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Originally Posted by placebo
file size is wrong. file code is wrong.
i dont know about packet loss. and i cant hear any quality loss. ( i havent listened to the audio file. it is DRM-protected  )
hehe.. so i guess you're not (in the mood) up to the challenge: to do the testing (and eventually the proving) of the 1 given url (well, 2 url's). |
I don't see any sense capturing/downloading a DRM protected stream that I won't be able to play.
I recommend to remove DRM protection so that people can use legally purchased content on any device they have. But I suggest NOT to abuse rental licenses and NOT to distribute DRM-free content.
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Originally Posted by placebo
This thread is about "the best software for ...", so my vote honestly doesnt go to WMR. Let's present and vote for some further tools of this kind:
+ SDP Downloader
a noteworthy tool ( Japan China), which is extremely easy to use and FREE. doesnt cost you a penny.
+ WM Downloader
a professional commercial website (company) ( China) dedicated to various media and streaming subjects, similar to this forum. when i did some hardcore testing of MMS/RTSP url's last year, WMD gave perfect(!) results compared with WMR, HiDownload, and NetXfer. |
My favorite Windows Media recorders are
WM Recorder, freeware
WebVideoCap and freeware
GetASFStream.
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Originally Posted by placebo
As a general "rule", feed a given arbitrary rtsp-url to 10 different stream downloaders. The rule is that 3 tools will give resultA, 3 tools will give a resultB, 3 tools will give a resultC, and 1 tool will give a resultD. Although it is the same server file (unchanged URL), the tools download DIFFERENT files. Once i realized this situation, last year, i began to question *all* 4 results and to investigate which one was 100% identical to the server file. Then i had to "get" the original server files "somehow", to possess a reference for binary file comparisons. And the story went on... etc.
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In case of live streams there can be a packet loss. In all other cases I don't see much difference between all Windows Media recorders. If they can record, they get a perfect digital copy of the stream. If the files are not 100% binary equal, I don't see any problem with that.
Besides programs like
WM Recorder index .ASF files automatically, so you can fast forward and rewind your recordings. And if you get the result that is better, why complaining?
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Originally Posted by placebo
Anyway, WMD (and WMR) are great mms/rtsp-downloaders, so we have mentioned them here. For perfectionists, WMD is a good choice to begin with. For people who want to have WM-files which just play without notable error messages, then *any* other tool is as good a choice: WMR, SDP, Replay Media Catcher 4, HiDownload , NetTransport (NetXFer), and maybe even FlashGet and FlashGot, Orbit, etc. |
Since the most popular streams now are RTMP and HTTP flash videos, I recommend to use
Replay Media Catcher 4 and
NetXFer. And if you can't download some Windows Media stream with them, then just capture them with freeware
WebVideoCap or
WM Recorder in the PRO mode.