Stream Sniffer

Sites increasingly hide their video behind blobs and encrypted players. Omni finds the real stream with a dual-path detection system.

Two cooperating paths

• Extension path — the bundled Omni Media Grabber WebExtension watches network requests and hooks MediaSource/blob playback, then reports candidates to the app over native messaging.
• Native path — media/MediaInterceptor.kt inspects engine-level traffic for HLS (.m3u8) and DASH (.mpd) manifests.

Both converge on the ViewModel, which surfaces a grabber chip when a stream is found.

Using it

1. Play the media

   Start the video or audio on the page.

2. Watch for the chip

   When a stream is detected, a grabber affordance appears.

3. Choose an action

   Tap it to play in the native player, download, or extract audio.

What it can’t grab

Some sites also use heavily obfuscated or proprietary transports that the sniffer doesn’t recognise yet. Detection coverage improves over releases.

Under the hood

// Simplified: surface a candidate when a manifest is seen
fun onResponse(url: String, mime: String) {
    if (url.endsWith(".m3u8") || mime == "application/vnd.apple.mpegurl")
        emit(StreamCandidate(url, Kind.HLS))
    else if (url.endsWith(".mpd") || mime == "application/dash+xml")
        emit(StreamCandidate(url, Kind.DASH))
}