How to Record Streaming Media?

Introducing about Recording Streaming Media

Another article tell you what is Streaming Media, and here I will show you how to record streaming media to your PC, iPod, PSP, or other devices.
Many people may think that they can record streaming media using their browser, but unfortunately, this is not possible. Streaming media is not a medium. Rather, the medium is the video or audio, but the method of how the media is offered to the general public is streaming.
However, There are software programs and website tools that will allow you to capture, intercept and record streaming media files.

Online sites to record streaming Media

There are many sites offer to record streaming media like video or audio directly from online, no need to download any software.
For example, if you want to record videos from YouTube, Myspace, Google video, yahoo video etc, you can use Keepid.
You just go to the website, select the video website from the drop down menu on the right, paste the video URL into the text field and click the Download button – Easy!
Disadvantage: The video file you record with this website will be FLV format, means you can transfer to your iPod, MP4 player or play on other devices, in a word, you can’t get the real media format as you want.
You will need another video converter software to help you convert videos.

Software to Record Streaming Media

You are better off using one of the dedicated 3rd party programs that have been specifically designed to record streaming Media.

1. Record Streaming Video with Streaming Video Recorder
Streaming Video Recorder is the tool to record videos from internet like YouTube, Google Video or other movie, vide and tv sites.
This tool has built-in video converter, so you can record and convert videos to any format for your digital player, it also support transferring videos directly to your iTunes.

2. Record Streaming Audio with Streaming Audio Recorder
Compare to record streaming video, streaming audio recorder is to help you record audio files from radio or music website like BBC, Shoutcast, imeem, this is nice if you like to record free music for your iPod, MP3, and this media recorder also developed with built-in audio converter, this is easy for you to get MP3 format from streaming audio.

3. Streaming Radio Record
Streaming Radio Recorder allows you to Record Internet Radio Stations and broadcasts, for those who have basic needs for recording streaming radio, such as your favorite online Internet radio station, this application can easily do the job.

Free Streaming Radio Recorder:
You really can’t go wrong if you install Applian Technologies’ Freecorder Toolbar. Applian is a leader in developing software for recording Internet streams and this free offering will satisfy many users’ needs for simple, convenient and extremely easy recording of Internet Radio.
You can get it from here:
http://www.freecorder.com/freecorder3/index.php