You can automatically download streaming media objects using the Cache > Download > Insert dialog box. The syntax for downloading a specific media file, for example, is mms://volera.com/media/somemovie.asf. You must have a forward HTTP Client accelerator and a Forward MMS service enabled prior to downloading.
IMPORTANT: You must have a forward HTTP Client accelerator and a Forward MMS service enabled prior to downloading.
To downland streams using an .asx file (MMS playlist file), set the Levels to Download from web site to 2 or greater in the Cache > Download > Insert dialog. For example, http://volera.com/media/somemovie.asx. Because .asx files usually reference other .asx files, you should set the levels to at least 3 if you don't know the exact number of required levels.
If links to other items such as graphics are contained in the .asx files, they will be downloaded as well.
To control the amount of bandwidth used for downloading, you may also need to modify the "Maximum number of concurrent requests" and "Maximum amount of data to download" parameters.
When a stream is downloaded, the Excelerator downloads each possible bitrate combination of the stream. Downloading streaming objects takes at least as long as it does for the player to play the stream. If the duration of a movie is two hours, for example, then downloading the movie stream will take at least two hours. It may take longer if the download is performed across low bandwidth connections.