What To Do When Video Replacement Fails

FastStream's video player replacement algorithm may fail to work on websites which use unorthodox designs. Users typically will see two kinds of failures.

1. Nothing happens when I enable the extension on a website!

FastStream is failing to detect videos because the website is using a custom video/manifest file naming scheme. You can fix this by creating a Custom Source Pattern for the website.

2. The video disappears from the page!

FastStream has successfully detected the video source, but failed to overlay the player on the website. This can happen if FastStream encounters a website with unconventional styling, or if the website is removing the FastStream player iframe programatically. You can still use FastStream if this happens by using the new tab player.

Step 1. Open a new tab, and click the faststream icon to open the player.

Step 2. With the player tab in the background, navigate to your website in a new tab.

You may have to play the video for FastStream to detect the source.

Step 3. Go back to the new tab player, and open the sources browser. Play a source!

Sources are ordered from newest to oldest. For HLS/DASH streams, the last one is usually the one that contains multiple streaming qualities.