Is there any direct way of finding the link to the m3u8 / mpd files for any videos (no matter the source)?

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  • stream-detector

    Discontinued A Firefox addon for keeping track of manifests used by various streaming protocols and downloading media files.

    • Chrome version (xpi file) available here: https://github.com/rowrawer/stream-detector/releases

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    Web video downloader for Bilibili, iQIYI, Tencent Video, MGTV and WeTV. 网站视频下载器，主要支持Bilibili、爱奇艺、腾讯视频、芒果TV、WeTV、愛奇藝台灣站。

    • I've been using this for quite a while now. Translate the page and you can understand its contents. It needs python to run. It also need tampermonkey. For detecting m3u8, it uses "CommonHlsDownloader 脚本" script installed using tampermonkey. I just start the process and stop it the moment it starts downloading (just to get m3u8 link) and I just use yt-dlp to download the whole thing. You'll get the hang of it the more you use it.

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