RTMPDump information

RTMPDump is a free software project dedicated to developing a toolkit for RTMP streams. The package includes three programs, rtmpdump, rtmpsrv and rtmpsuck.

rtmpdump is used to connect to RTMP servers just like normal Flash video player clients, and capture the stream from the network, and save it to a file. With it, commands may be constructed using connection and authentication information previously obtained from the RTMP server by rtmpsrv.
rtmpsrv is used to watch connections and streams
rtmpsuck can also be used to capture streams, but can be used to detect parameters to be used with rtmpdump ^[1]^[2]

It has been reviewed as "an excellent utility for recording streams broadcasting TV and video on demand"^[1] and has been used in academic research on video streaming rate selection^[3] and a developmental media framework.^[4] The utility has been noted for its small size and its ability to decrypt both RTMPE (Encrypted RTMP) and RTMPS (Secure RTMP) Digital Rights Management technologies.

In a 2009 Digital Millennium Copyright Act Cease and Desist order issued against SourceForge, Adobe Systems Inc. asserted that rtmpdump "can be used" to infringe copyrights, without claiming actual use.^[5] As of 2009, SourceForge had removed the project files, providing the message "The project specified has been flagged as deleted".^[6] From November 2009 onwards, the project has been hosted as a Git repository at MPlayer's website, MplayerHQ.hu.^[7]

^ ^a ^b "Learning rtmpdump Through Examples". The PC Linux OS Magazine. Volume 51. April 2011.
^ "Do you use rtmpdump?". stream-recorder.com.
^ Huang, Te-Yuan; Handigol, Nikhil; Heller, Brandon; McKeown, Nick; Johari, Ramesh (November 2012). "Confused, Timid, and Unstable: Picking a Video Streaming Rate is Hard" (PDF). ACM Internet Measurement Conference. Boston.(Author page Archived 2013-02-18 at the Wayback Machine)
^ Chen, Hsiao-ting (陳孝庭) (July 13, 2011)."The Development of Efficiently Lightweight Media Framework for Media Editor and Live Video Streaming". Taiwan: National Central University. MS Thesis.
^ "Adobe claims rtmpdump 'can be used' to infringe". ChillingEffects.org. May 8, 2009
^ Bär, Hans (3 December 2009). "Protected Streaming und Konvertierung für die TV-Wiedergabe - (Protected Streaming and Converting for TV playback)". In German. PC Magazin. p. 3.
^ Compn (November 1, 2009). "2009-11-01, Sunday :: Updates". MplayerHQ News. "MPlayer is also hosting the rtmpdump project. rtmpdump is a program to download rtmp:// streams. It was previously hosted on SourceForge."

[PCL-1] "Learning rtmpdump Through Examples". The PC Linux OS Magazine. Volume 51. April 2011.

[SR-2] "Do you use rtmpdump?". stream-recorder.com.

[ACMIMC-3] Huang, Te-Yuan; Handigol, Nikhil; Heller, Brandon; McKeown, Nick; Johari, Ramesh (November 2012). "Confused, Timid, and Unstable: Picking a Video Streaming Rate is Hard" (PDF). ACM Internet Measurement Conference. Boston.(Author page Archived 2013-02-18 at the Wayback Machine)

[4] Chen, Hsiao-ting (陳孝庭) (July 13, 2011)."The Development of Efficiently Lightweight Media Framework for Media Editor and Live Video Streaming". Taiwan: National Central University. MS Thesis.

[5] "Adobe claims rtmpdump 'can be used' to infringe". ChillingEffects.org. May 8, 2009

[PCMagDE-6] Bär, Hans (3 December 2009). "Protected Streaming und Konvertierung für die TV-Wiedergabe - (Protected Streaming and Converting for TV playback)". In German. PC Magazin. p. 3.

[7] Compn (November 1, 2009). "2009-11-01, Sunday :: Updates". MplayerHQ News. "MPlayer is also hosting the rtmpdump project. rtmpdump is a program to download rtmp:// streams. It was previously hosted on SourceForge."