3 ways to free download online TV shows and movies

In the past few years, people have been watching cable TV for their daily entertainment. There are many kinds of TV shows such as News reports, sports events, game shows, drama series and so on. Now we have to work long hours and probably can only find time to watch our favorite TV shows during weekends. But the bad truth is that many of such live shows run on their week day schedules. If you miss them, you can not watch it any more.

The only possible to catch up any live programs is by downloading the live TV shows weekdays and watch them during weekend.

Where to watch online TV shows?
Popular Streaming Media websites:

ESPN, BBC News, CNN IBN, hulu.com, sling.com, Yahoo video, Google video, etc.

Online TV site: wwiTV, Beelinetv, Crafty TV, livestation etc.

P2P software clients.

Download and install a P2P software such as Coolstreaming, PPlive, PPstream, TVAnts, Sopcast, QQlive and Feidian. They embedded thousands of live TV channels all over the world.

How to free download our favorite online TV and movies?

Method 1: Download online TV shows and movies with P2P TV recorder
If you like watch online TV shows on P2P software, such as PPLive, PPStream, Coolstreaming, QQLive, SopCast, Feidian, P2P TV Recorder is the best tool to download your favorite TV programs.

P2P Internet TV software creates a stream on localhost and that stream is then read by Windows Media Player, Real Player or other media players. P2P TV Recorder is able to sniff the steaming video in local host and then copy them down.

Attention: When using P2P, get your PC protected with anti-virus and anti-malware software. There are all kinds of people with ill intentions wanting to spread viruses and malware to infect people’s computers for their selfish gains.

Reference software: PPRecorder by StreamingStar Technology Inc

Method 2: Download online TV shows and movies with Wondershare Streaming Video RecorderNow more and more websites provide streaming TV shows to the public, such as wwiTV, Beelinetv, ESPN. (Sports), BBC News(More online tv channels) It is no use to download and install any software, but just opening an internet explorer is enough to watch any TV programs.

For these guys, Streaming Video Recorder is the best choice to download TV programs. Generally, Streaming Video Recorder builds in a powerful sniffer, which can detect the real location of the streaming videos, then download them to local disk automatically.

A step by step tutorial of how to download online tv shows with Wondershare Streaming Video Recorder.

Method 3: Join popular membership site to download online TV shows and movies.
Some membership sites allow their members to access their television programs and movie libraries. Of course, all members have to pay a nominal membership fee for their privilege. At least you know for sure that there are no viruses, worms, adware and spyware waiting for you. What's more important, the quality of the TV series and movies are also excellent in picture or audio.

Popular membership site:
FullTVDownloads.com, TV Advanced, TV Show Collection, iTV Download, etc.

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A step by step tutorial:How to download,record online tv shows？

What's streaming media?
Streaming media is streaming video with sound. With streaming video or streaming media, a Web user does not have to wait to download a large file before seeing the video or hearing the sound. Instead, the media is sent in a continuous stream and is played as it arrives.

Now streaming technologies are becoming increasingly important with the growth of the Internet because users do not have fast enough access to download large multimedia files quickly. With streaming, the client browser or plug-in can start displaying the data before the entire file has been transmitted. Many online tv station Such as wwiTV,Beelinetv,ESPN. (Sports), BBC News have used this technology
Shortcoming of streaming media: Cannot record online tv materials for future usage, if you wanted to watch online tv that you had not watched before, or simply to serve as a part of your collections, how we can do that?

This guide will help people who have puzzle with download/record online tv shows.
Step1.Install Wondershare Streaming Video Recorder,it can record streaming video, online TV shows, live stream and even streaming movies from thousands of streaming video sites.
Step2.When starting to play online tv shows,a pop-up window will display over the system tray.
Then click the Record button, the record will beginning, you'll see below. Certainly if you click the Skip button, the record will not carry on. You can record several online tv shows simultaneously.

When you finished your record, you may click on right key menu of Browse or Play to view your tv shows, or you can add them to your collection, so that you can through the website next time.
Step3.If you want to view your online tv shows on iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, you can setting your Output Format,here you can set

Video: Resolution, Encoder, Frame Rate, Bit Rate
Audio: Sample Rate, Encoder, Channels, Bit Rate
Frame rate: 25fps is PAL, 30fps is NTSC.
Length/Width ration: 4:3 is common display; 16:9 is width screen display.
Encoder: this software provides two codes. For converting MP4, you can use XviD or H.264.

Tips:You also click “Collection” button to search your online tv shows directly, it embedded 1600+ free online TV channels,and you can add your online tv shows to “My Favorites”.

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