[rtmpdump] rtmpsrv does not work on certain streams

Howard Chu hyc at highlandsun.com
Thu Mar 17 05:13:43 CET 2011


blackcode at speedpost.net wrote:
>
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:47 -0700, "Howard Chu"<hyc at highlandsun.com>
> wrote:
>> blackcode at speedpost.net wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:29 -0700, "Howard Chu"<hyc at highlandsun.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> blackcode at speedpost.net wrote:
>>>>> I added an iptables rule to send rtmp requests through rtmpserv. The
>>>>> stream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv gives a warning and
>>>>> no rtmpdump command.
>>>>>
>>>>> WARNING: Trying different position for client digest!
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a workaround?
>>>>
>>>> Dunno. rtmpsuck works. Get some debug info and find out what's actually
>>>> happening.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Debug log attached.
>>
>> There are a number of custom commands in this stream, which rtmpdump
>> doesn't
>> support. Therefore, it is impossible for rtmpsrv to generate a working
>> rtmpdump command line for this server.

> Are these custom commands AMF data? Can I find them with wireshark and
> specify them with the -C option or is there no way to download the
> stream? I'm not sure what exactly I need to look for.

Posting private emails to a public mailing list is exceptionally bad behavior. 
Consider yourself banned from my inbox.

I said "impossible" - what part of that word do you not understand?


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