Hydra Download Manager Integration by Javad

A browser integration for Hydra: automatic download capture, right-click downloads, and media sniffing.

About this extension

Hydra Download Manager Integration connects Firefox to Hydra, a fast, resilient download manager for Windows, macOS and Linux. Downloads leave the browser and land in Hydra, where they get multi-connection speed, reliable pause and resume, queueing, and integrity checks.

What the extension does

Automatic capture — File types you choose are routed to Hydra the moment Firefox starts them. If Hydra is not running, the download simply continues in Firefox. Hold Alt while clicking a link to bypass capture once.
Download this video — Hover any video or audio player and a small bar appears. Open it to pick from every quality Hydra can produce, or download all of them at once.
HLS and DASH streams — Adaptive streams are detected per page and listed with resolution, bitrate, codec and duration. Pick the variant you want and Hydra assembles it into a single MP4 or TS file.
Right-click downloads — "Download with Hydra" on any link, image or media, plus "Download all links" for a whole page.
Highlight to download — Select text containing links and a floating button appears. One link downloads directly, several open Hydra's batch box.
Per-tab media badge — The toolbar icon counts the media found on the current tab. Open the popup to see and send any of them.
Cookies travel with the download — Files behind a login download correctly, because Hydra receives the session cookies for that URL.
Settings follow the app — The capture file-type list, excluded sites, and the per-browser switch are all managed in Hydra's Options and apply to the extension automatically.

Why Hydra

Multi-connection downloads with adaptive concurrency and stall detection
Pause, resume and retry that survive restarts
Queue and schedule downloads by time window
Automatic categories and file sorting
Checksum verification and bitrot protection

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Hydra Download Manager Integration by Javad

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