teleru.com: failed to read RTMP packet header. any suggestions please?

Monte · #1 04-23-2010, 08:21 AM

Hi,

teleru.com is a video archive of Russian TV channels. It requires free registration, though some videos are available without registration in this section: "http://teleru.com/video?free=1"

I was able to find out --rtmp, --playpath and --swfUrl parameters, but can't download any videos. It seems this web-site uses some sophisticated authentication technique, maybe based on tickets limited in time.

Let me take a tennis program as an example, the address is:
"http://teleru.com/video/play?free=1&media=50477"

There is an XML URL which contains links to other URLs:
"http://teleru.com/video/xmlstruct?media=50477"

We need the last one: "http://bl.teleru.com/video/fileinfo/50477"
Once you visit it, you obtain these parameters for flash player:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<redirect>
    <tickettime sec="60"/>
    <newticket>http://bl.teleru.com/video/purchase/50477</newticket>
    <protocols>
<address protocol="rtmp">rtmp://st-0-4.teleru.com:1935</address>    </protocols>
    <tracks>
        <track bitrate="1000"><![CDATA[?check_ip=0.0.0.0&exp=1272023671&file=57%2F60%2F57605be6ebb3e841f0a6705c18b573df-hdp.mp4&host=&max_time=210&route=st-0-4.teleru.com&start=0&sign=0cd865ad9e1ced5bb117b693b4923cc7]]></track>
        <track bitrate="600"><![CDATA[?check_ip=0.0.0.0&exp=1272023671&file=57%2F60%2F57605be6ebb3e841f0a6705c18b573df-hd.mp4&host=&max_time=210&route=st-0-4.teleru.com&start=0&sign=9cf4e663c895bb80583f63a2044cd6de]]></track>
        <track bitrate="300"><![CDATA[?check_ip=0.0.0.0&exp=1272023671&file=57%2F60%2F57605be6ebb3e841f0a6705c18b573df-sd.mp4&host=&max_time=210&route=st-0-4.teleru.com&start=0&sign=d1013f3a9655e7cfd7e71fa7da51c136]]></track>
    </tracks>
    <events><event id="cdfd969b7b4274ee14fb75ef93b5a661" time="243"><![CDATA[http://bl.teleru.com/video/continue/50477/cdfd969b7b4274ee14fb75ef93b5a661]]></event></events>
</redirect>

(I have replaced my IP with 0.0.0.0).

Here we have the --rtmp parameter: rtmp://st-0-4.teleru.com:1935,
and the --playpath (for the best quality mp4): ?check_ip=0.0.0.0&exp=1272023671&file=57%2F60%2F57 605be6ebb3e841f0a6705c18b573df-hdp.mp4&host=&max_time=210&route=st-0-4.teleru.com&start=0&sign=0cd865ad9e1ced5bb117b693 b4923cc7
The --swfUrl is "http://teleru.com/10/player.swf"

So when I invoke

Code:

rtmpdump --rtmp rtmp://st-0-4.teleru.com:1935 --playpath "?check_ip=0.0.0.0&exp=1272023671&file=57%2F60%2F57605be6ebb3e841f0a6705c18b573df-hdp.mp4&host=&max_time=210&route=st-0-4.teleru.com&start=0&sign=0cd865ad9e1ced5bb117b693b4923cc7" --swfUrl http://teleru.com/10/player.swf --flv 57605be6ebb3e841f0a6705c18b573df-hdp.mp4 --debug

I get:

Code:

RTMPDump v2.2c
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
WARNING: No application or playpath in URL!
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
ERROR: RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet header

Although rtmpdump complains about the playpath, I believe the playpath I supplied is correct, at least this is what I got using several rtmp downloaders in Windows (Orbit Downloader, Replay Media Catcher etc.). They were not able to download from this site either. I tried to use "sign" from the playpath and the "event" ID as --auth , but it did not make any difference.

I have not yet given up on finding out how to download from this web-site. If anyone have any suggestions please don't hesitate to share them.

Take notice of "newticket", "tickettime" and "event" parameters in "http://bl.teleru.com/video/fileinfo/50477". I don't know how to make use of them. Maybe some perl script, which is beyond my skills at the moment.

Thanks in advance.

The same discussion in Russian:
teleru.com - Как сохранить видео