saving flv files streamed over rtmp

[NoOp]

On 07/26/2008 04:10 PM, andy baxter wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 07/26/2008 03:09 PM, andy baxter wrote:
>>   
>>> hello,
>>>
>>> is there a way to save flv files that are streamed using rtmp? I want to 
>>> record a flash video that is being streamed in this way, but can't see a 
>>> way to do it in linux. There seem to be solutions for windows, so there 
>>> must be a way of doing it. Mplayer won't play these streams, which is 
>>> what I tried first.
>>>
>>> Also I've heard that safari for Mac OSX will let you do this somehow - 
>>> can you run this in linux?
>>>
>>> andy
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> As the flv is being streamed look in your /tmp directory, you will see
>> the stream file being created on the fly. When the stream is finished,
>> do not close the player that you are using to view the stream. Now copy
>> the file from the tmp directory to one on your home directory. Now you
>> can close the player/viewer. You now have a full copy of the stream in
>> flv format.
>>
>>   
> I just tried this, first looking in /tmp and then using 'find /local 
> -cmin -1'. (/local has all my local data including home dirs on it). 
> find throws up a couple of files in ~/.macromedia, but none of them look 
> remotely like a flash video (too short for a start). So it looks like 
> the file is not being recorded to disk.
> 
> Will try the wine solution and report back.
> 
> andy.
> 

Keep in mind that the file will disappear from /tmp as soon as the
stream is closed. Do you have a particular flv url & perhaps I can test/try?