Direct Stream Recorder

Direct Stream Recorder is a handy tool for capturing all kinds of video and audio streams, including video chats, Skype and DRM protected streams. Just select the area to capture, set the audio source, choose video/audio codecs and create a record.

Features: Direct Stream Recorder is a tool for capturing of video and audio streams. You can then record a funny video show or favorite music clip or video chat session with your friend via MSN, Yahoo and other Instant messengers. It is very simple to use this software to record web shows, radios and video chats. Direct Stream Recorder can record anything that you can see on your display and hear in audio output. For example, you can record any web cam shows in internet browsers, live streams like Windows Media, Real Media, QuickTime. These then get converted into standard AVI files. These AVI clips then can be played in any standard player. Editing of these clips can then be done in most video/audio editors.

Direct Stream Recorder is also capable of recording password protected streams. If you needed to create a video training guide, for explaining the operations of some software, or anything else for that matter; this application could be handy. It can save the content of an audio CDs. Select the line in as the source. You`ll need to select the format too. You then just let it record the stream. Many settings are possible, size of the captured area, FPS, choose if you need an audio track, choose the right codecs. Choose the input and the directory where the output is to be saved. Recordings are made into standard AVI multimedia files.

Overall: Good handy program for recording all kinds of audio and video streams, quite easy to use too.

Direct Stream Recorder is a handy and powerful tool for capturing all kinds of video and audio streams and then turning them into a standard .avi files so that they can be opened in any media player or edited with any video or audio editor.
Direct Stream Recorder has a diverse applicability. You can record live streams like Windows Media, Real Media, and QuickTime, save the broadcast of a favorite internet radio station, web cam shows in internet browsers and save media, which is encoded or has an unknown format.
Direct Stream Recorder is also capable of recording password protected streams. This feature will benefit anyone who suffers from the imposed protection policy.
The program also comes in handy when you want to record your conversation in Skype or a video chat in any instant messenger like MSN or Yahoo.
You can also use Direct Stream Recorder to create video guides explaining users how to perform various operations and adjustments with some software.
Direct Stream Recorder can save the content of your audio CDs. You just need to select the CD-line as a source and define the format for the saved file, then enjoy your favorite music while Direct Stream Recorder is saving it to the disk.
The software offers you many options to adjust. You can set the size of a captured area, select the exact number of frames per second, set whether the saved .avi file will have the sound layer or not, choose audio and video codecs from the list, setup the input line and select the directory where the file will be saved.
Direct Stream Recorder allows you to record anything that you can see on your display and hear in audio output.