diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de83e421fb..9ce85d6319 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1798,6 +1798,8 @@ #### youtubetab (YouTube playlists, channels, feeds, etc.)
 
 #### generic
 * `fragment_query`: Passthrough any query in mpd/m3u8 manifest URLs to their fragments. Does not apply to ffmpeg
+* `variant_query`: Passthrough the master m3u8 URL query to its variant playlist URLs
+* `hls_key`: An HLS AES-128 key URI *or* key (as hex), and optionally the IV (as hex), in the form of `(URI|KEY)[,IV]`; e.g. `generic:hls_key=ABCDEF1234567980,0xFEDCBA0987654321`. Passing any of these values will force usage of the native HLS downloader and override the corresponding values found in the m3u8 playlist
 
 #### funimation
 * `language`: Audio languages to extract, e.g. `funimation:language=english,japanese`
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
index 49aa5a1f5c..075bb36ded 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     mimetype2ext,
     orderedSet,
     parse_duration,
+    parse_qs,
     parse_resolution,
     smuggle_url,
     str_or_none,
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
     unescapeHTML,
     unified_timestamp,
     unsmuggle_url,
+    update_url_query,
     url_or_none,
     urljoin,
     variadic,
@@ -2184,12 +2186,21 @@ def report_detected(self, name, num=1, note=None):
 
         self._downloader.write_debug(f'Identified {num} {name}{format_field(note, None, "; %s")}')
 
-    def _fragment_query(self, url):
+    def _extra_manifest_info(self, info, manifest_url):
         if self._configuration_arg('fragment_query'):
-            query_string = urllib.parse.urlparse(url).query
+            query_string = urllib.parse.urlparse(manifest_url).query
             if query_string:
-                return {'extra_param_to_segment_url': query_string}
-        return {}
+                info['extra_param_to_segment_url'] = query_string
+
+        hex_or_none = lambda x: x if re.fullmatch(r'(0x)?[\da-f]+', x, re.IGNORECASE) else None
+        info['hls_aes'] = traverse_obj(self._configuration_arg('hls_key'), {
+            'uri': (0, {url_or_none}), 'key': (0, {hex_or_none}), 'iv': (1, {hex_or_none}),
+        }) or None
+
+        if self._configuration_arg('variant_query'):
+            query = parse_qs(manifest_url)
+            for fmt in self._downloader._get_formats(info):
+                fmt['url'] = update_url_query(fmt['url'], query)
 
     def _extract_rss(self, url, video_id, doc):
         NS_MAP = {
@@ -2397,10 +2408,8 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             subtitles = {}
             if format_id.endswith('mpegurl') or ext == 'm3u8':
                 formats, subtitles = self._extract_m3u8_formats_and_subtitles(url, video_id, 'mp4', headers=headers)
-                info_dict.update(self._fragment_query(url))
             elif format_id.endswith('mpd') or format_id.endswith('dash+xml') or ext == 'mpd':
                 formats, subtitles = self._extract_mpd_formats_and_subtitles(url, video_id, headers=headers)
-                info_dict.update(self._fragment_query(url))
             elif format_id == 'f4m' or ext == 'f4m':
                 formats = self._extract_f4m_formats(url, video_id, headers=headers)
             else:
@@ -2415,6 +2424,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
                 'subtitles': subtitles,
                 'http_headers': headers or None,
             })
+            self._extra_manifest_info(info_dict, url)
             return info_dict
 
         if not self.get_param('test', False) and not is_intentional:
@@ -2427,7 +2437,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         if first_bytes.startswith(b'#EXTM3U'):
             self.report_detected('M3U playlist')
             info_dict['formats'], info_dict['subtitles'] = self._extract_m3u8_formats_and_subtitles(url, video_id, 'mp4')
-            info_dict.update(self._fragment_query(url))
+            self._extra_manifest_info(info_dict, url)
             return info_dict
 
         # Maybe it's a direct link to a video?
@@ -2478,7 +2488,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
                     doc,
                     mpd_base_url=full_response.geturl().rpartition('/')[0],
                     mpd_url=url)
-                info_dict.update(self._fragment_query(url))
+                self._extra_manifest_info(info_dict, url)
                 self.report_detected('DASH manifest')
                 return info_dict
             elif re.match(r'^{http://ns\.adobe\.com/f4m/[12]\.0}manifest$', doc.tag):
@@ -2592,7 +2602,7 @@ def _extract_embeds(self, url, webpage, *, urlh=None, info_dict={}):
                     formats.extend(fmts)
                     self._merge_subtitles(subs, target=subtitles)
                 for fmt in formats:
-                    fmt.update(self._fragment_query(src))
+                    self._extra_manifest_info(fmt, src)
 
                 if not formats:
                     formats.append({
@@ -2795,10 +2805,10 @@ def filter_video(urls):
                 return [self._extract_xspf_playlist(video_url, video_id)]
             elif ext == 'm3u8':
                 entry_info_dict['formats'], entry_info_dict['subtitles'] = self._extract_m3u8_formats_and_subtitles(video_url, video_id, ext='mp4', headers=headers)
-                entry_info_dict.update(self._fragment_query(video_url))
+                self._extra_manifest_info(entry_info_dict, video_url)
             elif ext == 'mpd':
                 entry_info_dict['formats'], entry_info_dict['subtitles'] = self._extract_mpd_formats_and_subtitles(video_url, video_id, headers=headers)
-                entry_info_dict.update(self._fragment_query(video_url))
+                self._extra_manifest_info(entry_info_dict, video_url)
             elif ext == 'f4m':
                 entry_info_dict['formats'] = self._extract_f4m_formats(video_url, video_id, headers=headers)
             elif re.search(r'(?i)\.(?:ism|smil)/manifest', video_url) and video_url != url: