[willemvdm]

I am trying to view or download the videos from this site: http://www.thehorseshow.com/rfd_schedule.aspx

The problem is I only have a 384kb/s connection and video is basically unwatchable. I've tried Orbit Downloader (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/Download-manager-Orbit-Downloader-Record-HTTP-MMS-RTSP-RTMP-media-streams-Freeware.htm) and various other downloaders, all with the same result: Lots of dropped frames and out of sink audio, leaving the video still unwatchable. Usually with youtube and alike, I just pause the video and once completely buffered, I watch the video, but with streamhoster buffering stops when paused.

I've tried rtmpdump (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/rtmpdump-freeware-console-RTMP-downloading-application.htm) and got the following:

C:\Users\Willem>rtmpdump -r rtmp://fss28.streamhoster.com/lambemail/The Horse Sh
ow test/The_Horse_Show_Episode_278_Webcast.mp4 -e -o 278.mp4
RTMPDump v2.3
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
WARNING: Received FLV packet before play()! Ignoring.

Any suggestions as to what I can do to see these videos. Aren't there any sites out there that will capture rtmp streams and convert them to another more download friendly format. Even if it is a pay site. Another possibility, is there perhaps free website code (user friendly and foolproof) that I could put on my own website (with more bandwidth) that will capture the stream and save it so I can download it from my site.

Unfortunately, upgrading to higher speed ADSL is not an option. I'm too far from the exchange.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Stream Recorder]

If your connection is not fast enough for a live stream or if the server you're trying to download from is too busy, you can get dropped frames. There is nothing you can do about it, when you download / capture live streams, unless you get a better connection.

p.s. You can ask your friends or relatives to record.

[Stream Recorder]

As for on-demand RTMP streams, you shouldn't have any problems downloading them. I don't have any problem downloading this stream with Replay Media Catcher (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/Replay-Media-Catcher-HTTP-RTMP-FLV-MP3-ripper-recorder.htm). You can try many other RTMP flash stream recorders as well:
FAQ: How to record/download/capture/save Adobe Flash .FLV video RTMP stream from embedded player (http://all-streaming-media.com/faq/recording-media-stream/faq-record-download-capture-save-flash-flv-video-rtmp.htm)

[nullacht]

I am trying to view or download the videos from this site: http://www.thehorseshow.com/rfd_schedule.aspx



I've tried rtmpdump (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/rtmpdump-freeware-console-RTMP-downloading-application.htm) and got the following:

WARNING: Received FLV packet before play()! Ignoring.


That works for me:

rtmpdump -r "rtmp://fss28.streamhoster.com/lambemail" -a "lambemail" -y "mp4:The Horse Show test/THS_322.mp4" -o THS_322.flv --live

RTMPDump v2.3
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting Live Stream
INFO: Metadata:
INFO: trackinfo:
INFO: timescale 32000.00
INFO: length 49920000.00
INFO: language eng
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO: sampletype mp4a
INFO: timescale 2997.00
INFO: length 4675300.00
INFO: language eng
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO: sampletype avc1
INFO: audiochannels 2.00
INFO: audiosamplerate 32000.00
INFO: videoframerate 29.97
INFO: aacaot 2.00
INFO: avclevel 21.00
INFO: avcprofile 66.00
INFO: audiocodecid mp4a
INFO: videocodecid avc1
INFO: width 512.00
INFO: height 288.00
INFO: frameWidth 512.00
INFO: frameHeight 288.00
INFO: displayWidth 512.00
INFO: displayHeight 288.00
INFO: moovposition 32.00
INFO: duration 1560.00
116058.640 kB / 1559.97 sec (99.9%)
Download complete

[willemvdm]

I got rtmpdump (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/rtmpdump-freeware-console-RTMP-downloading-application.htm) working thanks, however, just like all the other stream capture programs, I ended up with a file with lots of frame drops and out of sync audio. The problem seem to be that the streamhoster server detects a slow connection and then start dropping frames to compensate and no client side software can do anything about it. I did however came up with a solution to my problem. A friend of mine has a VPS and he installed rmtpdump on the VPS for me to use. So I dump the stream to the VPS and then download it. So now I'm getting the full 140-150MB file instead of the 45MB file I use to get. Thanks for your help.

[getflv]

I got rtmpdump (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/rtmpdump-freeware-console-RTMP-downloading-application.htm) working thanks, however, just like all the other stream capture programs, I ended up with a file with lots of frame drops and out of sync audio. The problem seem to be that the streamhoster server detects a slow connection and then start dropping frames to compensate and no client side software can do anything about it. I did however came up with a solution to my problem. A friend of mine has a VPS and he installed rmtpdump on the VPS for me to use. So I dump the stream to the VPS and then download it. So now I'm getting the full 140-150MB file instead of the 45MB file I use to get. Thanks for your help.

Please try GetFLV (http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/GetFLV-Download-and-convert-flash-video-streaming.htm). Maybe it can help you.