How to get complete download from this archive?

[mariner]

Greetings.

First, many thanks to KSV for his effort to improve the rtmpdump binaries.

Having some issues when downloading streams from this archive:

http://meloman.ru/webcasts/

1. Downloaded files are often incomplete with video drop-outs. Many attempts are required before two downloaded files agree in both size and hash. What are the commands to ensure a proper download?

2. The command used are generated by RTMPDumpHelper, but with the -v flag added. If the -v flag is absent, the downloading process gets interrupted after a few seconds and start over, again and again. It seems counter-intuitive to use the -v flag here as the streams are not "live". How does one get around this?

Appreciate if anyone can take a look at this. Many thanks for your kind assistance.

[mariner]

Here's an example of the command line used.

1. Without the -v parameter, "Stream EOF" occurred at around 0.6%, and downloading would stop and resume from the beginning. This would be repeated over and over again.

What's the cause of this?

rtmpdump -r "rtmp://88.212.207.11:1935/archive" -a "archive" -f "WIN 11,8,800,94" -W "http://echomsk.onlinetv.ru/hd/player.swf" -p "http://echomsk.onlinetv.ru/hd/17072013_1/" -y "mp4:filarmonia/17072013_1hd.mp4" -o "2013-07-27_05-35-44_17072013_1hd.flv"

........
25973.210 kB / 65.68 sec (0.6%)
DEBUG: HandleCtrl, received ctrl, type: 31, len: 6
DEBUG: HandleCtrl, Stream BufferEmpty 1
DEBUG: HandleCtrl, received ctrl, type: 32, len: 6
DEBUG: HandleCtrl, Stream BufferReady 1
26808.054 kB / 67.64 sec (0.6%)
DEBUG: HandleCtrl, received ctrl, type: 31, len: 6
DEBUG: HandleCtrl, Stream BufferEmpty 1
DEBUG: HandleCtrl, received ctrl, type: 1, len: 6
DEBUG: HandleCtrl, Stream EOF 1
DEBUG: RTMP_ClientPacket, received: invoke 174 bytes
DEBUG: (object begin)
DEBUG: Property: <Name:            no-name, STRING:     onStatus>
DEBUG: Property: <Name:            no-name, NUMBER:     0.00>
DEBUG: Property: NULL
DEBUG: Property: <Name:            no-name, OBJECT>
DEBUG: (object begin)
DEBUG: Property: <Name:              level, STRING:     status>
DEBUG: Property: <Name:               code, STRING:     NetStream.Pause.Notify>
DEBUG: Property: <Name:        description, STRING:     Pausing filarmonia/2005_1hd.mp4.>
DEBUG: Property: <Name:            details, STRING:     filarmonia/2005_1hd.mp4>
.......

2. If -v flag was used, the download would complete, but not without error. How does one ensure error free download?

3. It seems download is taking place at real time speed. Is there a way to speed things up?

Many thanks and best regards.

[mariner]

Appreciate if anyone could advise the correct parameters for error free download.

[chap]

use the -v flag

[chap]

try alternative

http://cdn0.onlinetv.ru:1935/archive/_definst_/filarmonia/17072013_1hd.mp4/playlist.m3u8

[mariner]

Originally Posted by chap

use the -v flag

Originally Posted by chap

try alternative

http://cdn0.onlinetv.ru:1935/archive/_definst_/filarmonia/17072013_1hd.mp4/playlist.m3u8

Thanks for the kind reply, chap.

1. As I pointed out in the earlier post, streams downloaded using the -v flag are prone to errors. You may have tried and found out the same stream downloaded at different time usually differ in size/file hash. Over here, I had to keep repeating the download until hopefully there's a match.

Would you know what may be the cause? How does one know if the downloaded stream is error free?

2. There's another issue with using the -v flag: streams are downloaded at real-time speed. How to speed things up?

3. Is there any guideline on the use of -v flag? Take a look a the two following streams from the same site. The first requires the -v flag, but the second does not, and is obviously downloaded much faster.

-v required
http://www.medici.tv/#!/batiashvili-...chubert-franck

-v not required
http://www.medici.tv/#!/evgeny-sudbi...l-2013-recital

4. Not sure what to do with the alternate link you provided. Any help?

Many thanks and best regards.