on this page (for example), http://programme.tvb.com/drama/dropdeaddiva/video/ used rtmpsrv before trying rtmpsuck , and rtmpdump just keep on error 10054 and looping the connect trial Processing connect app: vi flashVer: WIN 10,0,45,2 swfUrl: http://img.tvb.com/tv/flash/tv_player_v3.0.swf?memberID=&videoID=107291& time=1273580376 tcUrl: rtmpe://e1a.vdo.vip.hk1.tvb.com:1935/vi pageUrl: http://programme.tvb.com/drama/dropdeaddiva/video/ ERROR: RTMP_Connect1, handshake failed. ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header Closing connection... done! ERROR: WriteN, RTMP send error 10053 (1536 bytes) ERROR: Handshake failed Closing connection... done! ERROR: Handshake failed Closing connection... done! ERROR: Handshake failed Closing connection... done! q Exiting ERROR: serverThread: accept failed could someone please have a look into it, thanks.