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Old 06-06-2009, 08:49 AM
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Re: Stream downloaders, rippers vs. Screen capture software


WM Recorder is the most powerful Windows Media stream recorder. It has a scheduler. I suggest you to try it before using any screen video capture software.

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Mass Downloader - no seekability
It is very easy to make Windows media files seekable using freeware software. And I think the developer can fix that easily if you ask him. Is it the only concern?

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HiDownload shows superb schedule feature in live manager tab that wouldn't work. I pleaded for support from every possible E-mail they supplied but no answers, nada.
I haven't received any reply from their support for a long, long time

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Net Transport/netxfer gave the most prompt support, has superb scheduler, file renaming, seekability but occasionally missed schedulings and resumed dropouts.
The software might look too complex for novice users, but IMHO it is the best stream downloading software among downloader managers.

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What is the quality of a screen captured video compared to stream media recording?
It really depends on the video codec and resolution you use. You may use 2-pass encoding to make quality of screen capturing better.

The major problem of screen capture software is that your computer need to be powerful enough to avoid frame drops, plus you need to choose a video resolution and audio/video codecs properly.

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Any of these screen capture softwares have a good scheduler?
I know only one screen capture program that supports scheduling.

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I'm guessing there are no interruption issues?
If your player won't stop playing, then there should be no problem recording. Not every player can reconnect infinite number of times, while some streaming video rippers can do that.
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