The most POPULAR stream recording software (free download):

• REPLAY CAPTURE SUITE
  the best audio/video stream recording/capturing bundle
• WM RECORDER BONUS BUNDLE
  the best video recording bundle
• REPLAY MEDIA CATCHER
  the best audio/video stream download/capture software. Supports the most popular flash video format (RTMP and HTTP).
• REPLAY MUSIC
  the best streaming music recorder
• RTMPDUMP
  freeware RTMP/RTMPE downloader
• TUBEDIGGER
  flash media RTMP/RTMPE download and capture software
• GETFLV
  flash video RTMP/RTMPE downloader
• WM RECORDER
  the best Windows Media, Real Audio/Video stream capture software
• REPLAY TELECORDER
  record audio/video calls from Skype
• REPLAY VIDEO CAPTURE
  record any video from screen

Other RECOMMENDED software and services:

• REPLAY MEDIA GUIDE
  free service to find and record online radio, Internet TV, podcasts
• AVS VIDEO TOOLS
  convert, split, join, remove commercials, edit, rotate, apply effects, capture, transfer, copy, rip and burn DVD and video files
• EMUSIC
  the best legal music download service
• AUDIBLE
  download audio books, audio magazines, newspapers, radio programs
• SOUNDTAXI
  remove DRM protection from Windows Media, iTunes music and video files

Meta-files contain the URL addresses of audio/video files that the streaming media server will play. They hide the URL of a media stream. They can also contain the URLs of other metafiles. Metafiles usually have one of the following file extensions: .ASX, .WAX, .WVX, .WMX, .RAM, .RPM, .SMIL, .SMI, .PLS, .M3U.

If you want to record the streaming media which is hidden in a metafile, you should find the stream URL first. Although some streaming media recorders can post-process metafiles and get streaming media URLs from them, so you can copy the URL of a metafile and create a new download with this URL. Please also note that stream recorders like WM Recorder and Replay AV can record media streams automatically so you don't have to search for the stream URL hidden in the meta-file.

If your stream recorder doesn't support automatical stream recording, we suggest you to use a URL finder software. Such programs can find stream URLs hidden in the metafiles. Also you may try to download metafile, open it with a text editor like Windows Notepad and try to find the stream URL from it.

You may learn more about finding hidden stream URLs in the following FAQ:
How to get the URL of a media stream

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