Quote:
Originally Posted by hyc
You can use rtmpsuck on Windows if you have a TCP/IP filter that handles connection redirects. I'm not aware of any free drivers for Windows that will do this.
|
hyc, you are one of the folks behind
rtmpdump or know rtmpdump extremely well? [...] You are mentioning "paying" (money), "time" and "work" in your posting (and dont give any practical help/info other than "write me an email if you want to buy"). Interesting that you're mentioning these aspects (of life). Maybe that's exactly what the original coder (author/creator) of the rtmpdump-package was thinking, too (who, too, doesnt want to address or deal with Windows users).
So well, okay then. And here is my response (representing some larger part of the Windows users, namely the "99%"
):
From what is written on SRF (this website!) we can conclude that rtmpsuck
could be used on Windows machines but, in practice, no single Windows user actually ever uses rtmpsuck. In fact, on SRF, i havent come across
any boardie who uses rtmpsuck on a Windows system.
i (a forum moderator on SRF. and a hardcore Windows user. only willing to read the chapter headlines of manuals/documentation.) dont even use rtmpdump nor rtmpsrv other than for testing it for the sake of testing. in RL-practice, when i need to download a stream (audio/video), many Ch*nese software tools (freeware or shareware e.g. the ones designed by Terry Backer) for Windows are available which, by their GUI, do the download more comfortably and even though they lack noteworthy documentation too. so why would i want to waste my time with rtmpdump (or rtmpsrv or rtmpsuck or the documentation of rtmpdump or the documentation of rtmpsrv or the documentation of rtmpsuck)?? so there are three tools (rtmpdump+rtmpsrv+rtmpsuck) with their respective documentation and my sole aim is to download a single video? oh please. no thanks.
if i want to download a (protected) streaming video, i do this instead, which is the opposite of wasting time:
i launch
GetFLV, surf to the video webpage, download the video with getflv's GUI, and done! No need to read any documentation!!
Let's summarize (and correct me if i am wrong):
- rtmpdump.exe is for Windows. and it works.
- rtmpsrv.exe is for Windows and works too. it facilitates the secure use of rtmpdump.exe.
- rtmpsuck could be used on Windows but no Windows user uses it (because they dont need it or because they dont want to buy your software. like me. i am not going to buy your software, no thanks.). it primarily aims at Linux users.
- the documentation of the rtmpdump-package s*cks (otherwise there wouldnt be any need to dedicate a whole forum section to the use of rtmpdump!). it is not a manual per se and does not compare at all to commercially written documentation (or manuals!) of successful commercial software. but this is quite natural or common: documentation of freeware usually lacks or s*cks. and it is even truer for freeware/documentation produced by non-English native speakers.
I am willing to pay for (little) software tools which come along with outstanding(!) practical manuals which make the usage of the tool a clear, secure, easy, concise, reproducible thing (experience, successful), including comprehensive FAQ's and helpful trouble shooting tips and tricks.
again. *imo*
the rtmpdump documentation really sucks. 
(dont take this statement personally. unless you want to. in any case hopefully you enjoyed reading my response)