A special included converter lets you modify these files so that they can be played on an iPod and iPhone.
If you want to convert these files into other formats, Replay Media Catcher offers conversion to most of the popular media formats such as WMV, MPEG, MP3, MP4 and 3GP. Once captured, Replay Media Catcher stores the media data as an FLV file that can be watched on the included media player. Check it out to see if what you want to capture is on a supported website service. Applian's website maintains a listing of hundreds of currently supported media streaming website locations.
This process allows you to make an exact digital copy of the streaming media unlike screen capture products that usually yield a capture result that's inferior in quality to the original stream.Īccording to Applian, Replay Media Catcher supports more streaming protocols than any other media capture programs and they continue to expand the number of supported websites that deliver various types of streaming media. According to Applian, their Replay Media Catcher is able to access those servers and intercept the live stream directly. When you watch a YouTube video for example, a server at the other end begins to deliver the digital information to your computer. But Replay Media Catcher works in a totally different way. In fact, Applian actually does offer a media screen capture product called Replay Video Capture that copies the digital information within your computer's video memory. This is not to be confused with similar products that screen capture what is being displayed on your computer's monitor. Replay Media Catcher is a streaming video and audio downloader that lets you capture an exact digital copy of what you are seeing and hearing to your computer's hard disk drive. It would really be nice to have the ability to save these media streams to disc and fortunately Applian Technologies offers a product that lets you do exactly that. As long as these sites offer their content, you can watch it. But unfortunately too many online resources that offer up streaming video and audio such as YouTube and Hulu offer no way to save their content to your hard drive.
The ability to capture media to disc insures you will always have it available to you. When you have something saved to your hard drive, you don't have to worry about the streaming video becoming unavailable later on. It's a frustrating experience when you see something playing on your computer and yet you can't truly own it. Something is playing on your computer yet you can't save it to disc so you can play it again anytime you like.