What is the difference between Socket level data and Wininet level data in Loadrunner recording options

The 2 capture levels available in the recording options in loadrunner - socket level data and wininet level data, specifies the tool, where to hook and capture the communication packets from.

Most of the application though communicate at the socket level and the events get recorded by loadrunner using socket level data capture. But sometimes the applications are designed to interact using wininet API and in such cases we should use wininet level capture in loadrunner to capture the events successfully. So the use of socket level/wininet level capture depends on how the application communicates.

Note: The requests might get duplicated if you are using socket level and wininet level data capture and you can comment the duplicated requests in the script.