rtmpdump fails when run as windows system user

rtmpdump fails when run as windows system user

 

Get_iplayer uses rtmpdump.

It works fine when run as a regular user.

When i try and call it from a service running as SYSTEM in windows 7 by spawning cmd.exe it fails with

Command exit code 255 (raw code = 65280)

I've tried running with verbose and debug on but can find nothing to explain the exit

Has anyone else experienced this?

Michael

Re: rtmpdump fails when run as windows system user

 

Found the answer.

Rtmpdump needs HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH environment variables to be defined.

For normal users they are but for local system user they are not.

I just chose a directory to use set the variables and everything worked.

Michael