[rtmpdump] Handshake 9

[Kirill Zorin]

Hi Sven,

The logs from 2.1d show that the server answered with "6", which means that handshake "9" wasn't even attempted. This works if the server allows older Flash players (pre 10, I think) to connect, which don't support the "9" handshake. Later versions of FMS require Flash Player 10, which must implement handshake 9.

For the record, this was documented in the recent SVN commits, so please dig around the mailing list archives before reposting an issue. It's not perfect, but here we are =)

On 2011-03-26, at 4:49 PM, Sven Over wrote:

> Hi, everyone.
> 
> I've done a little bit of research regarding the Handshake 9 issue. I can't 
> present a solution, but I thought I should document my findings here. It's not 
> a lot, but maybe it rings a bell for someone.
> 
> So, I have the usual handshake problem (with trunk, 2.3 or 2.2):
> 
> DEBUG: HandShake: Client type: 06
> DEBUG: HandShake: DH pubkey position: 472
> DEBUG: HandShake: Client digest offset: 1383
> [...]
> DEBUG: HandShake: Type Answer   : 09
> WARNING: HandShake: Type mismatch: client sent 6, server answered 9
> [...]
> WARNING: HandShake: Server not genuine Adobe!
> ERROR: RTMP_Connect1, handshake failed.
> DEBUG: Closing connection.
> 
> However, using rtmpdump-2.1d, the handshake succeeds:
> 
> DEBUG: HandShake: Client type: 06
> DEBUG: HandShake: DH pubkey position: 1211
> DEBUG: HandShake: Client digest offset: 430
> [...]
> DEBUG: HandShake: Type Answer   : 06
> [...]
> DEBUG: HandShake: Genuine Adobe Flash Media Server
> DEBUG: HandShake: Handshaking finished....
> DEBUG: RTMP_Connect1, handshaked
> 
> Actually using rtmpdump-2.1d now is no option, because for some reason the flv 
> file it writes out is somewhat shaky, inasmuch as mplayer and xine can't play 
> it properly. rtmpdump does save a stream to disk, and it does contain video 
> and audio, but mplayer stumbles and while I'm hearing the audio, the video 
> just stops.
> 
> My hope was that the mplayer problem is something that has been fixed 
> inbetween release 2.1d and 2.3, so I tried to change the handshake code in 2.3 
> towards how it was in 2.1d to make it work, but I did not succeed.
> 
> One interesting bit: the handshake works until (and including) SVN revision 
> 275. Revision number 276 is the first the breaks the handshake.
> 
> That's it. Far away from a solution, but maybe someone knows how to go on from 
> here. It seems that, at least with the server I am contacting, the old 
> revisions can make the server accept the handshake type 6, whereas with newer 
> versions of rtmpdump, the server insists on handshake 9, which then fails.
> 
> I thank everyone involved in rtmpdump for this great piece of software. It 
> would be great if we could get it fixed! :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Sven.
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