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Multiformat stream recorders
How to download/save/capture/record streaming Windows Media, Real Media, Real Video, Real Audio, Quick Time Videos (.asf, .wmv, .wma, .asx, .wmx, .wvx, .wax, .ra, .rm, .rmvb, .ram, .smil, .mp3) [rtsp, http or mms protocols].
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WM Recorder Editor's choice! (Shareware - $49.95/Windows)
WM Recorder is extremely easy to use. With just one click, any streamed Windows Media or Real Audio/Real Video link is saved as a recorded file on your PC automatically.
Main features:
- Record at the highest quality on slow connection.
- Watch partially downloaded streams!
- Resume recording from where you left off (for on-demand streams only).
- Record several streams simultaneously.
- Record from password protected streams.
- Schedule recordings
- Turbo Recording - record streams at up to 5x speed.
All the popular streaming formats and protocols are supported:
- Window Media: .WMA, .WMV, .ASF, .ASX, .WAX, .WMX, .WVX (RTSP, MMS, HTTP protocols)
- Real Media/Real Video/Real Audio: .RM, .RMJ, .RAM, .RA, .RMVB, .SMI, .SMIL, and .RPM (RTSP, HTTP protocols)
- QuickTime video: .MOV (HTTP protocol)
- Flash video: .FLV (HTTP protocol)
WM Recorder can record more Windows Media streaming video and audio than any other stream recorder.
Platform: Windows 98/ME/XP/2000/Server 2003
Requirements: Real Player 10 or later, Windows Media Player 7.0 or later.
Price: $49.95 (30 day unconditional money back guarantee).
P.S.: We receive 20 times less assistance requests from our visitors using WM Recorder!
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- Replay A/V Editor's choice (Shareware - $49.90/Windows) - allows you to record almost any streaming audio and video instantaneously, or schedule recordings to happen automatically later. All the popular formats are supported, including:
- Nullsoft video streams (AOL .NSV videos);
- iTunes radio stations (Shoutcast compatible MP3 http streams. You can split and tag mp3 files automatically);
- Windows Media audio and video streams (HTTP, MMS, RTSP);
- Real Audio and Real Video streams (HTTP, RTSP);
- QuickTime (HTTP);
- Sirius and XM Online radio;
- Flash Video (HTTP / .FLV);
- Flash (HTTP / .SWF);
- Net Transport 2.x (Shareware/Windows)
Net Transport can record:
- Windows Media streams (.ASF, .ASX, .WMA, .WMV, ...) through HTTP, RTSP and MMS
- Real Media streams (.RM, .RA, .RMVB, .RAM, .SMIL) through HTTP, RTSP
- QuickTime streams through HTTP
- ShoutCast streams (.MP3, .NSV) through HTTP
Net Transport can postprocess metafiles (ASX, RAM, SMIL)
You can download password-protected files. BASIC and NTLM authentication is supported for HTTP, MMS and RTSP downloads. In addition, RN5 authentication works for RTSP downloads. Even OPIE (One Password In Everything) and SSL (Secure Socket Layer) are also supported for FTP.
Shoutcast Metadata Protocol and MP3 broadcast streaming are supported.
Platform: Windows
The free trial period is 90 days.
Price: $24.95.
Download NetTransport 2.x
Buy Net Transport 2.x at Plimus for US $24.95
- HiDownload (HD) 7.x (Shareware/Windows)-
is the leading download manager that download streaming media.
HiDownload(HD) allows you to download individual files (or lists of files) from the Web and FTP sites and MMS and RTSP sites at the maximum available speed, allow you download movies, music and mp3.
HD can record:
- Windows Media streams (.ASF, .ASX, .WMA, .WMV, ...) through HTTP, RTSP and MMS
- Real Media streams (.RM, .RMVB, .RA, .RAM, .SMIL, .SMI) through HTTP, RTSP
- QuickTime streams through HTTP
- Icecast/ShoutCast streams (.MP3, .NSV) through HTTP (can split and tag MP3 files automatically)
HD supports multi-threaded downloading with resuming capability
Downloading using multiple threads (especially video recording), shortens download period significantly (you can fully use your ISP bandwidth).
Platform: Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003
The free trial period is 50 days.
Upgrades are free!
Download HiDownload Pro 6.x
Buy HiDownload 7.x Pro at RegNow for US $39.95
- StreamBox VCR Suite 2.0 (Freeware/Windows)
StreamBox VCR can record:
- Real Media streams through HTTP, RTSP and PNM
- Windows Media streams through HTTP and MMS (very limited support)
- QuickTime streams through HTTP (very limited support)
It supports HTTP Proxy servers and download resuming.
StreamBox VCR Suite 2.0 contains:
- StreamBox VCR v1.0 Beta 2, Beta 3.0, Beta 3.1, Beta 3.1 SMF (outdated)
- StreamBox VCR v1.0 Beta 3.1 SMF+
- StreamBox VCR v1.0 Beta 3.1 SMF+turbo
- StreamBox Ripper v2.009
- RealAudio Renamer
Reading about Streambox VCR problems before downloading is recommended.
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- MetaProducts Offline Explorer Pro (OEP) 4.7recommended for specific purposes (Shareware - $70/Windows) is an offline browser. It can download complete web-sites or just selected folders and/or file types at the highest possible speed.
Offline Explorer Pro can save the following streaming audio/video formats to hard disk:
- Windows Media audio and video streaming (HTTP, RTSP and MMS protocols)
- RealMedia/RealVideo/RealAudio streaming (HTTP, RTSP and PNM protocols)
- QucikTime video streaming (HTTP protocol)
- Nullsoft .NSV video streaming (HTTP and UNSV protocols)
Offline Explorer Pro can download streaming audio and video from your Windows Media Player, Real Player, QuickTime player to hard disk. Simply give it rtsp://, pnm://, mms://, unsv:// or http:// URL and watch the file from your hard disk. You can also download on-demand audio/video streaming with the highest possible quality even on a slow modem Internet connection.
Offline Explorer Pro support all modern Web technologies, including Flash, XML, Director, RealMedia, VRML, etc. You can browse, data mine, search, export to CD or perform other operations on downloaded sites using a clear, intuitive and convenient user interface
OS: Windows Vista/XP/98/ME/NT/2000
The free trial period is 30 days.
Download Offline Explorer Pro (3 Mb)
Buy Offline Explorer Pro at eSellerate for USD $70
- MPlayer and Related projects (Free/Windows, Linux, Mac OS X,...)
MPlayer is a movie player for Linux (runs on many other Unices, and non-x86 CPUs), Windows, Mac OS X.
It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV movies, too (without the avifile library).
MPlayer supports streaming via HTTP/FTP, RTP/RTSP, MMS/MMST, MPST, SDP.
MPlayer can dump streams (i.e. download them and save to HD).
MPlayer supports HTTP, RTSP, MMS protocols to record Windows Media, RealVideo/RealAudio, QuickTime Video
To record streaming media get the URL of a stream and use command line strings like in the following examples:
mplayer.exe -dumpstream rtsp://somehost.com/somedirectory/somefile.rm
mplayer.exe -dumpstream rtsp://somehost.com/somedirectory/somefile.ra
mplayer.exe -dumpstream rtsp://somehost.com/somedirectory/somefile.asf
mplayer.exe -dumpstream mms://somehost.com/somedirectory/somefile.wmv
After recording you will get the file stream.dump. You should rename it to .rm, .ra, .asf, .wmv or other format you are using.
Recommended free MPlayer package with GUI for Windows: MPlayer + frontend by Gabor Szecsi (When using it enter your URL in a Media file editbox and "-dumpstream" (without quotes) in MPlayer Extra parameters editbox, then click "Start" button to start recording process).
- VLC (Free/Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, BeOS ...)
VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. VLC can record some streaming content.
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