The most POPULAR stream recording software (free download):

• WM RECORDER
  the easiest audio/video stream ripper
• REPLAY CAPTURE SUITE
  the best audio/video stream recording/capturing bundle
• REPLAY MUSIC
  the best streaming music recorder

Other RECOMMENDED software and services:

• REPLAY MEDIA GUIDE
  free service to find and record online radio, Internet TV, podcasts
• AVS VIDEO TOOLS
  convert, split, join, remove commercials, edit, rotate, apply effects, capture, transfer, copy, rip and burn DVD and video files
• EMUSIC
  the best legal music download service
• AUDIBLE
  download audio books, audio magazines, newspapers, radio programs
• SOUNDTAXI
  remove DRM protection from Windows Media, iTunes music and video files

Hidden URL finders (URL Snoopers, URL Sniffers) for Windows

• WM Recorder ^{editor's pick} (Shareware / Not only WinPcap) - Stream Recorder & URL Finder. The easiest software to find hidden stream URLs for Windows Media, RealAudio/RealVideo/RealMedia and some other streams including YouTube and Google Video. The software is shareware however it can be used for free to get stream URLs.
• Project URL Snooper ^{editor's pick} (Freeware / WinPcap) - URL Finder software. Provides URL Analysis & Packet Viewing to find hidden stream URLs.
• Replay A/V ^{editor's pick} (Shareware / Not only WinPcap) - Stream Recorder & URL Finder. Its URL finder supports WinPcap library as well as a more stable URL searching mechanism for broadband connections. Replay A/V allows you to find hidden stream URLs for Windows Media, RealAudio/RealVideo/RealMedia, Flash HTTP .FLV videos, QuickTime HTTP videos. It works even with USB, ADSL and dial-up connections. Replay A/V has special customizations for MySpace, YouTube, Google Video and other video download sites. And its URL Finder looks in cache for FLV files (solves problems with people unable to capture FLV files). The software is shareware however it can be used for free to get stream URLs.
• Replay Media Catchers ^{editor's pick} (Shareware) - Flash stream ripper. The software is shareware however it can be used for free to get RTMP and HTTP stream URLs from Macromedia Flash player.
• URL Helper (Shareware - $25 / WinPcap) - URL Finder
• GetASFStream (Freeware / WinPcap) - Windows Media stream recorder & URL Finder
• NetXFer (Shareware) - stream recorder & URL Finder. URL Sniffer is available in Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista.
• DownloadStudio (Shareware / WinPcap) - Windows Media stream recorder & URL Finder (URL Sniffer)
• WebStreamRecorder (Shareware / WinPcap) - Windows Media stream recorder & URL Finder
• Proxomitron ^{editor's pick} (Freeware) - Free HTTP/HTTPS proxy for Windows that can help you to find stream URLs for HTTP/HTTPS streams as well as user-agent and cookies.

Packet Sniffers and Viewers

• IP sniffer (Freeware / WinPcap, sockets, NDIS) - a suite of IP Tools built around a packet sniffer. The packet sniffer can work on all Windows versions using either WinPcap (needs to be installed) or the new raw socket implementation of Windows2000 (driverless) or a NDIS protocol (needs to be installed , no reboot). The sniffer has basic features like filter, decode, replay, parse...
• Analyzer (Freeware / WinPcap)
• Ethereal Network Analyzer (Freeware / Windows and Unix / WinPcap)
• AnyisleSniffer (Freeware / WinPcap)
• CommView (Shareware / Windows 95,98,Me,NT,2000,XP,2003) - programs for monitoring Internet and Local Area Network (LAN) activity capable of capturing and analyzing network packets. It gathers information about data passing through your dial-up connection or Ethernet card and decodes the analyzed data.
• CommView for WiFi (Shareware/Windows)
• AW Ports Traffic Analyzer
• Capsa
• DaSniff (Freeware / WinPcap) - Command Line WinPcap on B versions
• Distinct Network Monitor
• EffeTech HTTP Sniffer (WinPcap)
• EtherDetect Packet Sniffer (WinPcap)
• HTTPLook
• IP Trap (Shareware - $20 / Windows 98,Me,NT,2000,XP,2003) - allows you to capture TCP/IP socket data to screen and disk for analysis.
• NetworkActiv PIAFCTM (Freeware)
• NetworkActiv Scanner
• NGSSniff (Freeware)
• Packetyzer (Freeware / WinPcap)
• PacketMon (Freeware)
• Sniff'em
• Sniffer - SnifMon
• SniffIt (Freeware / WinPcap)
• Sniphere (Freeware / WinPcap)
• TracePlus/Ethernet (Windows) - is a powerful realtime packet sniffer. It obtains information directly from the network subsystem of Windows, and can see ALL network traffic generated from your PC as well as all other PCs on your segment of the network.

The software list is provided thanx to Veblin.