M3U8 Player & HLS
M3U8 Player & HLS Stream Player is a free, MIT-licensed browser extension for playing M3U8 and HLS streams in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave, and other browsers. It provides picture-in-picture, adaptive bitrate selection, keyboard shortcuts, frame-by-frame navigation, playback speed, and fullscreen controls.
Overview
10 featuresIn the Video & media players space, M3U8 Player & HLS takes a focused approach. It focuses on playing M3U8 and HLS video streams with reliable playback controls directly in a web browser. M3U8 Player & HLS is an open-source project aimed at people who watch IPTV, live events, and HLS video streams. The project is open source (Open Source). M3U8 Player & HLS is available on the web and embeddable surfaces.
Bishal Babu Dahal builds and maintains M3U8 Player & HLS, and it first shipped in 2023. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 28 stars. Key capabilities include keyboard shortcuts, picture-in-picture, and frame navigation.
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Picture-in-picture
- Frame navigation
- Adaptive bitrate
- Quality switching
- Speed control
- Volume control
- Fullscreen playback
- Mute toggle
- IPTV support
Built with & integrations
- GitHub Copilot
- commit 2926b90b7b88 · since Dec 2025
- Cloudflare
- cf-ray header · cf-cache-status header
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
1What PulseGate has recorded for this listing
- Indexed9 Sept · 04:52 UTCM3U8/HLS Player with Custom Keyboard Controls verified via Firefox Add-onsSource: Firefox Add-ons · Open
Frequently asked questions about M3U8 Player & HLS
- What does M3U8 Player & HLS do?
- M3U8 Player & HLS focuses on playing M3U8 and HLS video streams with reliable playback controls directly in a web browser. It is catalogued under Video & media players on PulseGate.
- Who is M3U8 Player & HLS for?
- M3U8 Player & HLS is an open-source project built for people who watch IPTV, live events, and HLS video streams.
- Does M3U8 Player & HLS have a free plan?
- Yes — M3U8 Player & HLS is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
- What platforms does M3U8 Player & HLS run on?
- M3U8 Player & HLS runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.
- Is M3U8 Player & HLS still active?
- Unverified. M3U8 Player & HLS has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
- What projects are similar to M3U8 Player & HLS?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Play HLS M3u8, VideoPlayer, and Native HLS.Play HLS M3u8VideoPlayerNative HLS
- Who develops M3U8 Player & HLS?
- M3U8 Player & HLS is developed by Bishal Babu Dahal, based in Nepal.
- When did M3U8 Player & HLS launch?
- M3U8 Player & HLS first shipped in 2023.
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