Display temporary hls video in download folder to playback temporary video while donwloading, like chrome does

[drimisone]

Hello, thank you so much for the amazing catsxp browser specially the rare support for windows 7 OS 32 bits !

There is a problem please : my internet connection is weak, my cpu is weak and old, and many streaming platforms no longer put the standard video quality SD 360p and only use the full HD quality 1080p, and even the standard quality lags jerks in my web browser probably because my connection is weak so I can't watch some streaming videos in the browser....

The solution is to download the videos, I found 2 rare powerful extensions to download emebdded streaming videos that allow me to download HLS videos sequentially, i.e. the temporary hls video displayed in the download folder is a single unified file and not in the format of small fragments videos slices .ts,

so I can playback temporary video while donwloading using Potplayer which has the resume video function, so I avoid waiting for the end of the slow download and i can playback temporary video while donwloading !

in the past, using Catsxp browser and clicking on the "parser" icon that has a magnifying glass shape in the small pop-up window of Cat catch extension and clicking on the button at the bottom "merge and download" of Cat catch extension,
and also using the extension: Live stream downloader:

https://github.com/xifangczy/cat-catch

and

https://github.com/chandler-stimson/liv ... downloader

the unified temporary HLS video is displayed in the download folder and I can playback the temporary hls video while downloading using Catsxp, but since Catsxp's update to chromium kernel 131, I don't know what happened, Catsxp browser no longer displays the temporary video and I have to wait for the slow download to finish to be able to playback the video which penalizes me because the download takes a long time.....

same thing for the Live stream downloader extension which displayed the temporary video and we could playback temporary video while downloading but sadly, temprary video no longer displayed in the download folder while donwloading when I use Catsxp browser....

i thought it was a problem related to extensions but the developer of Live stream downloader assures me that he does not have this kind of problem and that he can see and playback temporary hls video while downloading using chrome browser !

so i found and installed recently a special version of chrome 130 updated and compatible with my windows 7 os 32 bits made by a Russian developer and even the press talked about it:

https://github.com/Blaukovitch/GOOGLE_CHROME_Windows_7

https://xakep.ru/2023/08/10/chrome-for-windows-7/

and i click on the "parser" icon of the Cat catch extension pop up and i also use the Live stream downloader extension and the temporary hls video is displayed in the download folder and i can playback temporary video again during downloading when i use chrome browser !

what is strange, at first, the temporary hls video was displayed in the download folder the first time when i used Catsxp browser, yandex browser, supermium browser, then when i download other videos next days, the temporary videos are not dislayed anymore when i use Catsxp, yandex , supermium, i don't know if it's because of internal modifications and updates maybe made by browsers .....

but by using chrome browser, the temporary hls video is always displayed in the download folder and we hope please Yandex will do like chrome and show the temporary video so we can playback temorary video while donwloading please !

because this is vital for people who have weak connection and weak old cpu, thanks !

i sometimes encounter errors and bugs and crashes in the special version of chrome for windows 7 os when i use chrome for a long time, that's why i prefer to use a more stable browser like Catsxp, and we hope Catsxp great generous developer and team will fix this problem please, thanks !


here are my favorite streaming sites to test the problem of not displaying the temporary hls video during its download :


https://v6.voiranime.com/anime/fairy-ta ... 01-vostfr/

https://v6.voiranime.com/

https://french-anime.com/animes-vostfr/

https://v4.voiranime.ws/

https://empire-anime.com/plateforme?nav=series

https://anime.voirani.me/accueil-fr5

https://top-animes.com/
https://mangas-vostfr.com/

https://aniwave.se/

https://animixplay.name/

https://allmanga.to/

https://hianime.to/home
https://hianime.tv/

[catsxp]

Thank you for using and providing feedback
Why not consider using the HLS download tool to download first and then watch
If the network is poor, the online caching viewing experience is very poor

[drimisone]

Ohh thanks a lot for your advice!

the HLS download tool ie N_m3u8DL-RE ?

https://github.com/nilaoda/N_m3u8DL-RE

Mr Nialoada, following my request added and compiled for me a version N_m3u8DL-RE for my windows 7 os 32 bits, after failures, I finally understood a few days ago how to use Cat catch extension and N_m3u8DL-RE, i.e. you have to put in the same folder urlprotocol, ffmpeg, mp4decrypt, N_m3u8DL-RE and activate the option N_m3u8DL-RE in Cat catch settings and invoke protocol, I managed to download hls video but the problem, the download folder of N_m3u8DL-RE contains many small fragmented video slices .ts impossible to playback with potlayer i.e. there is not a unified temporary video file and you have to wait for the end of the download so that N_m3u8DL-RE can unify and gather and merge the small fragments video slices.....

and often my connection becomes very slow when my mother and my sisters connect to the wifi, in addition my sister uses her TV with the HDMI so weak connection and download can last a long time for an SD video .....

on the other hand, use the m3u8 parser of cat catch extension and use live stream downloader extension, the temporary hls video is displayed in a unified way in the download folder and I can playback temporary video while downloading using chrome hence the need to use the extensions with the downloader of the web browser hence my request that Catsxp re-displays the temporary video in the download folder in order to playback temporary video while downloading ....

all the time I used Catsxp, because excellent fast browser it has a recent kernel and the extension developers recommend to use the latest recent kernel, the temporary HLS video was displayed by Catsxp, then suddenly, when updating to chromium kernel 131, Catsxp no longer displays the temporary video in the download folder download......

I currently use chrome 130 to download, view and playback temporary video while downloading and my biggest fear chrome 131 or chrome 132 will erase this possibility maybe???

the alternative solution was to use preview feature of Cat-catch and Open in vlc extension, i.e. I don't need to download or wait for the download to end and these extensions send the detected m3u8 links to potplayer or vlc, but we have to add urlporotocol in the path of potplayer and vlc:

https://github.com/xifangczy/URLProtocol

unfortunately the new chromium 131 kernel breaks the compatibility of the call protocol with potplayer and vlc !

I talk to Mr Xifangczy who advises me to contact potplayer to solve this bug.....and Mr Andy the developer of open in vlc advises me to contact vlc .....

in short I contact potplayer developer who tells me after days that he fixed the problem.... and recently Mr Xifangczy invents a new protocol called: "potplayerfix" which fixes some preview bugs, and I can now playback streaming hls video with potplayer using Catsxp !!

but the problem remains the same: potplayer is excellent and I activate hardware acceleration and I have a smooth playback of local videos, but my mother and my sisters connect to wifi, and my sister uses HDMI, and preview streaming video with potplayer lag jerks sometimes because of my weak internet connection....

I contacted vlc who tells me the problem comes from the extensions, but the developer of open in vlc tells me that the bug is caused by vlc and finally, vlc seems to be convinced after my explanations that indeed, the preview bug videos is caused by vlc and not by open in vlc extension , sadly vlc has not yet fixed the preview problem .....

so i was able to convince the developer of Open in vlc extension to add support for potplayer and he added recently a new commit of initial support of potplayer !

https://github.com/andy-portmen/open-in-vlc




but the lag jerk problem persists sometimes when I preview with potplayer when the wifi becomes weak.....

the only solution is to download, I watch anime with 700 episodes, if I have to wait for the download to finish, it will take a long time, I prefer to watch video while it is downloaded, obviously I activate the 2 resume video options of potplayer, in the "association" section, I add the formats "crdownload crswap 0 part" in the open a file option and I obviously have to re-playback temporary video from time to time to follow the progress of the video download, but it is easy and quick to do.....

i think the playback video whiled downloading feature can save us a lot of money even for those who have a powerful modern laptops, because usually people subscribe to expensive fiber optic internet packages precisely to be able to playback videos smoothly without lag jerkiness, and with this trick, me with my weak ADSL internet connection, I can playback smoothly 1080p videos without any lag jerk, in condition that our beloved Catsxp manages to restore the possibility and ability to display temporary hls video in the download folder while downloading because Cat-catch, Live stream downloader and N_m3u8DL-RE can download videos from thousands of sites, thanks !

I am waiting for the future version of chrome 131 or 132 for Windows 7 os to make tests, if I can still see and playback temporary video, does that logically mean the problem is not caused by video downloader extensions?

if chrome 131 or 132 no longer displays temporary video, then I think probably this problem is caused by extensions? or browsers ?

this is complex problematic lol,

chrome is supposed to use the same chromium base as Catsxp, yandex, supermium, I was surprised by this difference to download the temporary video, it's a mystery, chrome seems to differ from the internal functioning of chromium.....

[drimisone]

Good sensational news !!!!!!

i find rare updated chromium 134 compatible with my windows 7 os 32 bits ! :

https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/Chromium-for-windows-7

of course, the first thing i did when i installed this raw chromium is to install Cat catch extension and i click on "parser" in the small pop-up window and , and the dream comes true !!!

the temporary hls video is displayed using this chromium browser 134 and i can playback temporary video while downloading !!!!!

I don't know if it had an effect, but I preferred to install cat catch extension in raw crx format outside the chrome store to avoid possible limitation of the chrome store to the extension:

https://github.com/xifangczy/cat-catch/ ... -2.5.8.crx

and I activated developer mode of chromium and I installed cat catch and the nightmare is finally over, I'm going to cry with joy, finally I can see and playback temporary hls video while downloading, for example from this site:

https://v6.voiranime.com/anime/fairy-ta ... 01-vostfr/

the developer of this 32-bit chromium for windows 7 os says that his browser can become unstable, I just installed this chromium browser and I don't find instability for the moment, but we prefer to use our beloved Catsxp browser for more peace of mind and for more stability so I talk about all this to show that, apparently, it is technically possible to display temporary hls video and playback video while downloading using raw chromium!

this opens the door of hope that this problem can be solved in Catsxp !

here is another raw chromium browser, maybe it can help to debug and compare the codes, obviously I did not install this 64-bit chromium because I have a 32-bit windows 7 os :

https://github.com/Hibbiki/chromium-win64

[drimisone]

UPDATE :

Disaster catastrophe, the m3u8 parser does not work anymore but I found the solution !

so, i use chromium 134, with the new version of Cat catch, i try to download hls video :

https://v6.voiranime.com/?filter=subbed

i click on the "parser" button of the small pop-up window, then as usual i click on the "merge and download" button, normally the unified temporary hls video is displayed in the download folder but nothing is displayed in the download folder, i wait for all the slices to finish downloading then i press the download button of the m3u8 parser and there no download is displayed and the video is not downloaded despite all the slices downloaded!

i tried clicking on different buttons, nothing works until i regain my composure, i click on parser, then i click on "send to ffmpeg online", and there the temporary video is displayed in the download folder and the download of the whole vieo succeeds .....

i went from anxiety to relief, but i have to do more tests because i remember in the past that the "send to ffmpeg online" button caused a weird download of the temporary video i.e. video passages were repeated in a loop......

[drimisone]

UPDATE:

so, because parser of cat catch doesn't work in chromium 134, I told Mr E3kskoy7wqk the developer of Chromium-for-windows-7 that chromium kernel 132 may be more stable and can fix some problem.... .and Mr E3kskoy7wqk compiled new chromium 132 for windows 7 that fixes this capital problem and m3u8 parser of cat catch works again again without bug and i can now with chromium 132 display and playback temporary hls video while downloading !! :


https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/Chromium-for-windows-7


https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/Chromium ... taller.exe

[drimisone]

UPDATE :

Great news !!!!! i contacted the Yandex browser support team about this problem, and the response from Yandex support fixed the problem of not displaying temporary hls video!!

to fix this problem, i was planning to delete my user profile but there is no option to do that in Catsxp, so i decide to click on the "restore defaults setting" of Catsxp browser but it does not work in my windows 7 os 32 bits! the restore defaults button does nothing in Catsxp browser, so please we hope Catsxp will solve this problem of restore default settings in order to check if resetting the values ​​of Catsxp will allow to display temporary video, thank you!


should i open a new issue to report the bug that the option: "restore defaults" does not work ?



Here the response of Yandex support team that fixes the problem of temporary video is not displayed :

"Hello,

The situation may have been caused by the current browser profile or installed extensions. In order to check this you need to create a new profile and try to repeat this behavior in it.

Please click the navigation icon (≡) → Settings → Add user. A new browser window will open.

Check if the issue persists with the new profile.

Do not delete the old profile when creating a new one, as it contains all your data, such as bookmarks, passwords, etc.

Please inform me about the results."

[catsxp]

Directly delete user data directory
Or create a new user

[drimisone]

Hi, thanks for your help!

I finally managed to find the "manage catsxp profiles" button and I deleted my profile and I reinstalled cat catch extension and I tested with a hls streaming video and the nightmare is finally over !! I can see the temporary hls video and playback video while downloading! thanks!

but the little problem, I lost all my bookmarks and passwords and extensions in Catsxp, on supermium browser which also had the same problem about temporary video not displayed, I just clicked on the "restore defaults" button and the temporary video problem was fixed and I kept on supermium browser all my bookmarks, extensions, passwords despite the default reset and we hope please, for more simplicity and to save our data, we hope please Catsxp team will fix the bug of the "reset defaults" button which does not work to avoid delete our profile, thank you!

[catsxp]

Regularly backup bookmarks and passwords, unexpected incidents always occur