Save Streaming Media to Your PC With Ease.
By: Allen M. Gottfried, Digital Media & Video
Airbrush Action Magazine

In the ever-emerging online content world we sometimes find a great resource of information and would like to save it on the computer for future viewing purposes. Perhaps, you don’t want to save links to a video site or maybe you just want the ability to save, convert and watch files that can be played back on a system that doesn’t have an internet connection, for example in your garage, workshop or on the road.

This all sound great but in order to capture these secure streaming media files you need to have the training of a network engineer. That said, it is relatively hard for the average computer using Joe to figure out how to find and download these protect video streams. Thankfully, I have done some research and as always I’m here to help. After some research and testing many demo programs that would allow me to locate and save streaming media files, both audio and video, and later convert them to other playable media formats, I came across one of the best pieces of software to date and by far one of the easiest to use.

The software company Alex Inc., has developed a series of easy-to-use programs that will locate, download and capture the hard to find media streams. Both WMRecorder and WMConverter showed its competition no remorse and did exactly what it said it would do.  I have not encountered any problems recording the streaming media that I wanted to download and playback looks perfect. Of course, keep in mind that this program should only be used for legal downloads and the media you obtain should only be used for personal use and reference.

In a statement from Alex, Inc. they exclaim that WMRecorder is the easiest and most advanced way to record video and audio from the Internet. Just open the recorder play the video or audio from your Internet Explorer browser or your favorite media player and the content will automatically be recorded. And, I have to agree with them fully on that statement.

Once the file is downloaded you can use WMConverter to convert to and from some of the most popular video and audio formats including WMV, MP4, FLV, MPEG, AVI, MP3, AAC, WAV, iPod, Zune, mobile. I have downloaded numerous media files and have converted some to the various formats listed above. I was able to put some of the training videos and tutorials right on my Ipod and I was able to watch it when I was performing the work where I had no internet connection.  What a great, simple-to-use and sophisticated product and l allowing yet another way to learn and entertain yourself from anywhere in the world on a variety of media platforms.

When you first open the software it does not initially come across graphically as a highly sophisticated piece of software but once you start to use the program and see how well it performs and all it is capable of you will be far from disappointed. The company offers a few different software options as the programs are sold separately or can be purchased as a bundle to save you some money.  If you are looking to take your favorite internet video and streaming media files on the road or just be able to access that media at anytime, then I highly recommend that you visit http://www.wmrecorder.com to download a demo or order the full version.