Native HLS Playback

Native HLS Playback is a Chrome extension developed by Gaetan Hervouet. According to the data from Chrome web store, current version of Native HLS Playback is 1.1.5, updated on 2022-05-31.
200,000+ users have installed this extension. 237 users have rated this extension with an average rating of .

Allow the browser to play HLS video urls (m3u8) 'natively'

This extension is a wrapper around the awesome hlsjs library: https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js

Clicking on the extension icon will let you play any m3u8 embedded as a video html element in the current page.

New: type m3u8, then tab, then your m3u8 URL to play the URL in the extension.

Features:
Enable/Disable the url catcher by clicking on the icon.
Enable hls.js debug mode in the extension settings.
Switch between hls.js 0.14.x, 1.0.x and 1.1.x in the settings.
Now supports subtitles!
Switch between zoom and native video size in the options.
Display timed metadata in the console

Default player is now hls.js/1.1.5.