The advantage to
StreamboxVCR: It is free. It captures Real Media and Windows media just fine. Most important, it can be schedualed or launched by command line.
Disadvantage: Not supported. Doesn't capture everything. Doesn't capture from audio.
Advantage to Magix Web-Recorder:
Plays and recorder everything I want. RM, WM, and shoutcast. Scheduals. Saves directly.
Disadvantage: Overcomplicated. Takes too long to load. Not free.
Biggest advantage to both: They are complete as is. You don't have to buy modules to do what you want. I have seen some programs that you have to buy this module and that module to do different things. Some will not schedual recordings, you can only caputer if you are there to run it. Some do not do full quality.
Then there is podcasting. For which I use Juice (formerly iPodder)
I do two main types of recording. There are the regularly schedualed broadcasts I get from either podcasts or Magix Webradio, and saved content like political stuff I use StreamboxVCR for.
Oh, almost forgot, videos on Youtube, that are captured on Firefox with the Unplug add on. Unfortunately it's not compatible with the newest version of Firefox. So I have to wait for the new Unplug to come out.
Or use a different downloader.
Do any of the other programs schedual downloads easily? And record full quality? We are talking shoutcast mostly here. And are complete and low cost?