[rtmpdump] Invalid tincan object name?

Howard Chu hyc at highlandsun.com
Fri May 21 03:13:18 CEST 2010


Neale Banks wrote:
> On Thu, 20 May 2010, Howard Chu wrote:
>
>> Neale Banks wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've been (unsuccessfully) trying to use iView_Downloader_LINUX_6.7.2
>>> (which uses rtmpdump) on Debian Lenny to download from abc.net.au
>>>
>>> Running with -z and -v shows I'm getting an "Invalid tincan object name"
>>> (detail appended).
>>>
>>> It's the same error with 2.2 and 2.2d, both built from downloaded source.
>>>
>>> Curiously, another Lenny user reports success, sugesting it may be
>>> something else in my environment {:-(
>>>
>>> Any suggestions on debugging this?
>>
>> Show the rtmpdump commandline that was used
>
> Apologies for line-wrap....
>
> ./rtmpdump-2.2-local -z -v --resume -r
> rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net////flash/playback/_definst_/mp4:drwhoconfidential_10_05_04
> -t
> rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net/ondemand?auth=daEchauapbAaTdBbvaKcucTbDcHb7a0b.cy-bl9BXD-8-qkl_wFxnK\&aifp=v001
> -o ./drwhoconfidential_10_05_04.mp4
> -w 96cc76f1d5385fb5cda6e2ce5c73323a399043d0bb6c687edd807e5c73c42b37 -x 2122

The -v flag is only for live streams, not recorded streams. Remove it from the 
command line and everything will work.

>> and the Connect packet that  rtmpdump sent.
>
> Is this it?
>
> RTMPDump v2.2d
> (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
> DEBUG: Parsing...
> DEBUG: Parsed protocol: 0
> DEBUG: Parsed host    : cp53909.edgefcs.net
> DEBUG: Parsed app     : /
> WARNING: Can't resume live stream, ignoring --resume option

This should have been your first clue that something was wrong with your 
command line options.

> DEBUG: Protocol : RTMP
> DEBUG: Hostname : cp53909.edgefcs.net
> DEBUG: Port     : 1935
> DEBUG: Playpath : /flash/playback/_definst_/mp4:drwhoconfidential_10_05_04
> DEBUG: tcUrl    : rtmp://cp53909.edgefcs.net/ondemand?auth=daEchauapbAaTdBbvaKcucTbDcHb7a0b.cy-bl9BXD-8-qkl_wFxnK&aifp=v001
> DEBUG: app      : /
> DEBUG: live     : yes
> DEBUG: timeout  : 30 sec
> DEBUG: SWFSHA256:
> DEBUG: 96 cc 76 f1 d5 38 5f b5 cd a6 e2 ce 5c 73 32 3a
> DEBUG: 39 90 43 d0 bb 6c 68 7e dd 80 7e 5c 73 c4 2b 37
> DEBUG: SWFSize  : 2122
> DEBUG: Setting buffer time to: 36000000ms
> Connecting ...


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