WMR11 and HiDownload FAIL to record .rm Real audio streaming from BBC radio

[ChrisJBrady]

Please can someone advise me. Thank you.

Recently I downloaded WMR 11 from the CNET website. It apparently installed OK. But then when I tried to run it in 'demo' mode it failed completely. Actually no dialogue window appeared and the app. just devolved to an icon on the tool bar. There was nothing in I.E. which said that this was trying to capture an audio stream. The Task Manager reported that the exe was 'Not Responding.' Now I have a top of the range multi-media laptop with MS WXP MCE. I had a ADSL connection open at the time. I have no problem receiving and playing streamed audio and video. Unfortunately I couldn't close WMR11 down, and also because it had 'hung' the OS I had to do a reboot - BUT I could not do this with a Close Down or Restart and I had to turn the laptop upside down and take the battery out. Then because XP had not terminated properly it then took an age to restart. Frankly I've had better luck with junk VB apps. from free magazine CDs.

The one streaming app. that I did manage to get working was HiDownload apparently from mainland China or HK. But this didn't come with any 'Help' feature or 'How to' tutorial files. I did eventually get it to capture an audio stream, once I'd copied and pasted a streaming URL into it, but the numerous files generated were given names with loads of '@' signs in and sans instructions I couldn't find any way of 'glueing' them together into a playable file.

Actually both HiDownload and WMR 11 installation files were downloaded with no security certificate available. Strange that they should charge money for the real non-demo versions - so presumably they do want people to purchase these - yet the exe's are unprotected by any form of certification or virus-free security guarantee.

The search continues for a professional streaming capture app.

CJB.