Just updated to RTMPDump v2.4 last night to attempt to resolve a problem I've been having downloading certain HD streams using get_iplayer v2.82. With this one everything went smoothly until the 71.3% mark, when this happened: --- RTMPDump v2.4 (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL Connecting ... INFO: Connected... Starting download at: 0.000 kB INFO: Metadata: INFO: duration 13856.68 INFO: moovPosition 36.00 INFO: width 1280.00 INFO: height 720.00 INFO: videocodecid avc1 INFO: audiocodecid mp4a INFO: avcprofile 77.00 INFO: avclevel 31.00 INFO: aacaot 2.00 INFO: videoframerate 24.93 INFO: audiosamplerate 44100.00 INFO: audiochannels 2.00 INFO: trackinfo: INFO: length 13856001.00 INFO: timescale 1000.00 INFO: language eng INFO: sampledescription: INFO: sampletype amf0 INFO: length 13856681.00 INFO: timescale 1000.00 INFO: language eng INFO: sampledescription: INFO: sampletype avc1 INFO: length 13856694.00 INFO: timescale 1000.00 INFO: language eng INFO: sampledescription: INFO: sampletype mp4a 4191241.187 kB / 9887.27 sec (71.3%) ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header INFO: Connection timed out, trying to resume. Resuming download at: 4191241.187 kB INFO: Connection timed out, trying to resume. ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header ERROR: Failed to resume the stream Download may be incomplete (downloaded about 0.00%), try resuming INFO: Command exit code 2 (raw code = 512) WARNING: Retry recording RTMPDump v2.4 (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL Connecting ... INFO: Connected... Resuming download at: 4189728.217 kB / 9884.000 sec (71.3%) INFO: Metadata: INFO: duration 13856.68 INFO: moovPosition 36.00 INFO: width 1280.00 INFO: height 720.00 INFO: videocodecid avc1 INFO: audiocodecid mp4a INFO: avcprofile 77.00 INFO: avclevel 31.00 INFO: aacaot 2.00 INFO: videoframerate 24.93 INFO: audiosamplerate 44100.00 INFO: audiochannels 2.00 INFO: trackinfo: INFO: length 13856001.00 INFO: timescale 1000.00 INFO: language eng INFO: sampledescription: INFO: sampletype amf0 INFO: length 13856681.00 INFO: timescale 1000.00 INFO: language eng INFO: sampledescription: INFO: sampletype avc1 INFO: length 13856694.00 INFO: timescale 1000.00 INFO: language eng INFO: sampledescription: INFO: sampletype mp4a WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... WARNING: Stream does not start with requested frame, ignoring data... 4189728.217 kB / 9884.00 sec (71.3%) Couldn't resume FLV file, try --skip 1 INFO: Command exit code 1 (raw code = 256) --- 4189728.217 KB is near enough 4 GB; I was able to start a fresh download specifying a "--start" time of 9884.01 seconds and reach the finish line, but that leaves me with two FLV containers I don't know how to merge into one complete video. Could there be some limit or bug being hit somewhere, either within rtmpdump or on the (HFS+) file system itself, which is preventing me from downloading the full 5.6 GB in a oner? Are there any other options I can try?