[Tutorial] Getting rtmpdump parameters without rtmpsuck

[elch]

This is useful when you don't want to go through the hassle with iptables and rtmpsuck. Sometimes the usage of rtmpsuck makes various Flash streams not working at all.

As an alternative to rtmpsucks, you can use ngrep:

ngrep -W byline | grep -Pio '(swfurl\.{2}.*?\.{2})|(\.{2}play.*?\w.*?\.{3})|(tcUrl.*?rtmp://.*?\.{2})|(pageUrl\.{3}.*?\.{2})'

(Source: sites.google.com/site/hoppthebroom/home/rtmp-in-switzerland)

The example described on the source page is very interesting. It is related to wilmaa.com which offers TV channels with the following IDs (available in Switzerland only):

wilmaa_001@6796?channelID=3sat
wilmaa_002@6797?channelID=ARD
wilmaa_003@6798?channelID=ARTE_de
wilmaa_004@6799?channelID=CNN
wilmaa_005@6800?channelID=DMAX
wilmaa_006@6801?channelID=Kabel_1
wilmaa_007@6802?channelID=KiKa
wilmaa_008@6803?channelID=MTV
wilmaa_009@6804?channelID=ORF1
wilmaa_010@6805?channelID=ORF2
wilmaa_011@6806?channelID=Pro7
wilmaa_012@6807?channelID=RTL
wilmaa_013@6808?channelID=RTL2
wilmaa_014@6809?channelID=Sat1
wilmaa_015@6810?channelID=SF1
wilmaa_016@6811?channelID=SF2
wilmaa_017@6812?channelID=SFinfo
wilmaa_018@6813?channelID=StarTV
wilmaa_018@6813?channelID=StarTV
wilmaa_019@6814?channelID=SuperRTL
wilmaa_020@6815?channelID=NICKVIVA
wilmaa_021@6816?channelID=Vox
wilmaa_022@6817?channelID=ZDF
wilmaa_023@6818?channelID=DasVierte
wilmaa_024@6819?channelID=TV5MONDE
wilmaa_025@10739?channelID=RSILA1
wilmaa_026@10740?channelID=RSILA2
wilmaa_027@10741?channelID=EUROSPORT
wilmaa_028@10742?channelID=DSFB
wilmaa_029@10743?channelID=NICKCC
wilmaa_030@10744?channelID=n-tv
wilmaa_031@10745?channelID=tsr1
wilmaa_032@10746?channelID=tsr2

[elch]

Actually, you do not necessarily have to be in Switzerland. They don't seem to check your origin if you're using the RTMPE stream directly. Although the stream works perfectly, they block my IP on the official website.

(See also http://stream-recorder.com/forum/tut...and-t6303.html)