SomunoSomuno browser extension
For Chrome and Firefox. Find the audio and video on a web page – a podcast episode, a lecture, an interview – and open it in Somuno with one click.
How it works
- Open a page with audio or video and start playing it.
- Click the Somuno icon in your browser's toolbar. It lists the audio and video on the page, with the format and, when known, the size or length.
- Click Open in Somuno. Your browser downloads the file to the Somuno folder in your Downloads folder, then opens Somuno with the file in its queue.
- In Somuno, click Start. The result is saved next to the downloaded file.
Somuno never starts on its own: a file from your browser waits in the queue until you click Start. To save a file without opening Somuno, click Download instead.
What it finds
- Audio and video files that the page plays, and links to them.
- HLS and DASH streams, which are saved as a single file.
- When a player tells the browser what's playing, as many podcast sites do, the file is named after the show and the episode.
What it can't import
- Anything on YouTube.
- Media protected with DRM, such as on streaming services.
- Encrypted streams and live streams.
- Formats Somuno can't open, such as WebM and Ogg video. Download still works for them.
Only import media you have the right to use.
Privacy
The extension sends nothing to us or to anyone else, and has no analytics. To find media, it notes the audio and video files that pages load, and looks at the page when you click its icon. It forgets this list when you close the tab or the browser. Files are downloaded straight from the website to your Mac. See the Privacy Policy.
Questions
My browser asks whether to open Somuno.
Allow it, and tick Always allow so it doesn't ask again. Chrome asks once for the extension; Firefox asks once for each website.
The file was downloaded, but Somuno didn't open.
Opening files from the browser needs Somuno 1.0.2 or later: download the latest version. You can also click Show file in the extension and drag the file into Somuno's window. Firefox can only open Somuno from the page the media came from, so if you closed that page, drag the file in.
Somuno asks whether it may open files from a folder.
Somuno only opens files from your browser if they're in a folder called Somuno in your Downloads folder. If your browser saves downloads somewhere else, or you use the Mac App Store version, Somuno asks once. Click Allow, and it remembers your choice.
The list is empty, or something is missing.
Start playing the media, then click the icon again: many players only load their media while playing. If the page was already open when you installed the extension, reload it.
Is the extension free?
Yes. The free version of Somuno enhances the first 60 seconds of each file, and Somuno Pro enhances whole files.
Is there a version for Safari?
No. In Safari, save the file and drag it into Somuno's window.