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Capturing Video And Audio Streams How-To
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By John Deprice
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Streaming media is taking the Internet over - online radio,news, digital videos, podcasts, webcasts are just going to grow.Find out what tools you need to capture streaming audio andvideo so you can replay it later.
CoCSoft Stream Down (CoCSoft)
Like the proverbial hedgehog, CoCSoft Stream Down knows onething well: in this case, how to capture streaming-media filesand save them to disk. Just enter the URL of a streaming-mediafile and the program stores the content in the directory of yourchoice. In addition to FTP and HTTP, CoCSoft Stream Down canhandle several streaming protocols: RTSP, MMS, MMSU, and MMST.It comes in handy during peak Internet usage times, whenstreaming files don't play well. You can download them, and playthem later. If you don't know the file name, you can easily copyand paste it into Streamdown using the Windows "File Properties"command.
WM Recorder (Applain)
WM Recorder is a fairly straightforward way to capture streamingWindows Media Video or Audio content to a file on your PC. It'sjust what the doctor ordered for music videos, news feeds,streaming music, radio broadcasts, adult and subscriptioncontent, corporate webcasts, and anything else that streams downonto your PC. WM Recorder is also brainlessly simple. Simplyopen WM Recorder, click Record, and play the video or audio youwant to capture. Files are saved on your PC automatically, soyou can watch or listen anytime, even without an internetconnection.
AudioStreamer (R.M. de Boer Software)
AudioStreamer is the Internet radio receiver and recorder thatlets you enjoy the thousands of radio stations available on theInternet. While listening to your favorite radio station, youcan record any radio station you want, anytime. The recordinglibrary shows you all your recordings, sorted by Genre or Radiostation. If there's any artist name available while recording,it will be saved into the MP3 Tag automatically. You can alsorename file(s), change or view MP3 Tag info for every file, orplay the files you recorded earlier as well as add your favoritestation to the Favorites list, or add a new station you found onthe Internet. If necessary, the program will burn mp3 files ontoa CD.
Cybercorder 2000 (SkyHawk Technologies)
Cybercorder provides VCR-like recording for radio shows or anyaudio input. Recordings are stored on disk as WAV or MP3 fileswith optional audio compression to save disk space. Recordingscan easily be played back by selecting the recording from thelist of completed recordings. The customizable playback windowallows users to easily advance the recording forward and reversevarious step sizes. The thing that makes this software verydifferent is the fact that you can schedule as many recordingsas you like or instantly start a recording for the specifiedamount of time. The scheduled recordings can be scheduled for asingle time or for selected days of the week such as Mon-Fri9AM. Program descriptions can be given to the scheduledrecordings to later identify the recordings.
Download Links:
CoCSoft Stream Down http://www.deprice.com/cocsoftstreamdown.htm
WM Recorder http://www.deprice.com/wmrecorder.htm
AudioStreamer http://www.deprice.com/audiostreamer.htm
Cybercorder 2000 http://www.deprice.com/cybercorder.htm
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