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rtmpdump ( Freeware / Mac OS X, Linux, Windows ) is a console application that allows you to download RTMP and RTMPE streams to your hard drive. rtmpdump supports SWF verification. It can resume recording ( --resume option)

Example of usage:
rtmpdump -r "rtmp://host/dir/file.flv" -o filename.flv

If you see the following the "WARNING: Download may be incomplete, try --resume!" message, try to use the --resume option:
rtmpdump -r "rtmp://host/dir/file.flv" -o filename.flv --resume

rtmpdump parameters:

• --help|-h Prints this help screen.
• --rtmp|-r url URL (e.g. rtmp//hotname[:port]/path)
• --host|-n hostname Overrides the hostname in the rtmp url
• --port|-c port Overrides the port in the rtmp url
• --protocol|-l Overrides the protocol in the rtmp url (0 - RTMP, 3 - RTMPE)
• --playpath|-y Overrides the playpath parsed from rtmp url
• --swfUrl|-s url URL to player swf file
• --tcUrl|-t url URL to played stream (default: "rtmp://host[:port]/app")
• --pageUrl|-p url Web URL of played programme
• --app|-a app Name of player used
• --swfhash|-w hexstring SHA256 hash of the decompressed SWF file (32 bytes)
• --swfsize|-x num Size of the decompressed SWF file, required for SWFVerification
• --auth|-u string Authentication string to be appended to the connect string
• --flashVer|-f string Flash version string
• --live|-v Save a live stream, no --resume (seeking) of live strems possible
• --flv|-o string FLV output file name, if the file name is - print stream to stdout
• --resume|-e Resume a partial RTMP download
• --timeout|-m num Timeout connection num seconds
• --buffer|-b Buffer time in milliseconds, this option makes only sense in stdout mode
• --skip|-k num Skip num keyframes when looking for last keyframe to resume from. Useful if resume fails

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• How to use rtmpdump
• RTMP flash stream recorders
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