Ok I admit I have only skimmed
this thread and need to do a lot more reading.
However I am a bit impatient as I just lost the ability to record HULU due to the fact that
Stream Transport no longer works and is no longer being developed.
I have tried
Replay Media Catcher and it does not work at HULU or most other sites I have tried. At HULU it just downloads a small few hundred KB file with no extension. With other sites it records dozens of streams from all over the net but rarely includes streams from the site I am looking at and has never recorded the stream I had playing.
I am waiting a response from the developers of Streaming Video Recorder as to what the limitations of the free version are (I will not try a trial version unless the limitations are stated before the software is downloaded. Normally, I disregard all software that fails to give such info but I am desperate so I emailed them). Also they will give you the full version for free if you link to them from two sites and I was planning on setting up my own site anyways
Basically The info in this thread is a bit old. I would like to know what stream recorders currently work with HULU.