Please add the filename dialog box to rename HLS files when saving a video file. File naming Issue occurs because the file rename option is not available. See example:

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Hello,
It was not tested well enough and works buggy for now. Please wait for the update.

According to the log, HLS stream capture support has been added to Version 6.16 which websites are supported?

@Usher and @johnlgalt and all the geeky person over there is not the software are made to make task easier rather to spend hours to solve problems. I think download managers (irrespective of any brands, any types, any coding language it written or in alpha, beta or stable) are built to download files from internet and files include videos too in a format user desired format.

example 1.
when youtube changes its content to stream audio and video separately many downloader failed to download single file of different quality with both video and audio. for that they used ffmpeg to merge audio and video files. if i download video and audio file separately and configure vlc everytime to play audio and video file at the same time then why should i need a downloader.

FYI software are made to ease out efforts and for automation for that every developers should think how they can be more beneficial and automated for the people.

and lastly if like you geeky people there are many people around the world who doesnot know how to download a youtube video or a file from file sharing sites as well as configure audio video file to play simultaneously and further the small tweak and tricks that makes things possible but for them the answer is FDM where they need to click on the link present in the browser and FDM takes over it and download the files and users has to play or run it.

[quote="darkseid"]i don't know about streaming hls, hds and dash type. but i really wish to see FDM 6.x to capture video files with extension *.ts and *.m3u8 and convert it to *.mp4 before downloading and when a user start download then the files should be saved in *.mp4 format not in other format.[/quote]Some people are too lazy to read older topics:
https://www.freedownloadmanager.org/board/search.php?keywords=mpeg+dash+m3u8&terms=all&author=Usher&sc=1&sf=all&sr=posts&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=-1&t=0&submit=Search

Great plan Alex to add stream capture but i would rather happy to see a download panel over the web player.

Can you design a small software where it generate data of websites where fdm will not capture web players, stream services, that would be easy for you to detect error because what you need already is in the log file the small software is generated.

[quote="darkseid"]i don't know about streaming hls, hds and dash type. but i really wish to see FDM 6.x to capture video files with extension *.ts and *.m3u8 and convert it to *.mp4 before downloading and when a user start download then the files should be saved in *.mp4 format not in other format.

xvideos.com and xhamster.com have *.ts file but there is no *.mp4 support. kindly start adding this first.[/quote]

Convert it?

OK, let's take a look, since that pr0n is so important....

1) what is an .m3u8 file? well, according to https://www.lifewire.com/m3u8-file-2621956 (and my own experience with music all around), that's just a special case of an .m3u file - which is nothing but a playlist of audio files https://www.lifewire.com/m3u-file-2621955 encoded in UTF8.

[quote]What Is an M3U8 File?
A file with the M3U8 file extension is a UTF-8 Encoded Audio Playlist file. They are plain text files that can be used by both audio and video players to describe where media files are located.[/quote]

2) What is a .ts file? According to https://www.lifewire.com/ts-file-4151262 it's a (Video) Transport Stream file.

[quote]How to Open a TS File
Video Transport Stream files stored on a DVD will play in a DVD player without needing any extra software. If you have a TS file on your computer, you can open it with a number of media players.

VLC should be your first choice since it's completely free and can open these files on Mac, Windows, and Linux. MPEG Streamclip is another option, and the Movies & TV Windows app might work too.

Another option for opening the TS file is to rename it to something that your existing media player will support, like .MPEG. Most multimedia players already support .MPEG files, and since TS files are MPEG files, the same program should also play your TS file.[/quote]

So, not sure why you would want a conversion in FDM for these files.

i don't know about streaming hls, hds and dash type. but i really wish to see FDM 6.x to capture video files with extension *.ts and *.m3u8 and convert it to *.mp4 before downloading and when a user start download then the files should be saved in *.mp4 format not in other format.

xvideos.com and xhamster.com have *.ts file but there is no *.mp4 support. kindly start adding this first.

HLS stream capture would be nice.

[quote="Mishasama"]Capture HLS and DASH streams. And also dig the different video and audio quality.
And support use browser cookies to download it for some must login sites. (eg. nicovideo.jp)[/quote]

Did stream capture of HLS or DASH end up getting added to 6.x?

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[quote="Faizan"]Internet Downloads Manager (IDM) has this option since decades

[url]https://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/register/new_faq/pictures/idm_addvideotype.png[/url]

[img]https://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/register/new_faq/pictures/idm_addvideotype.png[/img][/quote]

Great, helpful comment.

Can we stop with the XYZ product has had this for weeks / months / years / decades / centuries already?

Not germaine to the question being asked by the developer directly to support a proposed new feature.

Internet Downloads Manager (IDM) has this option since decades

[url]https://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/register/new_faq/pictures/idm_addvideotype.png[/url]

[img]https://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/register/new_faq/pictures/idm_addvideotype.png[/img]

Capture HLS and DASH streams. And also dig the different video and audio quality.
And support use browser cookies to download it for some must login sites. (eg. nicovideo.jp)

Fully automatic download is impossible for most sites, I'm afraid. There are too many ways to obfuscate web code.
For the start it would be good enough to work as follows:
- Manually dig in the webpage code or in the browser cache to find URL of m3u8 list, mpd manifest, etc.
- Copy the URL to the clipboard.
- Open FDM window and click "+" button or press Ctrl+N to add a new download.
- Now FDM should read URL from the clipboard, download needed list/manitest, parse it and display dialog window to select preferred video quality.
- Other actions should be automatic: download needed lists of video/audio streams, download (and decrypt if needed) the streams, merge (mux) them into a single file and change timestamp of the file using timestap form list/manifest file.