Error when starting RTMPSUCK on Ubuntu 10.4 LTS: Failed to start RTMP server, exiting

[mcpogue]

I guess what I mean, to be clear is that I get no syntax, just streaming on 0.0.0.0:1935 and nothing else

[walterk01]

you say its hulu?
What stream exactly?

[mcpogue]

trying to dl he-man cartoons for my boys

I think it's their stream, meaning they aren't pulling it from another site.

[walterk01]

Well something is definitely up, i suggest creating a shared folder.
I just visited hulu and downloaded Ep 01 Season 01 of he-man.
My syntax via rtmpsrv

user2@homeserver:/home/schenere/Public/flashstreams$ rtmpsrv
RTMP Server v2.2e
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu; license: GPL

Streaming on rtmp://0.0.0.0:1935

rtmpdump -r "rtmpe://cp47346.edgefcs.net:1935/ondemand?sessionid=937A5DF382AF15A43D7096C7DC2E12AB&auth=daEdfaoctaDcMcmcAdRb8btaic2brc_ahd2-bmfJOx-c0-1nJDACw0Izo&aifp=sll02152008&slist=content/53469/826/12466826/;hulufms3/47311/826/12466826/;.international=false" -a "ondemand?sessionid=937A5DF382AF15A43D7096C7DC2E12AB&auth=daEdfaoctaDcMcmcAdRb8btaic2brc_ahd2-bmfJOx-c0-1nJDACw0Izo&aifp=sll02152008&slist=content/53469/826/12466826/;hulufms3/47311/826/12466826/;.international=false" -f "LNX 10,1,53,64" -W "http://www.hulu.com/site-player/playback.swf?cb=3.0.0.61017" -p "http://www.hulu.com/watch/48639/he-man-and-the-masters-of-the-universe-diamond-ray-of-disappearance" -C Z: -y "mp4:hulufms3/47311/826/12466826/HuluTranscode_Backlog_51600_4762_H_264_650K_4x3_24__Rc+Dfxc4O0aStz4Vj2rf9g.flv" -o HuluTranscode_Backlog_51600_4762_H_264_650K_4x3_24__Rc+Dfxc4O0aStz4Vj2rf9g.flv

Closing connection... done!

RTMPDump v2.2e
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
WARNING: HandShake: Type mismatch: client sent 6, server answered 8
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB
INFO: Metadata:
INFO:   duration              1301.87
INFO:   moovPosition          36.00
INFO:   width                 480.00
INFO:   height                360.00
INFO:   videocodecid          avc1
INFO:   audiocodecid          mp4a
INFO:   avcprofile            100.00
INFO:   avclevel              51.00
INFO:   aacaot                2.00
INFO:   videoframerate        23.98
INFO:   audiosamplerate       48000.00
INFO:   audiochannels         2.00
INFO: trackinfo:
INFO:   length                31243212.00
INFO:   timescale             24000.00
INFO:   language              eng
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            avc1
INFO:   length                62489600.00
INFO:   timescale             48000.00
INFO:   language              eng
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            mp4a

My directory flashstreams is shared so switching to user2 within there and running rtmpsrv (which is installed system wide) does what you see above

[mcpogue]

Works like a charm now!

2 issues caused the problem:

1) I failed to end the process with Ctrl-C before starting a new process, which caused a failure to bind.

2) The lack of a shared folder causes rtmpsrv/rtmpsuck to sit idle with the following message:

Streaming on 0.0.0.0:1935

I hope this thread helps someone, has certainly been an adventure for me...lol

[walterk01]

Glad it finally worked out for you

[mcpogue]

Indeed, but setting up a shared folder in Fedora is a royal pain compared to Ubuntu, guess it reflects the differences in design philosopies between the two distros.