Posts By: debbie

Video of the Month: The Story of Thanksgiving

Posted November 22nd, 2016 | Category: Replay Media Catcher, Video.

We spend a lot of time analyzing debug logs and frequently give customers a quick 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 a lot of videos (and other types of media) and want to share them with you!

It’s always a good thing to have a basic understanding of the holiday you’re celebrating, but why do the heads-down research when someone like Ellen DeGeneres can come up with a brilliant skit to sum it all up?

An oldie-but-goodie, this hilarious video from a few years back will give you the gist of what happened on the very first Thanksgiving… with a few nutty jokes along the way.

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How to Stream the 2016 American Music Awards Online

Posted November 16th, 2016 | Category: Music, Replay Video Capture, Stream & Save.

Music lovers everywhere are anxious and excited for the American Music Awards this year, the world’s largest, purely fan-chosen awards show in annual rotation. With such an incredible lineup, and mega-popular hosts hitting the stage (model Gigi Hadid and comedian Jay Pharoah), it’s no surprise that everyone wants to know where to get in on the action.

Cable cutters and habitual streamers are in luck — the American Music Awards will be live streamed Sunday, November 20 at 5pm PDT / 8pm EDT. Fans can enjoy and record every incredible musical performance from ABC.com using Replay Video Capture!

Let’s take a look at all of the musical performances happening at the 2016 AMAs that you can stream, record and save using Replay Video Capture:

Bruno Mars
Lady Gaga
The Chainsmokers + Halsey
Ariana Grande + Nicki Minaj
Fifth Harmony
The Weeknd
Twenty One Pilots
Shawn Mendes
John Legend
Green Day
Shakira with Carlos Vives and Sting
Maroon 5 and Kendrick Lamar (finale)

Don’t forget to see the full list of every AMA nominee and get your vote in before its too late! Check out some of our favorite nominees right here:

Video of the Year: Desiigner, “Panda”

Favorite Album — Soul / R&B: Beyonce, Lemonade

Collaboration of the Year: The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down”

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Get Your Zen On: The Best Yoga Videos to Download Offline

Posted November 14th, 2016 | Category: Replay Media Catcher, Stream & Save.

We could all use a little more zen in our lives. Whether you’re suffering from stress, back and body pain, or even general stiffness from working at a desk all day, yoga is an incredible way to release and relieve. If you’re feeling tense and need to get a little more grounded, but don’t want to foot the bill for an expensive class, you’re in luck.

These are some of the best yoga videos on YouTube, for both beginners and more advanced yogis — you can use Replay Media Catcher and download from YouTube to watch again and again. With this small-yet-mighty collection based in backyards, studios and even the great outdoors, you’ll be able to follow each thoughtful move and reach a new level of zen.

Yoga Videos for Beginners

Just starting out with yoga? Using a gentle pace in the beginning, following the poses and guidance of the videos below, will allow you to become more flexible, strong and stress-free.

14 Basic Yoga Poses for Beginners At Home

Yoga for Complete Beginners – A Little Goes a Long Way (25 Minutes)

Beginner Yoga Flow – All Levels Yoga for Strength & Flexibility (1 Hour)

Yoga Videos for Intermediates

For those who have consistently done yoga and mastered the fundamental poses, you’re ready to move on to some of the more advanced sequences shown in the videos below.

Hard Poses Made Easy – Intermediate Yoga

Gentle Flow Power Yoga in Grand Teton National Park (35 minutes)

Vinyasa Flow for Flexibility (1 Hour)

You can download all of these yoga videos (and anything else you could possibly want from YouTube) using the power of Replay Media Catcher. With built-in drag-and-drop functionality and lightning fast speeds, it’s the easiest and fastest way to save videos from YouTube.

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5 Amazing Podcasts for True Technophiles

Posted November 10th, 2016 | Category: Podcast, Radio, Replay Capture Suite, Replay Radio.

Technology enthusiasts are always scrambling for the latest new gadgets, unique mobile apps, and ground-breaking software and hardware that can change the way we live — they’ll always be a few steps ahead of the general public when it comes to anything new and cool in the tech world. We exist in a technology-focused society, and technophiles are some of the most advanced leaders when it comes to the evolution of that digital world.

For those with the insatiable desire to grow, adapt and become more powerful and productive through the use of technology, communities of tech podcasts have sprouted up all over the internet. If you’re like us and can’t get enough of the beautiful tech of today, there are plenty of amazing podcasts and series to keep you in-the-know — you can record and archive them all with Replay Radio:

1. Future Thinkers Podcast

For those far-out technology nerds out there, Future Thinkers Podcast is recorded just for you. Based almost exclusively on discussions around philosophy and technology, and how they inevitably intersect, hosts Mike Gilliland and Euvie Ivanova explore ideas from artificial intelligence to the potential of future societies.

2. Recode Decode

Recode launched its podcast shortly after the start of 2014. Hosted by executive editor and all-around tech news genius/journalist, Kara Swisher, the podcast has featured interviews with well-known CEOs and influential tech figures discussing what’s up-and-coming in the tech world — particularly Silicon Valley.

3. This WEEK in TECH (TWiT)

If you search for the best technology podcasts out there, TWiT is bound to be near the top of the results list. Expert Leo Laporte launched the network more than 10 years ago, making it one of the longest running, most informative weekly roundups ever. If you’re selective like us, make this your one-stop for all things tech.

4. Note to Self

Technology can affect our lives, and humanity, at just about every level. Note to Self is a weekly show that examines just how far technology could go, and serves as a reminder for everyday people to “question everything.” Host Manoush Zomorodi explores questions like “what if everything you said was recorded?”

5. 99% Invisible

“Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.” – Buckminster Fuller. The 99% Invisible podcast aims to explore (and expose) many of the often-overlooked features of technology, design and architecture. With a larger focus on design itself, it’s the perfect tech-influenced podcast for the creative at heart.

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Curious for more great podcast recommendations? Check ’em out on our blog.

Our Favorite Mashup Videos (And How to Make Your Own)

Posted November 8th, 2016 | Category: How To, Replay Capture Suite, Replay Media Catcher, Video.

Mashup videos are one of the truly brilliant, shining gems that YouTube — and the Internet as a whole — has to offer. With mashups, you can mix and match the best prank clips for the ultimate funny video, piece together music videos for a perfect playlist, create a seamless workout video or the ideal dance compilation, and really add a piece of audio to any kind of video you can imagine.

Want to make your own mashup? It’s not as difficult as you might think. With a creative brain and some helpful tools, you’ll be well on your way to creating and contributing some awesome, totally unique video content for you (and others) to enjoy and share online. Plus, you’ll have developed some seriously useful directorial and cheap filmmaking skills!

Our Favorite Mashups

For inspiration and entertainment purposes, we thought we’d share some of our personal favorites in the video mashup realm today.

A Stranger Things Christmas

Bohemian Rhapsody (Sung by 260 Movies)

Scorsese’s Sesame Street

How to Make a Mashup Video

Here’s a simple, step-by-step guide for creating your very own mashup video:

1. Find Your Content

What kind of mashup do you want to create? Once you have your idea in mind, it’s time to do some searches on YouTube for the perfect set of pre-existing video clips.

2. Download From YouTube

Online video sites are chock full of content, so you can download the videos you need to create your mashup directly from YouTube. You can use Replay Media Catcher to download from Youtube and mix ‘n match all of the best video clips to create your own.

Just play your video along with the software, and it will be downloaded back to your computer even faster than real-time – 10 times quicker than your average playback speed. Plus, with the integrated file converter, you can easily convert your newly-downloaded files to over a hundred different formats.

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3. Edit & Join Video Files

Once you have your video clips downloaded back to your computer, it’s time to edit and split the files to segment out the exact pieces you want.

You can use Replay Media Splitter to extract or remove pieces of video files. With an easy-to-follow, visual display and a simple way to include and exclude specific parts of media, you’ll be able to join the pieces to create awesome video mashups in just about any file format!

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The Top YouTubers You Need to Follow for Gaming

Posted November 2nd, 2016 | Category: Replay Media Catcher, Stream & Save, Video.

Move over PewDiePie, there are hundreds of awesome up-and-coming YouTubers and channels to subscribe to for your fix of gaming-related videos. With so many incredible options nowadays, if you can sift through the madness you’ll end up with a number of well-produced, informed and expertly-written content about video games.

Luckily for gamers, we went through the best of the best, and the worst of the worst, and came up with a shortlist of some of our favorite YouTube channels for video games. With Replay Media Catcher, you can capture and record as many of the videos from these gaming YouTube channels that you could ever want on hand.

1. The Syndicate Project

The Syndicate Project has reached nearly 10 million subscribers — but it wasn’t always so big. Launched in 2010, it focused first on Halo and Call of Duty, and then expanded to include Minecraft live play, video game unboxing videos, reaction videos, and even some real-life adventure videos to keep things interesting. Of all the “popular” gaming channels out there, this one’s our favorite! Watch + record The Syndicate Project on YouTube.

2. Game Grumps

Game Grumps is another Let’s Play series on YouTube starring Arin Hanson and Dan Avidan. Created in mid 2012, the channel generally puts out 3 videos a day that consist of hosts playing a game, and highlights their experiences and opinions of that game. It has since expanded to many lengthy videos that incorporate new hosts in spin-offs, including Ross O’Donovan, Barry Kramer, Suzy Berhow and Brian Wecht. Watch + record GameGrumps on YouTube.

3. Rev3Games

Remember Adam Sessler? He was made famous by G4TV and its review show X-Play, which ran until 2013. Now he’s putting out awesome, personality-laden videos on his YouTube channel, Rev3Games! Also starring Tara Long, Anthony Carboni and other co-hosts, this channel has a casual, yet super entertaining style of video content that features reviews, Let’s Plays, and live streaming game play. Watch + record Rev3Games on YouTube.

4. The Gaming Historian

Much like its name implies, the Gaming Historian is documentary-style web series about the history of video games. While it doesn’t have any live game play, unboxing moments or reaction videos, the YouTube show is incredibly well-edited and professional-looking, and the host does an amazing job backing up every fact or piece of trivia with solid research. Watch + record The Gaming Historian on YouTube.

5. SeaNanners

SeaNanners is hosted by commentator Adam Montoya, who focuses his YouTube channel primarily on Let’s Play videos of first-person shooter games (Call of Duty), third-person adventure games (Grand Theft Auto), and other strategy-related video games (Minecraft). Because he’s so entrenched in the online gaming community, you can bet there are a ton of collaboration videos with other gaming YouTubers, as well. Watch + record SeaNanners on YouTube.

With simple drag & drop functionality, Replay Media Catcher is the easiest way to save all of the YouTube videos you can get your hands on, with just one quick movement. Use Replay Media Catcher to record any YouTube video you want!

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Scary Halloween Movies to Record From Netflix

Posted October 27th, 2016 | Category: Netflix, Replay Video Capture, Stream & Save.

Movie buffs and Halloween enthusiasts alike are also thrilled to see the growing list of film favorites available to stream and record from Netflix. Whether you’re looking for the best Halloween movies to watch in droves this season, or even just some awesome Netflix hacks to make your binging out way better, we’ve got you covered.

Like super scary movies? Goofy ones? Classics? Thrillers? We gathered up a genre-packed list of some of the best Halloween movies on Netflix you can stream online. Remember — you can use Replay Video Capture* to record them all!

* Mac users must use Firefox to stream and save.

Practical Magic

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Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman star as two close sisters who get into a little trouble with the law, along with some other spooky, yet comical, situations — oh, and their whole family is full of magical witches.

The Babadook

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A widowed mother, a fearful son, a creepy illustrated book… it’s already the perfect setup for a horror movie. This independent film boasts a gripping storyline and seriously scary effects that’ll have you wanting a night light.

Goosebumps

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Everyone’s favorite childhood book series is finally a movie. With Jack Black playing host in this slightly-spooky-mostly-funny version of R.L. Stine’s literary masterpieces, the nostalgia and Halloween feels will overwhelm you.

The Fly

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Old, dramatic cult movies are sometimes the absolute best for Halloween. What happens when you cross a poorly tested teleportation machine with a fly and a human? Well, we’re not going to tell you if you haven’t seen it.

Extraordinary Tales

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Guillermo del Toro directs this beautifully animated, super obscure film you need to see. The movie follows 5 classic, genuinely scary Edgar Allen Poe stories narrated by horror icons like Bella Lugosi and Christopher Lee.

Addams Family Values

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Addams Family Values is a perennial Halloween treasure – they’re everyone’s favorite smacabre family. It’s supernatural, it’s dark, it’s hilarious, and we can’t wait to watch it again and again, even after the spooky season ends.

Underworld

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Have you ever called a vampire movie stylish or sleek before? Kate Beckinsale stars as a vampire warrior, caught in a war with the werewolf race. We love this film for its visually striking detail and action sequences.

Sweeney Todd

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It’s a musical and a slasher flick all rolled up into one expertly-cast and directed film. Starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and other stars, and directed by Tim Burton, it’s a bloody, addictive Halloween favorite.

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New to Netflix This Month: Top Titles for October 2016

Posted October 4th, 2016 | Category: Netflix, Stream & Save.

Bring on the new movies and series seasons! Every month Netflix shuffles in new content as they clean out the cobwebs; all part of their constantly changing collection of media online.

Lucky for entertainment streamers everywhere, Replay Media Catcher for PC exists so you can watch and download from Netflix before they disappear! In the meantime, here are some of the top titles coming to Netflix this October 2016. Be sure to watch all your favorites and record from Netflix while you still can..

Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

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The classic, romantic drama/comedy is hitting Netflix this Fall. Starring none other than Audrey Hepburn in her most famous role as Holly Golightly, Breakfast at Tiffany’s follows the story of a young New York socialite in the early 1960’s as she navigates her tumultuous life and develops feelings for a handsome new tenant. You can capture Breakfast at Tiffany’s on Netflix, available October 1.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is the most critically-acclaimed, highly-quoted coming-of-age films of the mid 1980’s. High school popular kid (and complete wise guy) Ferris Bueller, played by Matthew Broderick, is determined to have one last ditch day before graduation, and gets himself (and his friends) into some absolutely ridiculous situations. You can capture Ferris Bueller’s Day Off on Netflix, available October 1.

Titanic (1997)

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Gather up your tissues and a loved one — falling in love on a doomed ship isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. Titanic tells the story of a young aristocrat (played by Kate Winslet) and a sweet, but poor, artist (Leonardo DiCaprio) aboard the historically ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. It’s beautiful, heartbreakingly brilliant, and one of the most famous films ever released. You can capture Titanic on Netflix, available October 1.

Dazed and Confused (1993)

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Jock, stoners and nerds all rise up and come together when the last day of school has finally arrived. Dazed and Confused is a hilarious, pop culture phenomenon of a film following a group of high school and junior high school kids as they prepare for summer vacation. Chock full of hazing, hijinks and partying, it’s a classic comedy you need in your collection. You can capture Dazed and Confused on Netflix, available October 1.

American Horror Story: Hotel (Season 5)

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Widely popular across the US, the American Horror Story anthology is as creepy as it is compelling. With every new season carrying a new theme and over-arching plot line, while utilizing many of the same brilliant actors from story to story, Season 5 follows the inner workings and mysteries of the Hotel Cortez in Los Angeles, California. You can capture American Horror Story: Hotel on Netflix, available October 4.

Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids (2016)

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You have the chance to get up close and personal with Justin Timberlake, right from your couch — killer dance moves, amazing vocals and all. The last incredible performance of Justin Timberlake and the Tennessee Kids‘ 20/20 Experience World Tour, filmed at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, will be available to stream and record this month. You can capture Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids on Netflix, available October 12.

Big Eyes (2014)

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The story of the Keanes is one of self-reflection for many artists, including director Tim Burton. Big Eyes is the story of artist Walter Keane as he passes his wife’s art off as his own, growing into unbelievable fame and fortune because of her shyness to express herself, and introduce herself, to the public. With divorce on the horizon, Margaret Keane finally reveals the truth. You can capture Big Eyes on Netflix, available October 25.

Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

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With all 3 films becoming smash hits practically overnight, kids and adults alike go nuts for Kung Fu Panda, the lovable animated character voiced by Jack Black. In its third installment, Po reunites with his long-lost dad (Bryan Cranston) and deals with the transition into teaching and training martial arts to his own group of silly pandas. Together, they’ll fight evil and look adorable doing it. You can capture Kung Fu Panda 3 on Netflix, available October 26.

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Good for a Laugh: Best Comedy YouTube Channels

Posted September 30th, 2016 | Category: Replay Media Catcher, Video.

YouTube has built the opportunity for comedians to reach people anywhere. Without the use of this popular platform, many folks would find it impossible to get a show or skit into production – YouTube lets anyone with basic filming capabilities and a jolt of creativity generate and distribute video content.

Born and bred in the age of the Internet, online entertainers today are making skits, jokes and stories more immersive and unique than ever. We rounded up some of our favorite comedy channels on YouTube, so you can capture all of the funny with Replay Media Catcher.

5 Second Films

With a content base that’s described exactly by its name, 5 Second Films is a YouTube channel with storytelling, mystery and of course, a lot of laughs. While most of the funny short films are admittedly closer to 10 seconds than 5 (to include open and closing credits), they certainly pack a punch and cover silly, off-the-cuff topics like you wouldn’t even imagine. Watch + record 5 Second Films from YouTube.

Miranda Sings

Miranda Sings is a character created by actress Colleen Ballinger – and boy, do we mean character. With a sassy personality, unreal (and not in the good way) singing capability, and less-than-bloggable makeup, this awesome YouTuber has a growing viewership of all kinds. Is she crazy or just super talented? Even her fans are still trying to figure that one out. Watch + record Miranda Sings from YouTube.

7 Minutes in Heaven

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We were all teenagers once, but SNL sketch writer Mike O’Brien never quite got past it. 7 Minutes in Heaven is an awkward, hilarious, and yet somehow endearing, comedy channel on YouTube that hosts celebrities for super up-close-and-personal interviews. As you can probably guess, it’s just about as funny as it is cringeworthy. Watch + record 7 Minutes in Heaven from YouTube.

GloZell Green

GloZell has been around for what seems like forever; she’s a classically trained performer and Internet personality, and she’s built an empire around her comedic personality on YouTube. From tackling the latest challenges to sharing truly awful beauty tips to making up new characters, this is one seriously funny woman to keep an eye on. Watch + record GloZell from YouTube.

Use Replay Media Catcher to record each and every episode from these YouTube comedy channels.

Have a favorite funny-man or funny-woman on YouTube that we missed? Be sure to let us know!

We Hear You! We’re Hard at Work on Updates for MacOS Sierra…

Posted September 27th, 2016 | Category: Applian Software, Product Updates.

We work hard to keep all Applian applications up to date and running great. This is especially important for streaming media downloaders because the millions of web sites and their streaming protocols often change.

We know that some customers are waiting for MacOS Sierra compatibility in our Mac apps. Sierra has presented us with a few unexpected challenges. But, rest assured, we’re banging away at the keys, drinking all the Mountain Dew, and spoon-feeding our developers as much sugared candy as we can.

We hope to have an update for Replay Media Catcher for Mac in the next week or so, and Replay Music and Replay Converter after that.

Thanks for your patience!

-Team Applian

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