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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