RTMPDump - how do I compile source code in Windows?

[Sam123]

I use Windows XP.

[qashairy]

I use Win 7

The readme of rtmpdump says:

To compile just type

  $ make rtmpdump
  $ make streams

or to cross compile

 $ make -f MakefileWIN32 rtmpdump 
 $ make -f MakefileARM rtmpdump
 $ make -f MakefileARM streams

So it seems to be pretty easy to compile rtmpdump in Linux. You just need the boost libraries and libssl-dev package.

I believe that in Windows you need cygwin, plus the boost libraries, libssl and gcc/c++ compiler should be available under cygwin.

I saw a blog post about compiling rtmpdump 1.3d with Visual Studio 2008 without cygwin, but it is about an old version an the author wasn't sure he did everything properly.

Please let me know how it goes...

[compn]

cygwin instructions:

install cygwin
during installation, get the following packages:

gcc4-core, gcc4-g++, make, zlib, binutils, tar, gzip, bzip2, bash, coreutils, crypt, boost, libboost, boost-devel, openssl, openssl-devel

download rtmpdump source from http://lkcl.net/rtmp/
start the cygwin console, and go into the dir with the source
e.g. cd /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/username/Desktop/
unpack source by typing tar -zxvf rtmpdump-v1.6.tar.gz
then cd rtmpdump-v1.6
use a good text program to edit MakefileWIN32 (not notepad!)
change mingw32-gcc to gcc
change mingw32-g++ to g++
change mingw32-ld to ld
save MakefileWIN32

in the cygwin console, type make -f MakefileWIN32
now it should make rtmpdump quickly and give you rtmpdump_win32.exe

common problems:

help, i get this error when compiling rtmpdump!

In file included from rtmp.cpp:36:
rtmp.h:94: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'DH' with no type
rtmp.h:94: error: expected ';' before '*' token
rtmp.h:95: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'RC4_KEY' with no type
rtmp.h:95: error: expected ';' before '*' token
rtmp.h:96: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'RC4_KEY' with no type

it means rtmpdump cant find openssl (in /usr/include/openssl). make sure you installed openssl-devel.
if you installed it somewhere else , you can specify it by editing the makefilewin32 and adding the correct path to your openssl to the cxxflags of MakefileWIN32:

-I /usr/local/ssl/include/

help, i get this error

/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot find
 -lssl

gcc cant find /usr/lib/libssl.a or /usr/lib/libssl.dll.a , make sure you have openssl installed properly (or copy those files to /usr/lib)

[guardianx]

when i download the source file the file makeWIN32 is not there.. wtf?

[hyc]

Read the README, that's what it's there for.

[wuang]

hi,expert,i compiled the rtmpdump with cygwin,how can i remove the
cygwin1.dll depenence,i try use mingw to compile,but failed
help me

[hyc]

Once you have built it as a cygwin build, you cannot remove the dependency on the cygwin DLL. You have to build it as a pure Windows/MinGW binary to avoid the cygwin dependency.

Why can't you just use the Windows build that we already published on the web site? It's a MinGW build.

[wuang]

thank you,hyc

[withermage]

I have of course read this thread.

I tried for about 4 hours to get something to compile it yesterday to no avail.

I was attempting to use MinGW which was referenced in another thread, however I am now downloading Cygwin. I just thought it would be relatively simple to compile the exe and put it some place for me to snag -- clearly thats not the case.

Hopefully I will get it compiled today. Thanks for the help.