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Originally Posted by Stream Recorder
Streambox VCR (SVCR) is a nice progam. But it works with Real Audio, Real Video, Real Media streams only (stream support of other streams is very limited).
Main problems of Streambox VCR:
1. There is no support for the newest Real servers.
2. QuickTime and Windows Media support is very limited.
3. SVCR crashes if you try to record more than 5 streams simultaneously.
4. SVCR can't record password protected streams.
Besides StreamBox VCR 1.0 Suite 2 is not distributed officially by Streambox so actually it is free only because people use the c.r.a.c.k.ed version distributed illegally.
Also Replay Radio is a direct sound recorder so it can record any sound produced by your sound card. It can record audio streams only.
IMHO it is better to use media stream recorders that actually download stream where possible. Some of them like WM Recorder and Replay A/V can record Windows Media audio and video, Real Video/Real Audio and sometimes even more. And unlike SVCR they offer support which is IMHO very important for these programs.
p.s. It would be more correct to compare SVCR with WM Recorder, Replay A/V than with Replay Radio. |
While I recognize the reality of all your points, they are countered by the ease with which I can record archived audio, and can just set up a windows schedualed event to record streamed media. I record windows media and MP3 using SVCR all the time. OTOH, I do not worry about tagging seperate songs, I am normally listening to the whole show.
I am also now using Magix Radio Recorder 2. Works well, IMO. Though I have Audacity I had not tried it for recording streaming audio, just editing. Didn't even think of that. Audacity is available in a no install version from Portableapps.com. That's one thing I really like.
Oh, and I have no problem with large numbers of files downloading at once, or qued up at once, but they are archived files, not streamed. I never record more than one or two streams at a time, so I have no idea of the performance for that.