Replay Media Catcher is compatible with Windows 7 / Vista / XP. You can also use Replay Media Catcher on Mac OS X (tested on Snow Leopard) or use RMC on Linux (tested on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala and Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx) with freeware Wine emulator. Alternatively you can install Replay Media Catcher on a Mac with Windows using Bootcamp or Parallels Desktop for Max OS X.
We recommend you to try to record streaming media from Topper Video Lessons using a FREE demo version of Replay Media Catcher. Note that even if you buy Replay Media Catcher, it comes with 30-day unconditional money back gurantee, so you have nothing to lose anyway.
How to record HTTP .FLV free educational streaming videos with Replay Media Catcher 3.11 from topperlearning.com on Windows 7, Vista or XP
Launch Replay Media Catcher. It appears like this:
Click the Start Recording button. (Note: With many web-sites it is necessary to click the Start Recording button before navigating to the site. So please start recording before opening Topper Video Lessons in your web-browser.) The button changes like this:
Launch your web-browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Chrome...) and navigate to topperlearning.com.
Note that we recommend to launch your web-browser from Replay Media Catcher by clicking Record -> Launch Default Browser.
Play the free educational streaming videos you want to record from Topper Video Lessons. Files recorded from topperlearning.com (and other web-sites) start appearing in the files list like this:
Once recording starts, you don't need to watch what you're recording. You can stop watching or listening, leave topperlearning.com, and go play something else to record. Recording continues automatically.
Click Stop Recording when you're finished recording media streams from Topper Video Lessons and other web-sites.
How to Extract MP3's from FLV video files recorded from Topper Video Lessons
If you've ever watched an FLV video from Topper Video Lessons (or any other Flash Video file), and wanted the soundtrack, Replay Media Catcher has a tool you can use to extract the audio as an MP3 file. Here's how to do it:
Select Tools, Extract MP3 from FLV from the menu.
Locate the FLV file from Topper Video Lessons, and select Open. The Extract MP3 screen appears:
Set the name of the MP3 file as you like it (For example, you can leave the name of the FLV video from Hulu Topper Video Lessons and just change the extension to .MP3), and click Save.
Your MP3 file will be created in seconds.
Note that the FLV extraction tool of Replay Media Catcher allows you to convert FLV files to MP3 losslessly (i.e. you won't lose any quality when extracting MP3 audio tracks from Topper Video Lessons).
How to record HTTP .FLV free educational streaming videos with Replay Media Catcher 3.11 from topperlearning.com on Mac OS X
Freeware Wine lets you run Windows software on other operating systems like Mac OS. With freeware Wine for Mac OS, freeware WineBottler for Mac OS, shareware Crossover for Mac OS you can install and run Windows applications just like you would in Windows. You don't need a Windows license to run Replay Media Catcher on Mac OS:
How to install and run Replay Media Catcher on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard)
How to record HTTP .FLV free educational streaming videos with Replay Media Catcher 3.11 from topperlearning.com on Linux
Freeware Wine lets you run Windows software on other operating systems like Linux. With freeware Wine for Linux or shareware Crossover for Linux you can run Windows applications just like you would in Windows. You don't need a Windows license to run Replay Media Catcher on Linux:
How to install and run Replay Media Catcher in Linux (Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala)
Video tutorial: How to use Replay Media Catcher 3.11 (Topper Video Lessons downloader) to record streaming audio and video from web-sites like topperlearning.com
Overview: Topper Video Lessons
Topper Video Lessons offers free educational streaming videos. It broadcasts HTTP .FLV streams.
Legal note: Is it legal to record free educational streaming videos from Topper Video Lessons?
All-streaming-media.com is not affiliated with Topper Video Lessons (topperlearning.com), nor the company that owns the trademark rights to Topper Video Lessons. This tutorial is provided for educational purposes only. Replay Media Catcher is intended for use as a personal archiving tool only. Please respect the rights of the copyright holders of any material you record. If you like a broadcast you've recorded, please buy the media! Our web-site is not intended to be a replacement for the media stores, rather it allows you to listen/watch and make an educated purchase.
Links to Topper Video Lessons, Replay Media Catcher and other Topper Video Lessons downloaders
I can't record from Topper Video Lessons with Replay Media Catcher. What should I do?
If you have problems recording/downloading/ripping audio/video streams from Topper Video Lessons using this tutorial, please post about it in our Streaming audio/video recording forum. The following links may also help you to find a Topper Video Lessons downloader/ripper: