[Sk1px]

Hi!
I want to record a rtmpstream which has geo restrictions. I want to use a simple HTTP-Proxy and configure rtmpdump to use it(I don't want to use additional software). Unfortunately rtmpdump only supports Socks4. But I found a patch which adds HTTP-Proxy support for rtmpdump 2.3: http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/5hTZazcEnozCqzM5eoX7
I tried that patch on linux and it seems that it works. Now I want to compile a rtmpdump-binary for windows with this patch. But I have some problems because I have not much experience with linux and compiling binaries. It would be great if someone would compile rtmpdump with http-proxy support for windows. I couldn't find anywhere a binary. I think some other people with this issue would appreciate it too. :)

[svnpenn]

That patch is over a year old. I tried to hand patch the files, but I cant get it to compile, and I dont know enough C to fix it.

$ make SHARED= SYS=mingw CRYPTO=POLARSSL XLDFLAGS=-static
make[1]: Entering directory `/c/home/Steven/Desktop/test/librtmp'
gcc -Wall -DRTMPDUMP_VERSION=\"v2.4\" -DUSE_POLARSSL -O2 -c -o rtmp.o rtmp.c
In file included from rtmp.c:132:0:
handshake.h: In function 'InitRC4Encryption':
handshake.h:116:16: warning: variable 'digestLen' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
rtmp.c: In function 'HandleInvoke':
rtmp.c:2396:23: error: 'RTMP_LNK' has no member named 'hostname'
rtmp.c:2396:49: error: 'RTMP_LNK' has no member named 'hostname'
rtmp.c: In function 'RTMP_ReadPacket':
rtmp.c:3155:7: warning: variable 'didAlloc' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
make[1]: *** [rtmp.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/home/Steven/Desktop/test/librtmp'
make: *** [librtmp/librtmp.a] Error 2

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I put my efforts at
github.com/downloads/svnpenn/rtmpdump/rtmpdump-HTTP-proxy.7z

if you want to check it out.

[Sk1px]

It seems that you used the source from RTMPdump 2.4. But I think that patch should work with an older version. Can you try to apply the patch on rtmpdump 2.3? A big thanks for your efforts :)

[svnpenn]

There have been significant changes since 2.3

I am not going to do that.

[KSV]

if you change the hostname to server.host on the erring line then it should compile properly.

[chap]

You can put rtmpdump2.4 compiled with support for HTTP-Proxy?
thanks

[Sk1px]

I found an other way: I managed to create a local Socks Proxy and to chain it with a HTTP-Proxy, works fine too

[KSV]

I found an other way: I managed to create a local Socks Proxy and to chain it with a HTTP-Proxy, works fine too

you mentioned in your first post that you don't wanna use additional software otherwise i would have suggested chaining proxies earlier. anyway which software your are using currently?

[svnpenn]

You can put rtmpdump2.4 compiled with support for HTTP-Proxy?

I created a branch at

github.com/svnpenn/rtmpdump/tree/http-proxy

It compiles, but I dont have time to upload a build right now.

[Sk1px]

Yes, I want still manage it without additional software otherwise I wouldn't ask. But I'm also satisfied with this way. I managed it by using Charles Webdebugging proxy. It's very userfriendly but it is not freeware. Somehow it should be also possible with 'Socks via Http' but it's more complicated.

[svnpenn]

RtmpDump 2.4 448

HTTP proxy support

This is not tested so I could use some feedback if it actually works.

If I get good feedback I will merge it into the master branch.

github.com/svnpenn/rtmpdump/downloads

[KSV]

i doubt that this patch gonna work properly. though i haven't tested it personally but looking at the code it seems incomplete.

[Sk1px]

Ok, I want to try now rtmpdump with HTTP-Proxy but I already fail at the easy part.
I want to record this stream, which works only if you have an IP from Switzerland

-v -r rtmp://cp108341.live.edgefcs.net/live/pro7_1_800@43051 --swfsize 927444 --swfhash 6c1be1765187eae0bc9af07d858fae59a0effd3c5b803d08db 261ced2c5512bb -o "stream.flv"
now I want that it uses this transparent proxy 46.19.143.93:80
(The stream, proxy and the rtmpdump parameters work perfectly)
Readme says I have to use the http_proxy
environment variable
How can I do that?
BTW: Thanks svnpenn for your work. I see you invested much time for this

[KSV]

in you cmd window use this cmd first:

set http_proxy=proxy:port

[svnpenn]

with cmd.exe
wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable#DOS.2C_OS.2F2_and_Windows_.28 Command_Prompt.29

with sh.exe or bash.exe
wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable#Unexported_variables

[Sk1px]

I tried like you told me but I get 'handshake failed'. Did you actually get it to work? Do I have to pay attention to something else?

[enda]

How do I compile this under Windows?

I am using MinGW
C:\svnpenn-rtmpdump-30cf8a8>mingw32-make
The system cannot find the path specified.
mingw32-make: *** [librtmp/librtmp.a] Error 1

Then when I go into the librtmp folder and make:
C:\svnpenn-rtmpdump-30cf8a8\librtmp>mingw32-make
gcc -Wall -DRTMPDUMP_VERSION=\"v2.4\" -DUSE_OPENSSL -O2 -fPIC -c -o rtmp.o
rtmp.c
rtmp.c:1:0: warning: -fPIC ignored for target (all code is position independent)
[enabled by default]
rtmp.c:40:25: fatal error: openssl/ssl.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
mingw32-make: *** [rtmp.o] Error 1

[svnpenn]

How do I compile this under Windows?

I am using MinGW

If in fact you are wanting the http-proxy branch you are going to need git.

git clone git://github.com/aajanki/rtmpdump.git
cd rtmpdump
git checkout http-proxy

Edit
In addition I would suggest switching to Cygwin. Cygwin can compile native Windows binaries just like MinGW, and has Bash 4 where MinGW is still using Bash 3.

[enda]

I did the following
git clone git://github.com/aajanki/rtmpdump.git
cd rtmpdump
git checkout http-proxy

and then successfully compiled the program with

make

I set the http proxy with

set HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy:port

but when I ran the program, it did not use the HTTP_PROXY.

[svnpenn]

I did the following
git clone git://github.com/aajanki/rtmpdump.git
cd rtmpdump
git checkout http-proxy

and then successfully compiled the program with

make

I set the http proxy with

set HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy:port

but when I ran the program, it did not use the HTTP_PROXY.

You may have to mess with the source code. I never actually tested it; just ported it the best I could from that old commit.