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MediaScope is a Chrome DevTools extension for debugging media playback. It organizes playback information into a connected workflow covering media sources, network delivery, stream structure, playback timing, encoded data, and decoded output. It supports both direct media files and MSE-based streaming, with all analysis performed locally in the browser.
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I built MediaScope because debugging browser video often meant jumping between the Network panel, console logs, player internals, and separate media tools—while MSE playback hid the actual media data behind a blob URL.
MediaScope adds a dedicated panel to Chrome DevTools that follows playback from network requests and manifests through SourceBuffer appends, timestamps, samples, GOPs, bitrate, audio, subtitles, and decoded frames.
It supports direct files and MSE streams, including MP4/fMP4, WebM/Matroska, MPEG-TS, HLS, and DASH. All media analysis happens locally in the browser, and nothing is uploaded.
Building it involved working through real playback edge cases such as seeking, separate audio and video SourceBuffers, rolling MSE capture windows, sample offsets, DTS and PTS, codec and encryption boxes, and unified manifest timelines.
I’d love to hear what kinds of browser playback issues are hardest for you to diagnose—and what you’d like MediaScope to inspect next.
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About MediaScope on Product Hunt
“Debug media playback inside Chrome DevTools”
MediaScope was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #139 on the daily leaderboard. MediaScope is a Chrome DevTools extension for debugging media playback. It organizes playback information into a connected workflow covering media sources, network delivery, stream structure, playback timing, encoded data, and decoded output. It supports both direct media files and MSE-based streaming, with all analysis performed locally in the browser.
MediaScope was featured in Chrome Extensions (52.8k followers), Video Streaming (11.9k followers) and Developer Tools (519.8k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 101.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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