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Originally Posted by deff
Yea, I know its safe to use WMCapture since its purely analog, but im talking about if I record a stream from a live event using WM Recorder/packet sniffer(you can do that with WM Recorder with their live streaming videos)
The reason I ask is because they say that they have digitally watermarked the videos, so they can telll where they came from. Im not familiar with Silverline, I usually record from encrypted wmv streams only.
Does silverline add any of my computers info into the video so that it can be tracked to my pc/IP? Sounds a bit bizzare if they would do this, but I dont know, there isnt even drm on the files they stream...seems too easy.
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Streaming video recorders should be used as personal archiving tools only. It means that you shouldn't distribute any recorded content. And obviously if you don't distribute anything, there is no difference whether a content provider is using watermarks or not.
When recording streaming content, you can be tracked in many cases.
WM Recorder in the PRO mode (when recording Windows Media and Real Media streams),
FLV Recorder and
MovRecorder capture packets from your local computer. Other
media stream recorders usually create a separate thread for recording (another one is used for playing your stream), that is why theoretically you can be detected.