Recording RTMP Webcams from cam4(HowTo record XXX/adult web-cam videos from cam4.com)

[Winstontoo]

Has anyone had problems within the last week or so where a models cap will run for a short period of time and end? Example, model Antonia__23 today had several caps all ending around 1 minute, 20 seconds or so while other models capped fine. It happened while I was asleep so I can't say whether or not the video was messed up, something cam4 was fucking with or what. It has happened to other models so I can't say it is likely their problem.

[Calvin1961]

Originally Posted by Winstontoo

Has anyone had problems within the last week or so where a models cap will run for a short period of time and end?

It is yet another "feature" of Cam4 - it isn't really even a NEW "feature", although I have noticed this particular problem seems to be far more prevalent in the last couple of weeks.

It often unceremoniously "dumps" a broadcasting user for NO reason. Believe me, the broadcasters OFTEN complain about it, but have long ago learnt that it is UTTERLY POINTLESS complaining to Cam4 about the technical problems on the site - such queries result in NIL reply, or worse still, cancellation of your account with no warning.

(I'm not kidding: a friend of mine who was a frequent, and quite profitable, broadcaster complained about Cam4's dreadful performance. The first 3 queries got NO reply, the fourth one resulted in them cancelling his account and taking several hundred dollars worth of tokens he had accumulated off him, which he NEVER got back)

Cam4 could win awards for the APPALLING code work on the site. It constantly freezes, disconnects and generally (and annoyingly) malfunctions. The list of defects extends to PAGES in length. Not only does the actual Flash video/audio component freeze and disconnect constantly, but the web site, the chat system, the friends and favourites areas all have MAJOR flaws which surface regularly.

For the last week or so, friends and favourites constantly list people who are supposedly "online" or "broadcasting" who are actually NOWHERE to be found. I even have a couple of people on my list that you can click on the link to their page, and the Cam4 web site says "the profile does not exist", yet 10 minutes later, you can click that SAME link and the profile is back again !

It is far simpler to list what works correctly on their site: NOTHING !!

If I ever had the opportunity to talk to the pin-heads who wrote this site I would have one question for them: "Do you have the courage TO EVEN ADMIT you wrote this ?" (If it were I, there is NO way I would say anything, your reputation as a software writer would be destroyed for life !)

As to recording cams from the site, you have to work FAR harder writing redundancy and recovery routines into recording software to cope with Cam4's erratic and unreliable behaviour.

It is definitely NOT a problem coming from Elgero's command line recorder - which by the way I can confirm works VERY well !

Unfortunately Winstontoo, the pathetic performance of the Cam4 site is just something we will have to live with. Short of them going broke (and that isn't likely to happen any time soon with the extortionate profits they make) we are STUCK with them, and I think we can abandon ANY hope of them ever actually FIXING the site.

It's a pity, it is probably the most popular adult streaming web cam site - they REALLY don't deserve to be !

Calvin.

[Winstontoo]

Thanks Calvin.

[Lucas_V]

Calvin1961, look at my post three pages back, maybe you like my implementation of cam4 favorites more then "native". Especially filter by online only. Chat also keeps on place (not disappearing as on cam4) when camera stop broadcasting.

Btw "the profile does not exist" it is not bug of site, it is happened when broadcaster hide cam from particularly countries. Visible only for USA resident, for example. I saw few cameras like this, from Russia or East Europe. My site show such cameras too.

[UserQ]

On android/ios device cam4 streaming video through canvas.

Is someone know it's possible record this video? I google this, but I didn't found anything interesting for capturing video, just img.

[Winstontoo]

For those who are still capping from Cam4, can I ask how you are dealing with the occasional changes from HD to standard def that happens sometimes?

I get a few a day that end up screwy because they switch partway through and i'm not sure if a conversion would fix it or if there is some other way to prevent/fix the problem.

[bigtymer88]

feel free to pm me if anyone is interested in pvts from cams.com

[voyeur]

Originally Posted by Elgero

Here's a command line tool for downloading from Cam4. Start the executable and enter model name or pass the model name as parameter. Streams are automatically saved to "Cam4\modelname" subfolders.

It's badly coded though. No amf parser or anything. Cam4 is not worth my time with all the low quality cams.

http://www35.zippyshare.com/v/12660843/file.html

Is this tool still working...I used one time and then no more, please tell me haow can I rec cam4 show

[ISeeAll]

Originally Posted by voyeur

Is this tool still working...I used one time and then no more, please tell me haow can I rec cam4 show

Yes

[voyeur]

Originally Posted by ISeeAll

Yes

Really?
No work anymore for me.
Could be Windows8 that doesn't support this tool?
Please help me