MAX is a lightweight Chrome extension – not a paste-a-link website and not a separate app. It works on the same page where you view a video, and turns it into clean download choices, prepared locally on your device.
MAX icon is a real-time indicator of whether the active tab has downloadable media.
Idle
Gray icon indicates there's no downloadable media on this page.
Media found
It turns blue as soon as downloadable media is detected.
The list will display all found videos, audio, and subtitles, as well as their tracks, formats, and sizes.
MAX is powered by custom FFmpeg build to fuel all the needs without leaving your device.
Download media
HLS, DASH or regular video / audio / subtitles – MAX handles it all.
Extract tracks
Select audio / subtitle tracks and hit Extract. The same simple flow.
Mux and merge tracks
Select multiple audio / subtitle tracks with the video and hit Download.
Every feature was built around privacy and performance. That means you can download, extract, mux, and merge media locally on your device – without sending it to a remote server.
MAX never routes your media through a remote server.
MAX fetches media from the server directly through your own browser session, and processes it locally on your device. When media needs merging or remuxing, it uses a custom FFmpeg build in WebAssembly – so the work happens on your machine, fully anonymous.
Most tools force a trade-off between power, privacy, and convenience. MAX doesn't.
Powerful when you want it, invisible when you don't.
Pause detection
Stop MAX from scanning at any time – no need to disable or remove the extension.
Keyboard shortcuts
Trigger downloads and common actions without reaching for the mouse.
51 languages
The entire interface, localized for people all around the world.
Deep settings
Smart naming, formats, concurrency, and dozens of other controls.
Background downloads
Click download and close the tab – MAX keeps working in the background.
Local history
Quick access to past downloads, stats, and one-click re-downloads.
MAX runs on every modern Chromium browser – Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi – as far back as Chrome 109, on desktop and mobile, and any OS.
Being honest about the limits is part of how MAX works.
Quick answers about how MAX works.
No. MAX runs as a Chrome extension and prepares everyday downloads directly in your browser. The optional desktop app only adds native FFmpeg workflows for heavier jobs such as custom save folders, very long downloads, or higher same-site concurrency.
No. MAX does not send your media to any server. It fetches from the original website through your own browser session and prepares supported downloads locally before saving.
Modern streaming formats such as HLS and DASH often deliver video and audio as separate tracks. MAX lets you pick the tracks you want and mux them into a single file, or save them separately.
A page can offer the same video in different resolutions, audio languages, or subtitle languages. MAX lists the supported variants so you can choose, instead of guessing which one the page is playing.
MAX can only work with media the page has actually loaded. If nothing appears, start playback so the browser requests the media, or reload the page. Sometimes you have been idle on the page for too long and detection results were already cleared by browser – in this case just refresh the page.
Yes. MAX supports HLS (.m3u8) and DASH (.mpd) streams as well as direct files like MP4 and WebM, including separate tracks and subtitles, as long as the media is not DRM-protected.
Add MAX to Chrome and start downloading in a minute.
