new version by setting "feat newPopup")

[Changed] Enhanced data sending functionality, now supports customizable data sending. Thanks to @helson-lin for support

[Changed] Regular expression matching Now able to retrieve request headers

[Changed] Support for Quark Browser (some features unavailable)

[Updated] Deep search script to find more resources

[Fixed] Bug in the Fifefox import function causing the extension to be unavailable

[Fixed] Bug where multiple ffmpeg pages would occasionally pop up

[Fixed] Bug where the downloader would not automatically close while downloading and saving

2.5.9
[Added] Added the ability to block URLs for websites you don't want the extension enabled (can be set to a whitelist, allowing only URLs to be enabled)

[Fixed] Error #610 when downloading large files in the new version of the downloader

[Changed] Limiting the maximum number of resources stored per page to 9,999

[Changed] Adding a navigation bar to settings

[Changed] Customizing the save file name in automatic download

2.5.8
[Changed] If the resource URL does not have a file name, try using the page title as the file name

2.5.7
[Fixed] Using / for custom save file names Unable to create directory

[Changed] Firefox upgraded to manifest v3

[Changed] Firefox versions 128 and above support scripting features such as deep search and cached recording.

[Fixed] Firefox cannot send to online FFmpeg

[Added] Refactored the Maozhai Downloader. If you need an older version, please disable the "Test version" option in the settings.

[Added] URL Protocol m3u8dl caller: Added parameter settings for pre-download confirmation.

[Added] m3u8 added key verification for suspected keys.

[Changed] Enhanced deep search: Now finds more suspected keys.

2.5.6
[Fixed] m3u8 parser: Automatically closes bug #531

[Fixed] Chrome 130's new custom URL specification causes m3u8dl:// calls to fail #528

[Fixed] m3u8 parser: Incorrect file cannot be parsed, causing an infinite loop and CPU usage.

[Changed] Maozhai Downloader Added more request headers to increase download success rate

2.5.5
[Fixed] Fixed a critical bug #483

[Added] Online ffmpeg now supports server selection

[Fixed] m3u8 parser: Download failed when filename contains | characters

[Changed] Send data: Provide complete request headers

2.5.4
[Added] m3u8DL: Added RE version switch (RE version requires URLProtocol)

[Added] Recording scripts: Added bitrate settings

[Fixed] Deep search: Unable to use due to script error

[Fixed] m3u8 parser: Recording time display error when recording live streams

2.5.3
[Added] Added pop-up mode (opens the resource list page in a new window)

[Added] Added support for calling local programs. If the program does not have a calling protocol, you can use the URLProtocol helper to register the calling protocol. For detailed usage instructions, see Calling the Local Protocol.

[Added] The Downloader now has a "save while downloading" option, which can be used to download live video links.

[Added] Suspected keys obtained using deep search or other scripts are now displayed directly in the "Suspected Keys" tab on the popup page.

[Added] Portuguese language added.

[Changed] Rewrote the webRTC recording script.

[Changed] m3u8 parser: Settings changed in the Downloader page are not saved. All settings are now unified in the extension settings page.

[Changed] Changed storage.local to storage.session to reduce IO errors that could cause the extension to fail. (Requires Chrome 104 or higher)

[Changed] Optimized communication with the ffmpeg web client to avoid data corruption during multitasking. (Please open online ffmpeg and refresh the page by pressing ctrl+f5 to avoid page caching issues.)

[Changed] Slightly enlarged the button icons. No more training your mouse precision. ... If you don't like it and want to restore it, go to Settings > Custom CSS and fill in body{font-size:12px;width:550px;}.icon,.favicon{width:18px;height:18px;}.DownCheck{width:15px;height:15px;}

2.5.2
[Added] Added test functionality for sending data. Sniffed data and keys are sent to a specified address.

[Added] Replace tags with ${origin}

[Added] Display icon numeric superscript switch

[Fixed] Cat Scratcher Downloader requires a range for some websites.

[Fixed] Fixed issue with invalid characters in the title filename #339

2.5.1
[Added] Multilingual support Added Traditional Chinese

[Fixed] Fixed a Deep Search infinite loop bug

[Fixed] Compatibility with older Chromium versions caused the extension to fail due to missing APIs

[Changed] The popup page can now merge two m3u8 files

2.5.0
[Added] Multi-language support

[Changed] m3u8 parsing, new downloader, performance optimization

[Fixed] Video capture: Header data was lost even when not capturing from scratch

[Changed] Deep Search can now find more keys

2.4.9
[Fixed] Fixed the $url$ tag (automatically updated to ${url}) #281

[Fixed] Fixed a bug where decryption failed when an encrypted m3u8 contained the EXT-X-MAP tag

[Added] Added an option to automatically merge m3u8 files to the settings page #286 (testing)

[Added] Added a script to record webRTC streams More Features - Recording webRTC (Test)

2.4.8
[Fixed] Fixed ${referer} tag issue in the new m3u8 downloader #272

[Fixed] Fixed re-download issue in the new m3u8 downloader #274

[Fixed] Fixed thread loss after download failure in the new m3u8 downloader #276

[Fixed] Fixed the new m3u8 downloader not forcing downloads when ffmpeg transcoding is enabled for files over 2GB

[Changed] Improved Aria2 RPC protocol with key and cookie support

[Added] Added ${cookie} tag if a resource has cookies

2.4.7
[Fixed] Cache capture and delayed header retrieval #241

[Fixed] Download failure caused by special characters #253

[Fixed] Bug in the m3u8 parser not parsing all nested m3u8 files #265

[Added] Added a privacy protocol page to Firefox for first-time installs

[Added] Added Aria2 RPC protocol download. Thanks to @aar0u

[Changed] Rewrote the recording script

[Changed] Enhanced deep search

[Changed] m3u8 parser now supports custom header attributes

[Changed] m3u8 parser: Adjusted maximum download threads to 6

[Changed] m3u8 parser: Enables new downloader by default

2.4.6
[Fixed] Cache capture issue with multiple videos #239

[Changed] Updated mux m3u8-decrypt mpd-parser versions

[Changed] Settings: Refresh jump clears captured data for the current tab. Adjustable mode is now available.

[Changed] Firefox version requirement: 113+

[test] m3u8 parser: Added test items. Refactored downloader

2.4.5
[Changed] Enhanced Deep Search to resolve "one-time" m3u8 downloads

[Changed] m3u8 parser now supports download ranges in HH:MM:SS format

[Added] Added cache capture, including capture from scratch, filename extraction with regular expressions, and manual filename entry

[Added] Added settings for blocking resources with regular expression matching

[Added] Added downloader settings for opening pages in the background

[Deleted] Removed the "ghost resource" setting to assign resources of unknown origin to the current tag

[Fixed] Fixed cache capture issue with clearing the cache

[Fixed] Fixed regular expression matching sometimes failing to match (lastIndex not reset)

[Fixed] Fixed media control sometimes failing to detect media

[Fixed] Fixed reset all settings causing configuration loss

[Fixed] Fixed Firefox compatibility issue

2.4.4
[Changed] Enhanced Deep Search

[Fixed] m3u8 parser triggering an infinite error Bugs

2.4.3
[Fixed] Fixed an issue with empty filenames in cache capture

[Changed] Enhanced deep search to search for more keys

[Changed] Enhanced injected scripts to now inject into all iframes

[Changed] Removed YouTube support to enable cache capture

2.4.2
[Added] Added an option to exclude duplicate resources to the settings page

[Added] Added a pause button to the popup

[Changed] Popup can interrupt loading for over 500 resources

[Changed] Adjusted default configuration to disable TS files by default and removed redundant regular expressions

[Changed] Optimized regular expression matching performance

[Fixed] Fixed an issue with the m3u8 parser recording function where the auto-refresh page would lose downloaded data after the live stream ended.

[Fixed] Fixed a bug where the m3u8 parser could cause incorrect encoding when used with MP4 transcoding while downloading and saving.

[Fixed] Fixed an issue with the extension restarting. Caused by infinite loop

2.4.1
[Added] Capture script can now retrieve filenames using expressions

[Changed] Removed the annoying prompt for turning on automatic downloads

[Changed] Optimized the heavy resource usage issue in Firefox

[Fixed] Cat Scraping Downloader no longer limits files to 2GB #179

2.4.0
[Added] Added custom CSS

[Added] One-click merging of audio and video

[Added] Regular expression filtering on the popup page

[Added] Custom shortcut key support

[Added] Regular expression filtering support on the popup page

[Added] Custom parameters for m3u8 fragmented files

[Changed] Filtering now hides unnecessary data instead of unchecking it

[Changed] Rewrote and optimized most of the popup code

[Changed] Rewrote some initialization code

[Changed] Changed the m3u8 parser's default setting to ffmpeg transcoding instead of mp4 transcoding

[Changed] Removed debug mode

[Fixed] Deep search and depth judgment bugs

[Fixed] Various bugs

2.3.3
[Changed] The m3u8DL parser does not load configuration parameters by default #149

[Changed] Multiple capture scripts can now be opened simultaneously.

[Changed] Popup page CSS details tweaked #156

[Fixed] Bug where clearing didn't remove the superscript

[Fixed] Bug where "|" characters were incorrectly handled in replacement tag parameters

2.3.2
[Changed] Settings: Added custom file names and removed title regular expression extraction

[Added] Dark mode support #134

[Added] Added filtering to popup

[Fixed] Fixed issue with unencrypted m3u8 not being able to download with a custom key

[Fixed] Removed the "Created Media Date" attribute from MP4 transcoding #142

2.3.1
[Added] New replacement tag

[Changed] Download and save simultaneously: Supports MP4 transcoding

[Fixed] Bug fixes #123 #117 #114 #124

2.3.0
[Added] m3u8 parser Download and save simultaneously

[Added] m3u8 parser for online FFmpeg transcoding

[Fixed] Download selection failed for special file names

[Fixed] m3u8 parser failed to download files in some cases

[Fixed] Header attribute extraction failed

[Fixed] Error adding capture type #109

[Changed] Modified default header trimming configuration

2.2.9
[Fixed] Fixed incorrect range parameter --downloadRange in the m3u8DL call command

[Added] Regular expression header trimming #90

[Added] Option to select a save directory before downloading

[Fixed] m3u8 parser failed to download ts files in some cases

[Changed] The Copy Selected button is now affected by the Copy Options setting

2.2.8
[Changed] The m3u8 parser now remembers your settings

[Changed] Ghost data changed to Other Pages (Ghost data is also categorized as "Other Pages")

[Changed] Performance optimization of popup pages

[Changed] Added the option to always disable the downloader

[Fixed] Fixed a bug where the third-party downloader "MaoZhua Downloader" would be called.

2.2.7
[Fixed] Fixed an issue where the file size display was incorrect.

[Changed] Performance optimization

[Fixed] Fixed a CPU usage issue caused by improper cleaning of redundant data.

2.2.6
[Added] Deep search attempts to collect the key for m3u8 files. For details, see the user documentation.

[Added] Added a QR code button to the popup resource details.

[Added] m3u8 parser: Custom file name. Only audio files. Improved the "Save as m3u8DL" command. Some code is from #80.

[Added] Non-Chrome extension store versions now support YouTube.

[Added] Firefox version now supports m3u8 video previews.

[Fixed] m3u8 parser Unable to save files with extremely long names #80

[Fixed] Fixed media control failing to detect videos in some cases

2.2.5
[Fixed] Fixed MPD parser missing audio tracks #70

[Changed] Optimized live m3u8 recording under poor network conditions

[Changed] Updated deep search.js to further enhance analysis capabilities

[Changed] Reduced memory usage during MP4 transcoding

[Changed] Customized protocol for calling local players

2.2.4
[Changed] Updated hls.js

[Changed] m3u8 files now display more media information

[Added] Added Dash MPD file parsing

[Added] Added deep search script

[Fixed] Fixed occasional capture button failure

2.2.3
[Added] m3u8 parser added live streaming recording

[Added] m3u8 parser added EXT-X-MAP processing Tags

[Added] Added capture script recorder2.js, requires Chromium 104 or later

[Added] Added options for refreshing, jumping to a new page, and clearing captured data for the current tag

[Fixed] Fixed an issue with incorrect media duration information when using the m3u8 parser to generate files generated by MP4 transcoding.

2.2.2
[Changed] Replaced the m3u8 parser with hls.js, with various improvements and added custom features.

[Changed] Separated the downloader and m3u8 parser

[Fixed] Fixed an issue with the download button not working when calling N_m3u8DL-CLI from the m3u8 parser

[Fixed] Fixed an issue with random ghost data loss

[Fixed] Fixed an issue with the m3u8 parser key downloader sometimes failing to download.

2.2.1
[Fixed] Fixed an issue with the browser font size being too large, causing the button to obscure the resource list.

[Fixed] Adjusted keyword replacement

[Fixed] Fixed an issue where the Firefox download API could not download data URLs

[Changed] Multiple key display issues in the m3u8 parser

[Changed] Video controls can now control videos on other pages

[Changed] Video controls can now take screenshots of videos

[Changed] Added "Other Files" option to the custom copy options

[Added] The m3u8 parser can now convert to mp4 format

2.2.0
[Fixed] Fixed an issue where the Chrome API could not download files due to the presence of a "~" symbol in the file name

[Fixed] Fixed an issue where the download button on the popup page in Firefox was obscured by the scroll bar

[Fixed] Error in calling the m3u8dl protocol when the storage path contains Chinese characters

[Changed] Added/removed some default configurations

[Added] Added the ability to control videos on the current web page

[Added] Added custom copy options

2.1.2
[Changed] Detailed Adjustments

2.1.1
[Changed] Adjusted regular expression matching to now extract multiple URLs

[Fixed] Fixed an issue with select scripts not working in the m3u8 parser and improved security

[Fixed] The m3u8 parser did not play m3u8 videos properly in Firefox

[Fixed] Fixed an issue where mobile emulation could not be restored in Firefox

[Fixed] Fixed an initialization error bug that caused the extension to fail

2.1.0
[Changed] Added a new referer function. If the initiator does not exist, use the initiator or the URL directly.

[Changed] Firefox version 93 or higher is now supported again

[Changed] The minimum requirement for Chromium-based browsers has been lowered to 93. Some features require version 102 or higher. Lower versions will hide the function buttons.

[Fixed] Some m3u8 key file parsing errors

[Fixed] Fixed the "Use webpage title" option in m3u8 to save the file name Does not work in the parser

2.0.0
[Changed] Simulates mobile devices and now modifies the navigator.userAgent variable

[Added] Video capture function to resolve the issue of passive sniffing failing to download videos

[Added] Video recording function to resolve the issue of passive sniffing failing to download videos

[Added] Support for the m3u8dl:// protocol for N_m3u8DL-CLI

[Added] Enhanced m3u8 parser, now supports online merge and download of m3u8 files

[Added] Videos that cannot be downloaded from the popup page will be transferred to the m3u8 parser to modify the referer for download

[Added] Online preview of m3u8 files is available on the popup and m3u8 pages

[Added] JSON viewer, like the m3u8 parser, displays an icon on the popup page to access it

[Fixed] Numerous bugs

[Fixed] Resolved data loss issues since 1.0.17

[Fixed] Damn Service Worker... Now it can wake itself up immediately after being killed in the background... Let's continue using dirty tricks to combat Manifest V3.

1.0.26
[Fixed] Fixed an issue where closing a webpage didn't properly delete the data stored on the current page.

1.0.25
[Changed] Enhanced regular expression matching

[Changed] Heart Beat

[Added] Mobile simulation, allowing more resources to be downloaded in mobile environments.

[Added] Automatic download

1.0.24
[Added] Import/Export Configuration

[Added] Heart Beat fixes Service Worker sleep issues

[Added] Firefox.js compatibility layer and release in Firefox

1.0.23
[Added] Regular expression matching

1.0.22
[Fixed] A serious bug that prevented Service Worker from working *

1.0.21
[Added] Custom fetch types

[Refactor] New UI for the settings page

1.0.20
[Added] Option to fetch image/* files

1.0.19
[Fixed] Many bugs caused by refactoring *

1.0.18
[Added] Option to fetch application/octet-stream files

[Refactor] Refactored remaining code

1.0.17
[Refactor] Updated the manifest to V3 for some code

[Added] Using PotPlayer Preview Media