WM Recorder is a Windows application developed to record online audio and video streams, being able to work with the majority of streaming formats available on the Internet.

We've already seen several products that promise to do the same thing, but WM Recorder impresses with the way it works.

Everything's very simple and it all comes down to its minimal interface that lets you start a new recording with just a few clicks.

Besides the common “Settings” and “Help” buttons, the main window also provides two dedicated fields to let you choose the name of the file and the URL you wish to use to start a recording, which means the whole job can be started in a few seconds.

It works with most streaming formats and protocols out there, including Windows Media, Real Media, Quicktime, MPEG, Flash and even the classic MP3 streaming.

Once a new recording comes to an end, you can open the conversion feature, which lets you save the file in any format you want, regardless if we're thinking about MP4, AVI, MPEG, MOV, 3GP, FLV, SWF and many others.

Last but not least, WM Recorder also sports a scheduler, which means you can configure and download a stream at a later time, as long as the application is running.

Obviously, you need an Internet connection to be able to use WM Recorder and the app remains very friendly with computer resources all the time, without slowing down the operating system by any means.

All in all, it's pretty clear that WM Recorder is a powerful software solution. It does come with a hefty price, but it's difficult to find such effective features nowadays.