[Sam123]

Ok, I got the source code for rtmpdump but what do I do with it? What do I use to compile it into a program?

[Stream Recorder]

What OS do you want to compile for: Windows, Mac OS, Linux?

Related threads:
How do you compile rtmpdump in Mac OS X 10.6?
RTMPDump - how do I compile source code in Windows?

[Sam123]

I use Windows XP.

[qashairy]

I use Win 7

[Stream Recorder]

The readme of rtmpdump says:
To compile just type

$ make rtmpdump
$ make streams

or to cross compile

$ make -f MakefileWIN32 rtmpdump
$ make -f MakefileARM rtmpdump
$ make -f MakefileARM streams

So it seems to be pretty easy to compile rtmpdump in Linux. You just need the boost libraries and libssl-dev package.

I believe that in Windows you need cygwin, plus the boost libraries, libssl and gcc/c++ compiler should be available under cygwin.

I saw a blog post about compiling rtmpdump 1.3d with Visual Studio 2008 without cygwin, but it is about an old version an the author wasn't sure he did everything properly.

Please let me know how it goes...

[Stream Recorder]

The readme of rtmpdump says:
To compile just type

$ make rtmpdump
$ make streams

or to cross compile

$ make -f MakefileWIN32 rtmpdump
$ make -f MakefileARM rtmpdump
$ make -f MakefileARM streams

So it seems to be pretty easy to compile rtmpdump in Linux. You just need the boost libraries and libssl-dev package.

I believe that in Windows you need cygwin, plus the boost libraries, libssl and gcc/c++ compiler should be available under cygwin.

I saw a blog post about compiling rtmpdump 1.3d with Visual Studio 2008 without cygwin, but it is about an old version an the author wasn't sure he did everything properly.

Please let me know how it goes...

[compn]

cygwin instructions:

install cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/)
during installation, get the following packages: gcc4-core, gcc4-g++, make, zlib, binutils, tar, gzip, bzip2, bash, coreutils, crypt, boost, libboost, boost-devel, openssl, openssl-devel

download rtmpdump source from http://lkcl.net/rtmp/
start the cygwin console, and go into the dir with the source
e.g. cd /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/username/Desktop/
unpack source by typing tar -zxvf rtmpdump-v1.6.tar.gz
then cd rtmpdump-v1.6
use a good text program to edit MakefileWIN32 (not notepad!)
change mingw32-gcc to gcc
change mingw32-g++ to g++
change mingw32-ld to ld
save MakefileWIN32

in the cygwin console, type make -f MakefileWIN32
now it should make rtmpdump quickly and give you rtmpdump_win32.exe

common problems:
help, i get this error when compiling rtmpdump!
In file included from rtmp.cpp:36:
rtmp.h:94: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'DH' with no type
rtmp.h:94: error: expected ';' before '*' token
rtmp.h:95: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'RC4_KEY' with no type
rtmp.h:95: error: expected ';' before '*' token
rtmp.h:96: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'RC4_KEY' with no type
it means rtmpdump cant find openssl (in /usr/include/openssl). make sure you installed openssl-devel.
if you installed it somewhere else , you can specify it by editing the makefilewin32 and adding the correct path to your openssl to the cxxflags of MakefileWIN32:
-I /usr/local/ssl/include/

help, i get this error
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot find
-lssl
gcc cant find /usr/lib/libssl.a or /usr/lib/libssl.dll.a , make sure you have openssl installed properly (or copy those files to /usr/lib)

[guardianx]

when i download the source file the file makeWIN32 is not there.. wtf?

[hyc]

Read the README, that's what it's there for.

[wuang]

hi,expert,i compiled the rtmpdump with cygwin,how can i remove the
cygwin1.dll depenence,i try use mingw to compile,but failed
help me

[hyc]

Once you have built it as a cygwin build, you cannot remove the dependency on the cygwin DLL. You have to build it as a pure Windows/MinGW binary to avoid the cygwin dependency.

Why can't you just use the Windows build that we already published on the web site? It's a MinGW build.

[wuang]

thank you,hyc

[withermage]

I have of course read this thread.

I tried for about 4 hours to get something to compile it yesterday to no avail.

I was attempting to use MinGW which was referenced in another thread, however I am now downloading Cygwin. I just thought it would be relatively simple to compile the exe and put it some place for me to snag -- clearly thats not the case.

Hopefully I will get it compiled today. Thanks for the help.

[withermage]

Uh yeah. The instructions are bad.

For one, I don't have a Makewin32 file in my source code.

For two, I can't compile the source code with Cygwin, all i get is a prompt that says "make posix" or "make mingw", neither of which work.


Could somebody please compile this source for me so I can grab the executable? it would be much appreciated ^.^

[withermage]

I have progressed forward by moving r440 directory into cygwin/home/user/ directory.

I opened the 'makefile' and see there are other options like make cygwin.

I typed make cygwin and this is the error it's throwing:

The filename, directory or volume label syntax is incorrect

*** librtmp/librtmp.a


I looked in the librtmp directory, there is no file called 'librtmp.a'

[withermage]

Finally compiled -- After clearing out all my previous installs of MinGW and Cygwin and deleting everything/starting fresh i was able to use cygwin to get it compiled. Thanks for this -- it worked wonderfully.

[orihancol]

I was succesfull to compile it but get new error. When I use exercute file (ex: rtmpgw.exe) in Windows, this program get error: "Program too big to fit in memory". I don't know why? Can somebody give me some help? Thanks!

[srpenn82]

this is the link to compile rtmpdump on windows

http://srpenn82.blogspot.com/2011/03/rtmpdump.html

Install
MinGW - http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/
Slik SVN - http://www.sliksvn.com/en/download/

PolarSSL
polarssl.org - http://polarssl.org/

make CC=gcc LDFLAGS="-L../library -lpolarssl -lws2_32"

move polarssl-0.14.2\include\polarssl to
MinGW\include\polarssl

move polarssl-0.14.2\library\libpolarssl.a to
MinGW\lib\libpolarssl.a

Compile
svn co svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/rtmpdump/trunk rtmpdump

mingw-get install libz

make CRYPTO=POLARSSL SHARED= SYS=mingw VERSION=r563

Notes:
if you have installed anything other than mingw-get install libz, you are going to need to reinstall MinGW

[advisethis]

this is the link to compile rtmpdump on windows

http://srpenn82.blogspot.com/2011/03/rtmpdump.html
Any update on this as following the above directions doesn't work?

[svnpenn]

http://svnpenn.blogspot.com/2011/06/rtmpdump-mingw.html

Install required packages
mingw-get install libz
mingw-get install msys-wget

Install PolarSSL
wget http://polarssl.org/code/releases/polarssl-0.14.3-gpl.tgz
tar fx polarssl-0.14.3-gpl.tgz
cd polarssl-0.14.3
make CC=gcc LDFLAGS="-L../library -lpolarssl -lws2_32"
make DESTDIR=/MinGW install

Install RTMPdump
wget http://repo.or.cz/w/rtmpdump.git/snapshot/HEAD.tar.gz
tar fx HEAD.tar.gz
cd rtmpdump
make SHARED= SYS=mingw CRYPTO=POLARSSL LIBZ="-lz -static"

Optional, make librtmp.dll
make SYS=mingw CRYPTO=POLARSSL LIBZ="-lz -static"

[advisethis]

Generate test_suite_aes.c
make[1]: scripts/generate_code.pl: Command not found
make[1]: *** [test_suite_aes.c] Error 127
make: *** [all] Error 2
Keep getting that error

[svnpenn]

You need to install Perl

mingw-get install msys-perl

[advisethis]

Thanks for walking me through this.

[any ANONYMOUS forum user]

I've tried following the directions here by svnpenn and I've gotten polarssl to compile but I cant get RTMPdump (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/rtmpdump-freeware-console-RTMP-downloading-application.htm) to.

I get the error below. Can someone help me out?
c:\Projects\rtmpdump>make SHARED= SYS=mingw CRYPTO=POLARSSL LIBZ="-lz -static"
make[1]: Entering directory `/c/Projects/rtmpdump/librtmp'
gcc -Wall -DRTMPDUMP_VERSION=\"v2.4\" -DUSE_POLARSSL -O2 -c -o rtmp.o rtmp
.c
rtmp.c: In function 'RTMP_Connect1':
rtmp.c:867:7: warning: implicit declaration of function 'ssl_set_ciphers'
rtmp.c:867:7: error: 'ssl_default_ciphers' undeclared (first use in this functio
n)
rtmp.c:867:7: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each fu
nction it appears in
make[1]: *** [rtmp.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/Projects/rtmpdump/librtmp'
make: *** [librtmp/librtmp.a] Error 2

c:\Projects\rtmpdump>

[AmazingMatze]

Hmm. I also had some problems compiling RTMPdump (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/rtmpdump-freeware-console-RTMP-downloading-application.htm). But it seems to me that your polarssl installation is not correct. For example "ssl_default_ciphers" is a function that should be in here: "C:\MinGW\include\polarssl\ssl.h"

Maybe this command "make DESTDIR=/MinGW install" (copies files into the root directory of your MinGW installation) failed.

Verify that these directories do exit:

C:\MinGW\include\polarssl\*some_polarssl_files*
C:\MinGW\bin\*some_polarssl_files*
C:\MinGW\lib\libpolarssl.a

Btw, I also could only compile RTMPDump in this constellation:

mingw-get-inst-20110530.exe
-Use pre-packaged repository catalogues
-Selected: MinGW Developer Kit (includes Perl)

polarssl-0.14.3-gpl.tgz

[svnpenn]

http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/rtmpdump/2011-September/001627.html

[rtmpdump] branch master updated. 6230845 PolarSSL support now requires version 1.0.0.

Author: Howard Chu <hyc at highlandsun.com>
AuthorDate: Sun Sep 25 03:07:14 2011 -0700

[_Nazar_]

Does anyone tried to compile latest source from GIT?
git://git.ffmpeg.org/rtmpdump

make SHARED= SYS=mingw CRYPTO=POLARSSL LIBZ="-lz -static"

I got

Could not locate specified path.
make: *** [librtmp/librtmp.a] Error 1

[_Nazar_]

Read this article http://svnpenn.github.com/2012/03/rtmpdump-polarssl-100/

Everything fine.

[RadiantThunder]

Does this still work ?

I did everything like in the article, but I get a load of 'undefined reference to' errors when issuing the command to make librtmp (the last make command).

The only different thing i did was not using git from inside MinGW to download the source. (of course i edited the make command so it wouldn't use the git version tag)

You can see what i mean in this (http://i39.tinypic.com/qp06x2.png) screenshot

[svnpenn]

Does this still work ?

The script works perfectly.

Honestly I dont know how you were able to mess it up.

[RadiantThunder]

The script works perfectly.

Honestly I dont know how you were able to mess it up.

Me neither :(

[svnpenn]

You can just download the builds if you want

github.com/svnpenn/rtmpdump/downloads

[ando824]

who can even provide a recent installation instructions for compiling rtmpdump under win 8 for disposal. whether mingw or cygwin I fail at all the old manuals on the net.

[Luminal]

I'm trying to compile using mingw but I'm getting this error:
../mingw/bin/id.exe: cannot find -lz
collect2.exe: error ld returned 1 exit status

Is -lz the zlib? I have zlib 1.2.5 extracted into the corresponding bin/include/lib folders. Anyone know what's wrong?

[Luminal]

I'm trying to compile using mingw but I'm getting this error:
../mingw/bin/id.exe: cannot find -lz
collect2.exe: error ld returned 1 exit status

Is -lz the zlib? I have zlib 1.2.5 extracted into the corresponding bin/include/lib folders. Anyone know what's wrong?

So I fixed this by installing the zlib 1.2.8 package in mingw. But now I'm getting rtmpdump.exe - Entry Point Not Found.
The procedure entry point CRYPTO_memcmp could not be located in the dynamic link library LIBEAY32.dll after compiling and trying to run rtmpdump. Any help on this?

[H3om]

Hi to all rtmpdump developer,

i would be glad if a user of the forum could write a new step by step guide is explained in the how the rtmpdump source code with MinGW under Windows 7 is compiled. Unfortunately, many guides on the internet are outdated or the links to the necessary files no longer works.

many thanks :rolleyes:

H3om