Capture Streaming Video with Media Sniffer

There are many software that let you download streaming video from YouTube but not only by a myriad of other places as in the case of FreeMake Video Downloader. There are other download manager such as Orbit Downloader can do the same thing.

However, for those who do not want to use a dedicated download manager, there is an alternative that is called Media Sniffer and could claim the right choice. Media Sniffer fact is an open source lightweight and portable that "sniffs" the traffic stream and locates the data within the network, either through the browser into a media player like iTunes.

All that is needed to use it, you have the software open before starting to play a media file, he, as soon as scoverà the stream in question, will extract the necessary information. It supports almost all extensions of existing media files and can extract both audio and video.

Under the program settings you can select the network adapter on which to operate, the door to "sniffing" and to update the settings at startup. If used in a Linux environment, you must pre-install libpcap, but if you use Windows, you need Winpcap. When you extract the zip file, you have 2 folders and you should use one rather than the other depending on the machine that this is the Microsoft Visual C + + 2008 Redistributable.

Media Sniffer