install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install vsd

local Homebrew formula metadata

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/vsd

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overview

Package summary

Download video streams over HTTP, DASH (.mpd), and HLS (.m3u8)

Project links

Commands and aliases

vsd

history

Project history and usage

vsd, short for Video Stream Downloader, is a Rust command-line utility and library for saving HTTP video streams, especially DASH .mpd manifests and HLS .m3u8 playlists. Its documented feature set centers on segmented stream fetching, optional DRM-related workflows, subtitle extraction, and ffmpeg-based muxing into a single output file.

Project history

The public project is maintained by clitic on GitHub and presents itself as both an end-user CLI and an embeddable Rust library. The 2025-2026 changelog shows rapid iteration around the `save` workflow, including stream selection changes in 2025 and a 0.5.0 release dated 2026-06-03 that added separate `decrypt` and `license` subcommands alongside resume and clip-section support.

How it is used

The documented main entry point is `vsd save`, which takes a DASH or HLS playlist URL and can write a muxed media file when an output path is supplied. In practice it belongs to the same niche as other stream-inspection and segmented-media download tools: useful when a user has a manifest URL and wants a reproducible CLI path from playlist to local file.

Timeline

2025-06-13: Version 0.4.0 added the `capture` workflow and HLS SAMPLE-AES decryption support.
2025-08-12: Version 0.4.2 simplified stream-selection flags into a unified selection option.
2026-06-03: Version 0.5.0 added `decrypt` and `license` subcommands plus resume and clip-section support for `save`.

Sources

GitHub README: https://github.com/clitic/vsd
GitHub releases/changelog: https://github.com/clitic/vsd/releases
Official docs: https://clitic.github.io/vsd/
Project changelog: https://github.com/clitic/vsd/blob/main/vsd/CHANGELOG.md

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:download,http,video,stream

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`vsd`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.5.0

manager updated2026-06-22

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/clitic/vsd

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/clitic/vsdnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:vsd
Version	0.5.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vsd
Homepage	https://clitic.github.io/vsd/
Repository	https://github.com/clitic/vsd
Upstream docs	https://clitic.github.io/vsd
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/clitic/vsd/archive/refs/tags/vsd-0.5.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-22T14:06:36-07:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	ffmpeg
Build dependencies	pkgconf, protobuf, rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	vsd
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Scoop95%

main/vsd

scoop install main/vsd

normalized package name match
Matched by: Vsd

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/vsd.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/vsd.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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