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Old 05-23-2010, 09:50 AM
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Re: how does ripping a stream work? is it a transcode?


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Originally Posted by Stream Recorder View Post
The original file can be anything... the output is defined by a streaming server. If you do not convert anything on the fly, you will download or capture the exact digital copy of the stream that a streaming severs sends. Streaming media downloaders and streaming media capture software gets the same data as streaming media players.
so when capturing the file it doesn't matter that the player is transcoding on the fly because you are grabbing the file before the transcode process?

Sorry I sound like an idiot
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