R7C has never failed to deliver audio in wav or mp3 format from a working url or from a real media file from my computer.

Most problems I had when trying to get it to capture video were related to missing codecs. The free K-Lite Mega Codec package solved the majority of those error messages related to "can't begin decompress."

In all but a few cases, R7C has delivered a top quality video when I have a valid url. Most of the time the url should end in a .rm, .ram, .rpm, etc. format but I have gotten results a few times from url's that just ended in numbers or letters.

Having a broadband connection really helps deliver a good video because I redid some of the videos that I had done when I was on dial-up connection and they looked a lot better.

The best quality I've gotten was from using the "Full Frames {Uncompressed}" option after choosing "sound image" and clicking on the "Video Codecs" tab. I've never chosen an audio codec but still always got the audio.

The avi files that R7C creates can be split, cropped, etc. with the free VirtualDub program. Most of the files that result in a 320x240 screen turn out very well when converted to larger or smaller screen videos using Windows Movie Maker. When using Windows Movie Maker, the "Video for LAN (768 Kbps)" option will give you a reasonable size file and a 640x480 screen size. One of the avi files I converted was more than a gigabyte in size with a 320x240 screen and Windows Movie Maker made it 25 megabytes with a 640x480 screen.

I installed this program and tried to use it. It created some huge avi files that had totally black screens with just sound even though I chose the video option. I tried capturing one video from the internet and then also tried two from just playing a video that I already have on my computer and got the same bad results. Also, even after I uninstalled the program, I still can't get rid of the avi files it created....I keep getting the same error message when I try to delete or move them "make sure the file is not in use or write-protected".

This would be a great program and worth more than it costs if it worked, but I would not suggest even trying it after what I went through. And my computer is less than a year old with all the latest features.