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 and video so
you can replay it later.
CoCSoft Stream Down (CoCSoft)
Like the proverbial hedgehog, CoCSoft Stream
Down knows one thing well: in this case,
how to capture streaming-media files and
save them to disk. Just enter the URL of
a streaming-media file and the program stores
the content in the directory of your choice.
In addition to FTP and HTTP, CoCSoft Stream
Down can handle several streaming protocols:
RTSP, MMS, MMSU, and MMST. It comes in handy
during peak Internet usage times, when streaming
files don't play well. You can download
them, and play them later. If you don't
know the file name, you can easily copy
and paste it into Streamdown using the Windows
"File Properties" command.
WM Recorder (Applain)
WM Recorder is a fairly straightforward
way to capture streaming Windows Media Video
or Audio content to a file on your PC. It's
just what the doctor ordered for music videos,
news feeds, streaming music, radio broadcasts,
adult and subscription content, corporate
webcasts, and anything else that streams
down onto your PC. WM Recorder is also brainlessly
simple. Simply open WM Recorder, click Record,
and play the video or audio you want to
capture. Files are saved on your PC automatically,
so you can watch or listen anytime, even
without an internet connection.
AudioStreamer (R.M. de Boer Software)
AudioStreamer is the Internet radio receiver
and recorder that lets you enjoy the thousands
of radio stations available on the Internet.
While listening to your favorite radio station,
you can record any radio station you want,
anytime. The recording library shows you
all your recordings, sorted by Genre or
Radio station. If there's any artist name
available while recording, it will be saved
into the MP3 Tag automatically. You can
also rename file(s), change or view MP3
Tag info for every file, or play the files
you recorded earlier as well as add your
favorite station to the Favorites list,
or add a new station you found on the Internet.
If necessary, the program will burn mp3
files onto a CD.
Cybercorder 2000 (SkyHawk Technologies)
Cybercorder provides VCR-like recording
for radio shows or any audio input. Recordings
are stored on disk as WAV or MP3 files with
optional audio compression to save disk
space. Recordings can easily be played back
by selecting the recording from the list
of completed recordings. The customizable
playback window allows users to easily advance
the recording forward and reverse various
step sizes. The thing that makes this software
very different is the fact that you can
schedule as many recordings as you like
or instantly start a recording for the specified
amount of time. The scheduled recordings
can be scheduled for a single time or for
selected days of the week such as Mon-Fri
9AM. Program descriptions can be given to
the scheduled recordings 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
About the Author
John Deprice is a big fan of streaming
tools. To find out what software he uses,
visit http://www.deprice.com/audio.htm
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