Stream Recorder Alternative: HLS and DASH Saved as One MP4 With Sound

Stream Recorder vs Vidora at a glance

Stream Recorder facts come from its Chrome Web Store listing, its website and its version 2.2.9 package, read on 24 September 2026. Vidora facts describe version 1.0.66, the version published on the Chrome Web Store.

Why people look for a Stream Recorder alternative

Stream Recorder has 1,000,000 users and a 4.3 rating from 2.8K ratings. The complaints worth knowing about fall into four groups.

Audio and video end up in separate files

On the Traditional Chinese reviews page, 5 of the 10 visible reviews, posted between March and June 2026, describe the same issue. One reads: “我願意付費使用 希望作者趕快更新 不然視訊和音軌都是分開的” (I'm willing to pay, please update soon, otherwise video and audio stay separate) (Chrome Web Store, Chinese reviews, 5 April 2026). Vidora merges separate audio and video tracks into one file. If you already have a silent file, our guide to a downloaded video with no sound explains the usual causes.

Downloads that stop early

“muy mala descargas y se detiene a los 20 segundos” (very bad downloads, it stops at 20 seconds), writes a Spanish-speaking reviewer (Chrome Web Store, Spanish reviews, 17 June 2026). With Vidora, if a source cuts out partway, you can keep the part already downloaded, and you can pause a download for up to 30 minutes.

Players it does not see

On Habr Q&A, a user trying to save a course video wrote: “Загрузчики видео, типа стрим рекордер не видят видео” (video downloaders like Stream Recorder don't see the video) (Habr Q&A, 18 September 2024). No extension sees every player, Vidora included. Vidora looks for DASH manifests and direct MP4 files as well as HLS, has dedicated handling for Vimeo, Loom, Wistia and a few other hosts, and when it detects nothing while a video plays, it offers to record the playback.

Maintenance

The last update is dated 1 August 2025, and the publisher's own site warns that “distribution of this extension may be discontinued without prior notice” (hlsloader.com). It is an honest disclosure, and worth knowing if you depend on the extension.

Where Stream Recorder is still the better choice

• Live streams. Stream Recorder records live HLS broadcasts. Vidora does not download live streams: it tells you so and offers to record the playback instead, in real time.
• Light and free. The package weighs 205 KiB, and conversion to MP4 happens inside the extension without re-encoding and without an external server.
• Loyal users. “Been using this for years with no issues” (SongsNStuff, Chrome Web Store, 17 September 2026). A Polish user reports that it “Działa z Teams i Sharepoint” (works with Teams and SharePoint) (Chrome Web Store, Polish reviews, 19 November 2024).

If your videos come out complete and with sound, keep it. To compare it with other tools, see all the video downloader alternatives we reviewed.

How Vidora handles HLS, DASH and separate audio

Vidora detects the stream the page plays, whether it is an HLS playlist, a DASH manifest or a direct MP4, and lists it in the popup, with ads ranked lower.

• Downloads HLS (.m3u8) and DASH (.mpd) streams and saves them as a single MP4 with sound.
• Merges separate audio and video tracks into one file, whether the audio comes as a separate HLS rendition or a DASH track.
• Handles HLS streams encrypted with standard AES-128. DRM-protected services such as Netflix or Disney+ are not supported.
• Defaults to the best quality up to 1080p; pick a higher one from the quality menu when the source offers it. Generic DASH is saved at the best track up to 1080p, without a menu.
• Large files are written straight to disk as they download, so multi-gigabyte videos are not limited by memory.
• Live streams are not downloaded: Vidora tells you so and offers to record instead, for up to 4 hours.

For a wider look at browser tools, see the Chrome downloader extensions we compared.

Switch in under a minute

1. Add Vidora to Chrome from the Chrome Web Store (button below). No account needed.
2. Open the page with the video and start playing it.
3. Click the Vidora icon and choose the video and quality, or use the button on the player, the right-click menu or Alt+D.
4. Find the MP4 in your Downloads/Vidora folder.

FAQ

Sources and method

• Chrome Web Store, Stream Recorder listing (users, rating, version, last update, size).
• Stream Recorder, official website (HLS live and archive to MP4 without re-encoding, local conversion, Firefox status, discontinuation notice).
• Stream Recorder 2.2.9 extension package (no payment code found).
• Chrome Web Store reviews: English, Chinese, Spanish and Polish.
• Habr Q&A thread of 18 September 2024.
• Vidora: capabilities of version 1.0.66 checked against its published code; release notes in the Vidora changelog.

All sources were read on 24 September 2026 by Romain Gouraud. Statements taken from the extension package are observations of its code, not functional tests. Reviews are the opinions of individual users, quoted as written, with our translation in parentheses. Spotted an error? Tell us through the support page.