Killing RTMPsrv/RTMPdump inside Windows

[RedPenguin]

I have successfully created a batch file to open RTMPDumpHelper and browser.

The problem I have is I tried to use taskkill and Cygwin tools to kill rtmpsrv and rtmpdump.

The problem is it apparently only kills rtmpsrv but not the rtmpdump that is started.

I randomly use rtmpdump in other batch files around same time so I can't just try killing any rtmpdump.

Anybody know if there is a way to watch for the exact PID or something, cause only way so far is kill it when I get a chance causing unnecessary extra recording.

[svnpenn]

If you get my build of RtmpSrv, you can use the "--printonly" option.

$ rtmpsrv --help
This is just a stub for an RTMP server. It doesn't do anything beyond
obtaining the connection parameters from the client.

-h, --help              Prints this help screen.
-c, --port port         Overrides the port in the rtmp url
-i, --printonly         Print RtmpDump command and exit
-z, --debug             Debug level command output.
-N, --version           Print version information and exit

github.com/svnpenn/rtmpdump/downloads

[RedPenguin]

I see how your rtmpsrv works but I'm not quite sure how I can still kill it afterwards.

I mean I still think I would have to find some way to find out exactly which rtmpdump is running for my recording and kill only that one.

[svnpenn]

Originally Posted by RedPenguin

I see how your rtmpsrv works but I'm not quite sure how I can still kill it afterwards. I mean I still think I would have to find some way to find out exactly which rtmpdump is running for my recording and kill only that one.

It is clear you have misunderstood the "--printonly" option. It does not invoke RtmpDump. Running RtmpSrv with the printonly option merely prints the first RtmpDump command detected and exits.

[RedPenguin]

Originally Posted by svnpenn

It is clear you have misunderstood the "--printonly" option. It does not invoke RtmpDump. Running RtmpSrv with the printonly option merely prints the first RtmpDump command detected and exits.

Well I understand that part but I was temporarily confused on how to kill the rtmpdump I start afterwards with the output.

[svnpenn]

Well I understand that part but I was temporarily confused on how to kill the rtmpdump I start afterwards with the output.

Cygwin has long known issues with non-Cygwin binaries, AKA RtmpDump. If you want to kill RtmpDump with Cygwin, you need to do one of these

# Instead of invoking like this
rtmpdump -o a.flv -r rtmp://server.com/app/playpath
# Invoke like this, then hit Ctrl+C to stop
timeout 1d rtmpdump -o a.flv -r rtmp://server.com/app/playpath

# Set RtmpDump to simply stop after certain time
rtmpdump -o a.flv -r rtmp://server.com/app/playpath -B 10

# Invoke RtmpDump under cmd.exe instead of Bash
rtmpdump -o a.flv -r rtmp://server.com/app/playpath

# Compile RtmpDump as a Cygwin binary instead of Native Windows binary
rtmpdump -o a.flv -r rtmp://server.com/app/playpath

# Kill RtmpDump using Cygwin commands
ps -W | awk /rtmpdump/'{print$4;exit}' | xargs kill -f

# Use Windows Task Manager to kill
rtmpdump.exe