Play and record your favorites internet streams
Apart from podcasts, I don't really play any streaming media. Yet those of you who do will know how many tv and radio shows you can find out there. iMagneto is a free player and recorder which will play all your streaming media.
iMagneto lets you browse your media by type and features a stream filter box which, albeit a bit small, lets you search through your selected streams. You can also organize all of them in normal and smart groups.
The application features basic playback buttons and can record in four popular encoding formats, including iPod-ready MP4. Quality of playback totally depends on the stream however and you won't be able to view in full screen.
The only thing that annoyed me a little bit with this program however is having to install the videolan browser plugin (which doesn't come with the program) for it to play back any sort of media.
Apart from the plugin issue, iMagneto is a simple player and recorder with good organization features. And it's free!
User reviews about iMagneto
by Anonymous
promising-but-notworking; anything similar out there that infact works?!.
promising software and concept but can't get this app to work however hard and desperate i try; I certainly wished there were a lot more similar more cosmopolitanapps out there (not merely narrowly anglo or french centric) capable to "play internet streams" from "any country, region and language area as WebTV, WebRadio, WebCam and ADSL TV" that enabled users to to also record it! Such apps - of which there are at this point in time astonishingly few around and available - would help to make the increasingly globalized world to its 6 billion citizens become also culturally a little less provincial... frnz
Pros:
great features and general idea f
Cons:
poor execution, worse, app does not seem to work (plus, main website only in french and so are most offered stations; got only one french tv channel to work after wasting an hour of my time and nerves on trying to get this app to work.. ghrrrr.... a disappointment and waste of time.. More