The best video stream recorder, stream downloader, stream ripper, stream capture soft

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  Replay Media Catcher is one of the best streaming audio/video downloaders. It can download flash .FLV video and .MP3 audio streams played by Adobe Flash Player. It supports HTTP and RTMP protocols.
  
  Replay Media Catcher can download/rip flash video streams. It can also download/rip MP3 music streams from Pandora, Last.fm, , Radio Blog Club, Finetune, IMEEM. Replay Media Catcher features AUTOMATIC naming – it can figure out the names of most captured .MP3 song files and .FLV videos from the POPULAR web sites.
  
  Also Replay Media Catcher uses SPECIAL technology that allows you to split songs, tag them with the artist and song title automatically. With Replay Media Catcher you can download / rip / save PERFECT reproductions of MP3 songs from web-sites like Pandora, Last.fm, FineTune!
  
  Besides flash video and MP3 audio streams, Replay Media Catcher can download / rip some Windows Media, Real Audio/Video streams.
  
  
  
  Plus you can upgrade to Replay Capture Suite or just buy Replay Media Catcher as a part of it.
  
  Replay Capture Suite includes the following software:
  • Replay Media Catcher - audio/video stream ripper.
  • Replay A/V - audio/video stream recorder and ripper, Sirius and XM Radio recorder. Supports scheduling.
  • Replay Video Capture - one-click audio/video screen capturing software (allows to record anything from your screen)
  • Replay Music - unique audio recording software that can record any sound produced by your sound card splitting and tagging songs automatically.
  • Replay Telecorder for Skype - Skype recorder that allows to capture Skype phone calls, Skype video chats, Skype conference calls and Skype Voice Mail digitally
  • Video Padlock - software for keeping your videos secure
  
  
  
  
• Also I recommend WM Recorder (Shareware/Windows) stream capture software for recording Flash video, Windows Media and Real Video streams.
  WM Recorder is very unique. In the PRO mode it can capture packets coming to your Windows Media Player and Real Player. WM Recorder can record more Windows Media and Real Media streams than any other stream ripping/capturing software available on the market. And its new Loopback recorder allows to download and capture flash video streams (HTTP and RTMP). Besides it can record password-protected streams.
  
  
  
• Another software that can capture packet coming to your Windows Media Player is freeware WebVideoCap.
  
  
  
• Freeware rtmpdump (with rtmpsrv and rtmpsuck on Linux, and with RTMPexplorer on Windows), shareware GetFLV and TubeDigger - flash video stream downloaders and recorders allowing to download/capture RTMP and secure RTMPE streams with SWF verification. These programs can download videos from Hulu, Comedy Central, 4OD, MTV, VH1, ITV, Comedy Central, CBS, secure videos from Youtube, ....
  
  
  
• Other recording software I prefer to use:
  • Replay A/V - primarily to make scheduled recording and downloading from online radio stations (although it support many formats and protocols).
  • StreamRipper to rip Shoutcast/Icecast .MP3, .AAC and .OGG streams (automatical song splitting and tagging supported), Nullsoft .NSV Streaming Video. These streams are sometimes called iTunes radio stations and Winamp TV.
  • HiDownload to record p2p Internet TV programs
  • HiDownload and MovRecorder to record QuickTime streams through the RTSP protocol
  
  
  
  Sometimes I also use VLC, MPlayer and NetTransport.
  
  It is also worth mentioning Replay Music - unique direct sound recording software that can record any sound produced by your sound card splitting and tagging songs automatically. As you have already noticed, Replay Music is not a video recorder, but it can be purchased as a part of Audio Video Streaming Capture Suite.
  
  
  
  If you prefer to use other software like NetTransport, Rip Tiger, HiDownload, Mass Downloader, Offline Explorer, or any other stream capturing / downloading software please don't hesitate to tell us!
  
  
  
  And please participate in the poll to help others to choose the best stream capturing / downloading software. No matter how experienced you are, your voice it very important for us!

[Zero3K]

I use Jaksta at the moment. When Any FLV Downloader (soon to be named BiteCopy) has its current issues fixed and automatic url sniffing added, I'll use that instead.

[Vhyznu_666]

I prefer Internet Download Manager (IDM), it can download almost everything on the web..

Originally Posted by Vhyznu_666

I prefer IDM, it can download almost everything on the web..

LOL If you compare download managers that can record streaming audio and video, Internet Download Manager (IDM) is not even close to NetTransport.

[moonlight_london]

hi streamer, i downloaded Jaksta, as u know the trail is for 1min. is there a free video stream i can use for 4tube.com ?

[hyc]

I've refrained from voting before but finally did just now.

It's pretty tough to define "best" when there are gaps in each programs' functionality. Also your platform makes a difference, Windows vs anything else. If you're on Windows, you can take your pick of countless programs and probably all of them work about as well as any other. On other platforms, the number of choices is a lot smaller.
Factor in RTMPE+SWF verification on non-Windows machines, and suddenly there is no choice at all, "best" becomes irrelevant...

[user0905]

CooJah downloader newest Version 6.5.175.0523 supports RTMPE protocol already:

Thanks.

[bobklahn]

TuneBite and other products from Audibles - are series of streaming media programs. I have not used them much, but they do have two advantages.

You can install them either to the hard drive or to a flash drive, and they are free. Ok, they are bannerware, a bit heavier on the sales pitch than I like. I have not had enough time to learn just how good they are, so go ahead and try them out.

[user0905]

Sorry bobklahn,

but I have not that good opinion about TuneBite. It is the most system pollution generating program I have ever seen. It installs about 10 drivers and a suspicious codec pack in a separate folder in Program Files and all these are left in the system after removing Tunebite and you have to manually clean your system and remove Tunebite drivers one by one using Device Manager.

Thanks.

Moved Tunebite discussion to the following thread:
Tunebite (Windows) - stream downloading + screen capturing + DRM removing +converting