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 Car and Driver 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 car video streams with Replay Media Catcher 3.11 from carvideos.caranddriver.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 Car and Driver in your web-browser.) The button changes like this:
Launch your web-browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Chrome...) and navigate to carvideos.caranddriver.com.
Note that we recommend to launch your web-browser from Replay Media Catcher by clicking Record -> Launch Default Browser.
Play the free car video streams you want to record from Car and Driver. Files recorded from carvideos.caranddriver.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 carvideos.caranddriver.com, and go play something else to record. Recording continues automatically.
Click Stop Recording when you're finished recording media streams from Car and Driver and other web-sites.
How to Extract MP3's from FLV video files recorded from Car and Driver
If you've ever watched an FLV video from Car and Driver (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 Car and Driver, 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 Car and Driver 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 Car and Driver).
How to record HTTP .FLV free car video streams with Replay Media Catcher 3.11 from carvideos.caranddriver.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 car video streams with Replay Media Catcher 3.11 from carvideos.caranddriver.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 (Car and Driver downloader) to record streaming audio and video from web-sites like carvideos.caranddriver.com
Overview: Car and Driver
Car and Driver offers free car video streams. It broadcasts HTTP .FLV streams.
Legal note: Is it legal to record free car video streams from Car and Driver?
All-streaming-media.com is not affiliated with Car and Driver (carvideos.caranddriver.com), nor the company that owns the trademark rights to Car and Driver. 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 Car and Driver, Replay Media Catcher and other Car and Driver downloaders
I can't record from Car and Driver with Replay Media Catcher. What should I do?
If you have problems recording/downloading/ripping audio/video streams from Car and Driver using this tutorial, please post about it in our Streaming audio/video recording forum. The following links may also help you to find a Car and Driver downloader/ripper:
