Posts Categorized: Video

Video of the Month: How to Wrap a Cat for Christmas

Posted December 18th, 2015 | Category: Applian Software, Video.

We spend a lot of time analyzing debug logs and frequently give customers a quick 2 minute video to test, which means we’re often in search of short clips that end play a vital role in the data logging process. Needless to say, we watch videos (and other types of media) and want to share them with you!

With the holidays looming over our shoulder at every turn and the endless list of gifts to be gifted, we started swapping stories about the most ridiculous things we’ve ever had to wrap up.

Coffee mugs can be tricky, and broomsticks nearly impossible, but none of us have ever tried gift-wrapping a cat before!

So hilarious. So cute.

Holiday Miracle: How to Download Your Favorite Movies

Posted December 10th, 2015 | Category: Applian Software, Replay Media Catcher, Video.

Finding and watching the best holiday movies and shows this winter has never been easier!

With Replay Media Catcher’s built-in Media Guides, you can explore popular streams and download classics like A Christmas Story, Miracle on 34th Street, and White Christmas to curl up with. From television to videos to full-length movies, our powerful guides have your back this holiday season.

Replay Media Catcher will help you find and save your favorite online movies from directly within the software – never having to touch your browser. We made it simple to find and grab the best online content you want in one click.

Coupled with Replay Media Catcher’s powerful downloader, multiple conversion settings and handy scheduling features, our Media Guides are the perfect companion to your annual holiday movie binge.

Get Replay Media Catcher 6 and start downloading now!

The State of Online TV Streaming: Today’s Top Players

Posted November 20th, 2015 | Category: Video.

Online streaming has rapidly become the must-have accessory in this big, digital world of ours. People far and wide are cutting the cable cord and adopting streaming services to get their fix of sitcoms and late-night movies, either through the computer or channeled directly to the television set.

It was shared in Statista that last year alone “seventy-six percent of American households reported having a video-on-demand subscription,” and that percentage is only growing as the convenience factor is too tempting to pass up.

With access to nearly any television show, documentary, classic film or big time Hollywood flick, it’s really no wonder that so many are drawn to the broad, always-on collection. If you have decent Wi-Fi and a connected device, you’ve got access to it all.

Top Players

As it’s pretty easily assumed, the biggest names in online streaming subscriptions today are Netflix and Amazon, with the Hulu Package holding up third place. Some families subscribe to all three, but most have just one of the services: Netflix. In fact, Netflix is in 36% of all American TV households, while Amazon is in 13% and Hulu Plus is in 6.5%, according to Nielsen.

Netflix

Just this summer, Netflix surpassed 65 million subscribers with its $8/month service, and expanded its reach internationally, grounding its roots as the world’s most popular streaming service. With the creation of its Netflix Originals, such as “Orange is the New Black,” “Daredevil” and “House of Cards,” along with close to 7,000 other titles, consumers are loving the high-quality video content within a binge watching-enabled platform.

Learn how to record movies and shows from Netflix.

Amazon

At 40 million subscribers, some arguably coming by association with it’s Prime Package, Amazon ranks second on the list of most-used streaming subscriptions. While they may not have as many attractive titles in their collection, they do have the pull of their popular Prime plan that offers unlimited video streaming in addition to free 2-day shipping in their online marketplace for $99/year.

Learn how to record movies and shows from Amazon.

Hulu

Hulu lags behind with 9 million subscribers, though they experienced a generous percentage of growth from 2014 to 2015. With a recent partnership with Showtime, along with the extensive collection of media, they hope to expand their customer base even more rapidly.

Learn how to record movies and shows from Hulu.

6 Spooky Halloween Movies to Stream & Save

Posted October 29th, 2015 | Category: Applian Software, Replay Video Capture, Video.

Halloween is the best time of year to get your fix of scary films, and this year the top streaming sites are offering up the best in horror and fright.

Stream spooky movies from your browser and use Replay Video Capture to keep all the content in whatever format you want! Just fire up the software, start playing your top picks on Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime, and start recording!

Here are some of our favorite Halloween movies available online now:

1. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

The eerily exhilarating story of an Iranian-girl-turned-vampire in the fictional ghost town, Bad City. Captured in black-and-white, this ghostly flick will give you goosebumps. Now streaming on Amazon Prime and Netflix.

2. Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Visiting a cemetery is never as simple as it sounds. The original, classic zombie movie, Night of the Living Dead is the story of a group of frantic people hiding from the bloodthirsty undead in a rickety farmhouse. Now streaming on Hulu.

3. The Babadook (2014)

When a strange book becomes reality for a single mother and her son, nightmarish things happen. This modern-day boogeyman flick will make you want to hide under the bed until morning. Now streaming on Amazon Prime and Netflix.

4. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

Based on the true story of the life of Henry Lee Lucas and the early beginnings of his ruthless killing spree. You won’t find any compassion in this gruesome tale. Now streaming on Hulu and Amazon Prime.

5. Under the Skin (2013)

A seductress drives a van around the roads of Scotland in search for lonely men to prey on. Unsettling and captivating at the same time, you won’t be able to peel your eyes away. Now streaming on Amazon Prime.

6. The Lazarus Effect (2015)

Bringing the dead back to life will never not be terrifying. In this modern-day horror film, medical students discover a way to bring the dead back to life. Nothing could go wrong…right? Now streaming on Amazon Prime and Netflix.

What are your favorite Halloween flicks? Let us know on Facebook or Twitter!

World Series 2015: See The Full Schedule

Posted October 15th, 2015 | Category: Replay Video Capture, Video.

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We all experience the slight empty feeling when the MLB Season wraps up for the year. But, with every end comes a new beginning, and the 2015 World Series is gearing up for an intense championship. With two exciting Game 5s, the American League is down to just two teams (Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals) while the National League awaits the winner of the Mets-Dodgers series to see who will take on the Chicago Cubs.

Keep track of every game with the full schedule below, and use Replay Video Capture to record it all for later, no matter who you’re rooting for!

League Championship Series

Date	Series	TV
FRI., OCT. 16	ALCS Game 1	FOX or FS1
SAT., OCT 17	ALCS Game 2 NLCS Game 1	FOX or FS1 TBS
SUN., OCT 18	NLCS Game 2	TBS
MON., OCT. 19	ALCS Game 3	FOX or FS1
TUES., OCT 20	ALCS Game 4 NLCS Game 3	FOX or FS1 TBS
WED., OCT. 21	*ALCS Game 5 NLCS Game 4	FOX or FS1 TBS
THURS., OCT. 22	*NLCS Game 5	TBS
FRI., OCT. 23	*ALCS Game 6	FOX or FS1
SAT., OCT. 24	ALCS Game 7 NLCS Game 6	FOX or FS1 TBS
SUN., OCT. 25	*NLCS Game 7	TBS

World Series

Date	Game (Site)	TV
TUE., OCT. 27	Game 1 (AL ballpark)	FOX
WED., OCT. 28	Game 2 (AL ballpark)	FOX
FRI., OCT. 30	Game 3 (NL ballpark)	FOX
SAT., OCT. 31	Game 4 (NL ballpark)	FOX
SUN., NOV. 1	*Game 5 (NL ballpark)	FOX
TUE., NOV. 3	*Game 6 (AL ballpark)	FOX
WED., NOV. 4	*Game 7 (AL ballpark)	FOX

*if necessary.

Record the 2015 Primetime Emmys

Posted September 17th, 2015 | Category: Miscellaneous, Replay Video Capture, Uncategorized, Video.

The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards for excellence in television and emerging media are finally here. This weekend, you can watch your favorite small screen stars gather to celebrate another year in the Platinum Age of Television.

The 2015 Emmys will broadcast on Fox, and you can live stream the whole event from Ustream. Make sure to use Replay Video Capture to record the whole show, and keep it forever in whatever file format you like.

Visit the Emmys website for more information, media and Emmy magic.

Catch up on the nominations here or checkout this video (P.S. you can record video below with Replay Video Capture).

Happy capturing!

Where to watch the NFL & College Football online

Posted September 14th, 2015 | Category: Miscellaneous, Replay Media Catcher, Replay Video Capture, Uncategorized, Video.

Football is back. We know you know, but with more people cutting cable, and more ways to watch NCAA D1 football and the NFL than ever before, it can be a chore figuring out just how you’ll get your gridiron fix.

Fear not! We’ve collected the main sources for watching professional and college football online. You can record each and every snap, sack and tackle with Applian recording products from these streaming services, and store them in whatever format suits your needs.

NFL GamePass

The NFL is in some ways the most liberal of all pro sports – constantly adopting new rules, technologies and ideas. So it’s no surprise the NFL has started offering replays of each and every regular season game via its GamePass subscription service.

While you can’t get live games via GamePass, you can get on-demand HD replays of all 256 regular season games which you can record with Replay Video Capture. If you’re less visual and need your live fix, GamePass offers every NFL game live via audio stream, which you can easily capture and keep with Replay Radio. All you have to do is hit the “Quick Record” button at the bottom of the screen to start capturing the audio you’re playing – when finished, just tap the button again to stop recording.

WatchESPN

ESPN covers Football, both college and pro, as vigorously as anyone. They offer football live streaming online. Check out ESPN’s filterable pro and college broadcast schedule here and use Replay Video Capture to keep the games for your own personal viewing pleasure.

To learn how to use Replay Video Capture to record and store all of your most important games this season, check out this handy video to walk you through, step-by-step:

YouTube

Complete, non-live college football games are available on YouTube on the Watch College Football channel. The selection is spotty, but boy are there some gems. Use Replay Media Catcher to download classic college football from YouTube to up your fansmanship!

With a simple copy/paste action of the YouTube video’s URL into Replay Media Catcher, you can quickly and easily download the action, or turn on Auto-Mode to instantly record what’s streaming on your screen.

Have a great football season, and happy capturing!

The Best YouTube Cooking Channels to Record Today

Posted August 19th, 2015 | Category: Miscellaneous, Replay Media Catcher, Video.

People have been eating food for literally ever. But with the rise of cooking shows, celebrity chefs, food truck entrepreneurship, dinner delivery services, lifestyle glamorization via social media and the DIY movement, one has to face facts: now more than ever, foodies rule the world.

That’s why we asked some of the best home cooks on the Applian team about their favorite YouTube food channels (and boy, are we glad we did!). Use Replay Media Catcher to record each and every episode from these outstanding culinary works.

Happy cooking!

America’s Test Kitchen

Food is popular. Data is popular. America’s Test Kitchen doesn’t quite carry the torch for the overlap of these, but it’s close. From its kitchen/lab near Boston, America’s Test Kitchen will test each considered recipe up to 70 times, “until we arrive at the combination of ingredients, technique, temperature, cooking time, and equipment that yields the best, most-foolproof recipe.”

PBS Food

If you’re looking for a terrific mix of traditional television cooking shows right alongside shorter-form digital-only food-centric web series, PBS Food is right for you. From gastro tourism advice to come cooking tricks for tastiness, this old broadcaster’s online video presence feels just as fresh as the produce they’re cooking up.

The Katering Show

“Crack open the cooking sherry and pour it down your gullet,” say Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney in an intro to their hysterical cooking series, The Katering Show. The show is dry, hilarious and whip-smart: “a proud (food) baby borne from the brains of two of Australia’s fast-rising stars of the comedy world.”

RSRV

Reserve Channel’s video offering has more of a full fledged lifestyle approach, but centered around food and fine eating. From exotic trips, to famous folks both within the culinary world and without, RSRV’s video library is perfect for browsing and quickly recording the meals you want to make.

FudeHouse

Among the most distinctive and stylish culinary web series, Fude House is less interested in providing full recipes to make tonight than it is in teaching specific tips, tricks, ideas and techniques to inspire a lifetime of preparing great food. From videos on butchering a full chicken, advice on lighting charcoal for the grill, to all the best ways to use vodka in the kitchen, Fude House can quickly become addictive to the point of dependency. Beware.

Food Wishes

Perhaps the most traditional recipe video channel of the bunch, Food Wishes produces a steady stream of useful and delightful content for foodies and home cooks. The entire undertaking is crafted around creat kitchen ideas that build your skills as a home cook up bit by bit. Make a food wish!

Streaming Content – July 2015

Posted July 7th, 2015 | Category: Miscellaneous, Replay Video Capture, Video.

And so it continues: the give and take of movie and tv titles to and from your favorite online streaming video platform. Be it Netflix or Amazon Prime, there’s plenty of new content to save for yourself with Replay Video Capture (and a few titles to grab before they leave).

July Netflix Departures:

Dragnet: Seasons One-Four	Shipping Wars: Seasons One-Three
Miami Vice: Seasons One-Five	Leave It to Beaver: Seasons One-Six
Magnum P.I.: Seasons One-Eight	The Inbetweeners: Season Three

July Netflix Arrivals:

Hell on Wheels (Season 4)	Glee (Season 6)
Changeling (2008)	Storage Wars: Texas (Season 1)
White Collar (Season 6)	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015)

July Amazon Streaming Arrivals:

Boardwalk Empire (season 3)	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Under the Dome (season 3)	Behind the Candelabra (2013)
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)	Flashdance (1983)

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime: What’s coming and going

Posted June 19th, 2015 | Category: Replay Video Capture, Video.

A new Summer-approved batch of movies and TV shows are already streaming on your favorite online video sites this June, while a handful of great stuff is about to leave Netflix (maybe forever). Luckily, Replay Video Capture is built for capturing the Netflix content you want to keep… before it’s too late!

So, check out all of the cool shows below. Replay Video Capture will record them all – allowing you to watch your favorite shows anytime, anywhere, on any device.

June Netflix Departures:

Taxi Driver	Donnie Brasco
Rain Man	Amadeus
Silence of the lambs	Syriana

June Netflix Arrivals:

Sense8 – Season 1	Orange is the new Black – Season 3
Nightcrawler	Rosewater

June Hulu Arrivals:

Seinfeld – Complete Series
(That’s right: Every! Episode! From every! Season!)

June Amazon Streaming Arrivals:

The Shining	Lucky Number Slevin
Apocalypse Now (+ Redux!)	The Island of Dr. Moreau

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