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Whither RTMP?
Whither RTMP?
Posted May 1, 2008 13:54 UTC (Thu) by dwmw2 (subscriber, #2063)Parent article: Adobe's Open Screen Project
I've looked through the specs briefly, but don't see any documentation of the RTMP protocol (which is used for streaming flash video).
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What RTMP?
Posted May 2, 2008 15:03 UTC (Fri) by smurf (subscriber, #17840) [Link]
FLV videos are usually served by way of simple HTML downloads. For instance, you can easily grab any Youtube video with wget. (Figuring out the URL is the most difficult part of _that_ exercise.)
What RTMP?
Posted May 2, 2008 20:28 UTC (Fri) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]
FLV is what is used by youtube and such, but I do not believe it's used by many flash-based video players.
What RTMP?
Posted May 5, 2008 2:47 UTC (Mon) by Mithrandir (subscriber, #3031) [Link]
That's what the Firefox addon "UnPlug" is for. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2254