subject: Mac Media Capture [print this page] Jaksta for Mac is one fully featured online media downloader available in the market today. It downloads your preferred videos or music files in top-notch condition and automatically converts them for your chosen device with even a selection for including to iTunes; you could then use these in thousands more media programs or applications.
How Jaksta for Mac Works
You could easily obtain audio and video from Internet streaming sites with just a few simple steps. First is to open Jaksta on your Mac and then play the music or motion pictures from the numerous websites possible on your browser.
When you have the chosen material to record, click the start button on Jaksta. This gets the software to search for the music or videos website address or Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and reconnects to the server to get a perfect replica of said file which is then saved in your computer.
This direct connection not only gives better quality but also takes less time to transfer the data from its host to your computer.
You could capture data with as much as 10x the speed, or in various different segments to further quicken the process of downloading. You could record or download data from different websites one along with the other, and continue with other matters on your computer.
Features of Jaksta for Mac
Besides grabbing exact duplicates of your selected media files from streaming sites faster, you could also convert these data to formats so that you could play with leading gadgets such as Mac or Quicktime, Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, iPod, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, or Android phone.
The Jaksta for Mac also handles streaming protocols such as HTTP and RTMP, and essential streaming formats as 3GP, ASF, AVI, DIVX, ICECAST, FLV, MOV, MP3, MP4, Real Audio, Real Video, SWF, WMA, WMV, and WMX; making searching and recording or downloading your favored media files a breeze.
You may also choose preferences such as Start Monitoring at startup, which means as soon as you are connected to the Internet and on your browser, Jaksta will be recording or downloading your streaming media files. You may also check for updates upon startup or have a shortcut of the program on the menu bar.
Jaksta could also alert you of completed downloads or started or stopped monitoring through sounds, and know the status of your streaming data through displays.
You could also indicate which folder to keep all downloads, and set download size so that the software does not record unnecessary files such as advertisements, or choose to eliminate these ads altogether by checking the option Filter Known Advert Servers.
You may also select an option to disregard flash animations found in most websites.
With millions of users, and even more videos and music uploaded every second, materials in the World Wide Web could be vital not only for entertainment.
You may find other useful data and with Jaksta you could record tutorials for, say, home improvement or have a show on healthy living handy thus making this technology not only a necessity for entertainment but for general application as well.
