What is the technical details behind the JWplayer that IDM does not start downloading?

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It seems that Internet download manager (IDM) does not start downloading streaming vdieo through JWplayer (which are in fact small .ts files).

I thought it is becaue IDM is not working with .ts or small files so tried converting a sample mp4 into small .ts files and created a m3u8 and tried playing the video using video.js but IDM starts downloading a big ts file which merged all parts.

Is there a special technical protection in JWplayer or there is copyright or something else? Why IDM starts downloading when using video.js and not starts when using JWplayer?

this is sample m3u8 I used:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:6
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0
#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:VOD
#EXTINF:6.000000,
fileSequence0.ts
#EXTINF:6.000000,
fileSequence1.ts
#EXTINF:6.000000,
fileSequence2.ts
#EXTINF:6.000000,
fileSequence3.ts
#EXTINF:6.000000,
fileSequence4.ts
#EXTINF:6.000000,
fileSequence5.ts
#EXT-X-ENDLIST

and this is how I tried playing with video.js

<link href="https://vjs.zencdn.net/7.4.1/video-js.css" rel="stylesheet">
<video class="video-js" width="1280" height="720" data-setup='{}' controls>
        <source src="prog_index.m3u8" type="application/x-mpegURL">
</video>
<script src='https://vjs.zencdn.net/7.4.1/video.js'></script>
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Ali Sheikhpour On

I found that the Internet downlaod manager won't start automatically when the website uses HTTPS instead of HTTP. After installing SSL both Video.js and Jwplayer are working same.