ISM Downloader - Download Silverlight videos and save as MKV files

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ISMDownloader is a more generic application than RTLdownloader. It allows to download Silverlight streams and save them as MKV files.

ISM Downloader is available at:

http://dvb-crew.atw.hu/applications/ismdownloader/ismdownloader2.zip
http://dvb-crew.atw.hu/applications/ismdownloader/ismdownloader.zip

Usage -

ismdownloader <manifest url> <output: *.mkv>

Obviously, this needs the manifest URL, so you will need to use an HTTP monitor application, such as Charles. There are other such utilities, of course.

I believe that the ISM utility locates the optimum bandwidth stream for your system/connection**, then downloads the fragments, and finally merges all the fragments into a final, playable .MKV file package.

** (not sure of this, or if it merely takes the highest bandwidth available on the server)