john.parnefjord.se Reflections & findings

By using a program called rtmpdump it is possible to save a copy of streaming media that is using the rtmp protocol. rtmpdump was previously hosted at sourceforge, but after a removal request from Adobe it was removed. Instead you will find the source code at this place http://lkcl.net/rtmp/. This site contains the source code and links to mirror and torrent sites that host the code.

Download the latest version of rtmpdump, at this time of writing it is version 1.6 that is out.

You need to install some prerequistes in order to be able to compile. Confirm that you have the source repositories enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list or in the synaptic GUI.

sudo aptitude install build-essential
sudo aptitude install libboost-thread-dev
sudo aptitude install libssl-dev

Unpack rtmpdump and enter the directory:

tar -xvzf rtmpdump.tar.gz
cd rtmpdump

Now compile

make rtmpdump
make streams

On a x86 architecture a new file called rtmpdump_x86 has been created. Try it out by pointing it at an appropriate source. 

./rtmpdump_x86 -r rtmp://domain.com/my/streaming/program -o output_file.flv

If it works run:

make install