[peterpiper]

Anyone able to d/l programs from c-span lately? I last tried and was successful in July I think. Tried again today and the old way didn't work and I can't see why not. I am using Linux. Rtmpsrv and rtmpdump didn't work. Even started wireshark but I suck at that and couldn't get anything useful.

Tried for example http://c-spanvideo.org/program/AdamGr and http://c-spanvideo.org/program/ReaganDin

Cmd for the former:
rtmpdump -r "rtmp://video.c-spanarchives.org:1935/fastplay/../mp4:downloads/315/315720-4/315720-4-MP4-STD/315720-4-MP4-STD_01.mp4" -W http://www.c-spanarchives.org/flash/cspanPlayer.swf -v -o green.mp4

Result:
RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header

[peterpan]

Hi,

I was able to record the stream using RTMPDUMPHELPER. You launch the helper 1st, then play the stream and it'll get record it :)

And this below is the codeI found in the command file, BUT if you play this (as a .bat file) or a command at the rtmpdump prompt!!! It creates a recorded empty file, for a few seconds, then shuts down!


rtmpdump -r "rtmp://cspan-146.c-spanarchives.org:80/bwcheck" -a "bwcheck" -f "WIN 11,9,900,117" -W "http://static.c-spanvideo.org/assets/swf/CSPANPlayer.2013.10.18.swf" -p "http://c-spanvideo.org/program/AdamGr" -y "mp4:downloads/315/315720-4/315720-4-MP4-STD/315720-4-MP4-STD_01.mp4" -o "2013-10-27_05-10-07_315720-4-MP4-STD_01.flv"

P.S. I'm using Win8.

Anyone able to d/l programs from c-span lately? I last tried and was successful in July I think. Tried again today and the old way didn't work and I can't see why not. I am using Linux. Rtmpsrv and rtmpdump didn't work. Even started wireshark but I suck at that and couldn't get anything useful.

Tried for example http://c-spanvideo.org/program/AdamGr and http://c-spanvideo.org/program/ReaganDin

Cmd for the former:
rtmpdump -r "rtmp://video.c-spanarchives.org:1935/fastplay/../mp4:downloads/315/315720-4/315720-4-MP4-STD/315720-4-MP4-STD_01.mp4" -W http://www.c-spanarchives.org/flash/cspanPlayer.swf -v -o green.mp4

Result:
RTMPDump v2.4
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header

[peterpiper]

Thanks peterpan! That is one of the options I tried (it comes from rtmpsrv) and I got the same error in my first post.

So when you say "I was able to record the stream using RTMPDUMPHELPER" you actually got the video to record?

[peterpan]

Yes: http://ge.tt/7784jRw/v/0?c OR http://ge.tt/8lNNjRw/v/0?c

No I get this when I launch the site, but b4 I press PLAY:

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/699/lkck.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/833/lkck.png/)


Then I get this after I press PLAY:

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/2299/v64b.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/842/v64b.png/)


Then I get this while playing and until I end the recording, as you can see:

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/6339/cd2j.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/12/cd2j.png/)



Now despite these error msgs, as you can see, it still records just fine!

Cheers!

[hasomaso]

you need secureToken for that
PM me

[peterpiper]

Thanks for the token and advice hasomaso!

[blimey]

Thanks for the token and advice hasomaso!

peterpiper, could you explain how to get the new cspan method (with the token). I sent PM to the other guy, but he didn't know what I was talking about.

[hasomaso]

peterpiper, could you explain how to get the new cspan method (with the token). I sent PM to the other guy, but he didn't know what I was talking about.


you have post

[blimey]

I did some research and figured it out myself. Please ignore my prior request. Thanks.