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[chrome extension] · v1.3.0 · mit · open source

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Save Teams recordings, SharePoint MP4s, and transcripts straight from your browser. No IT ticket. No server. No telemetry.

install on chrome source on github
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download tools
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video formats
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transcript formats
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trackers
~ ms-stream — yt-dlp 
~ $ ms-stream

▸ detected   SharePoint recording
▸ duration   00:47:13
▸ segments   1,412
▸ encryption SEA — auto-decrypting

▸ generated yt-dlp command (parallel ×16):

  yt-dlp -N 16 \
    --add-header "Authorization: Bearer eyJ0e..." \
    "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/.../manifest.m3u8" \
    -o "ai-roadmap-2026-03-27.mp4"

▸ ready — paste into terminal
~ ms-stream — ffmpeg 
~ $ ms-stream

▸ detected   Teams meeting recording
▸ duration   01:02:08
▸ segments   1,863
▸ audio out  .mp3 — re-encoded by ffmpeg

▸ generated ffmpeg command:

  ffmpeg \
    -headers "Authorization: Bearer eyJ0e..." \
    -i "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/.../manifest.m3u8" \
    -vn -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 192k \
    "weekly-standup.mp3"

▸ ready — paste into terminal
~ ms-stream — in-browser 
~ $ ms-stream

▸ detected   Stream-on-SharePoint
▸ duration   00:23:41
▸ segments   713
▸ encryption SEA — auto-decrypting

▸ downloading in-browser...

  ▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▱▱▱▱  81%
  667.0 MB / 823.1 MB · 38 MB/s

▸ → ~/Downloads/team-stream.mp4

live preview — cycles through all three download tools

01 / why this exists

The recording's on your screen.
The download button just isn't.

Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Stream restrict downloads at the tenant-policy level. The video plays. The transcript sits in the panel. But Download is greyed out. This extension restores it — using the same Microsoft URLs the native player already calls. No exotic bypass: if you can’t play it, you can’t save it.

02 / features

Video and transcript — two pipelines.

video & audio

.mp4 · .m4a · .mp3 · .wav
  • 01

    In-browser

    Video+Audio MP4, Audio M4A, or Video Only. No CLI needed.

  • 02

    CLI generators

    ffmpeg & yt-dlp commands ready to paste. yt-dlp goes parallel (-N 16).

  • 03

    SEA encryption

    SharePoint's encrypted segments decrypted on the fly.

  • 04

    Five formats

    .mp4 (V+A) · .m4a · .mp3 · .wav · video-only.

  • 05

    Editable filename

    Auto-derived from the meeting title. Edit before save.

  • 06

    Progress bar

    Per-segment status. Cancellable. No corrupt partials.

  • 07

    Floating banner

    Appears when SharePoint hides the command bar.

  • 08

    DRM detection

    Widevine/PlayReady → clear dialog, never a broken file.

transcript

.json · .vtt · .txt
  • 01

    RAW JSON

    Original MS Stream format. Speaker names, timestamps, entry IDs.

  • 02

    WebVTT (.vtt)

    Standard subtitle format. Plays in VLC, IINA, Plyr.

  • 03

    Grouped TXT

    Same-speaker lines collapsed. LLM-ready.

  • 04

    Live preview

    All three formats rendered before you pick.

  • 05

    Speaker names

    Real display names preserved. Not anonymous GUIDs.

  • 06

    Last-format memory

    Picks up where you left off. Storage permission only.

  • 07

    No-transcript detection

    Clear dialog if there's no transcript.

  • 08

    Custom filename

    Auto-derived. Editable before save.

03 / for power users

Pick your tool. Paste the command.

For MP3, WAV, or the fastest possible download on long recordings, the extension generates the full command for ffmpeg or yt-dlp — auth header, manifest URL, and filename pre-filled.

In-Browser

recommended

Default. SEA decryption built in. Best for anything under ~2GB.

formats
.mp4 (V+A) · .m4a · .mp4 (video-only)
mode
sequential
needs
nothing

ffmpeg

reliable

Ready-to-paste command. Best for MP3/WAV output.

formats
.mp4 · .m4a · .mp3 · .wav
mode
sequential
needs
ffmpeg installed

yt-dlp

fastest

Parallel segments. Best for hour-plus recordings.

formats
.mp4 · .m4a · .mp3 · .wav
mode
parallel ×16
needs
yt-dlp installed

! CLI commands embed a short-lived auth token — run promptly.

04 / interface

Two buttons. Where you'd look for them.

fig 01 recording page
Red Download Video and purple Download Transcript buttons live in the SharePoint / Teams command bar.
Red Download Video and purple Download Transcript buttons live in the SharePoint / Teams command bar.
fig 02 video download
Three tools (in-browser · ffmpeg · yt-dlp) · five formats. Filename auto-derived, editable.
Three tools (in-browser · ffmpeg · yt-dlp) · five formats. Filename auto-derived, editable.
fig 03 transcript
RAW JSON · WebVTT · Grouped TXT. Live previews. Last format remembered.
RAW JSON · WebVTT · Grouped TXT. Live previews. Last format remembered.

05 / for

Who actually uses this.

01

Professionals

Archive the all-hands. Save the customer call before retention deletes it.

02

Students & educators

Save lectures for offline study. Build personal study packs.

03

Accessibility

Personal copies for review at your own pace. Subtitle files for any local player.

04

AI & LLM workflows

Grouped-TXT is built for LLM input. Speaker-collapsed, clean blocks.

05

Analysts & researchers

Pull JSON into pandas. Cross-meeting search without paying a vendor.

06

Content creators

Extract audio for podcasts. Pull subtitles for an edit.

06 / privacy & security

Runs in your browser. That's the architecture.

/01 local-only

Bytes never leave your machine

Segments fetched from Microsoft’s CDN, decrypted in your browser, written straight to Downloads. No intermediate server.

/02 no telemetry

Zero analytics. Zero phoning home.

The extension only talks to teams.microsoft.com and *.sharepoint.com — the hosts your browser already does.

/03 open source · mit

Source on GitHub. Build it yourself.

MIT, full source on GitHub, load-unpacked instructions in the README. One toggle in chrome://extensions.

tech sheet
manifest
MV3
permissions
storage + host
remote code
none
data sent
0 bytes

07 / faq

01 Why is Download disabled in Teams? +
Tenant admins turn it off org-wide; meeting organisers can also toggle it per meeting. The recording itself isn't locked — just the convenience button is hidden.
02 Does this bypass access restrictions? +
No. It runs as you, against your own session. If you can't play it natively, you can't download it.
03 Will it work on DRM-protected recordings? +
No, and no tool does. Widevine/PlayReady decrypt only inside the browser's DRM module. The extension detects it and shows a clear dialog.
04 Do I need ffmpeg or yt-dlp? +
Only for MP3/WAV, or for parallel downloads on long recordings. The default in-browser path handles MP4 and M4A with no external tools.
05 Is anything sent to a third-party server? +
No. Zero telemetry. The extension talks to Microsoft URLs and nothing else.
06 What about Firefox? +
Chrome and Edge only for now. Firefox port is on the longer-term list.
07 What if the meeting was never transcribed? +
The transcript button shows a clear "no transcript available" dialog. No silent failure.
08 Is it free? +
Yes. MIT-licensed, open source, no premium tier, no upsell.
09 How do I uninstall? +
chrome://extensions → Remove. The only stored data is your last-used transcript format, wiped on uninstall.

08 / install

Get it. Now.

One click from the Chrome Web Store. Or clone the repo and load unpacked in chrome://extensions if you want to read the code first.

install on chrome & edge build from source

v1.3.0 · MIT · 22 KB unpacked · works on teams.microsoft.com, teams.cloud.microsoft, *.sharepoint.com