How To Extract .flv Stream from JW Player 5.1?

Question

The problem is I've a slow internet connection, and the video doesn't buffer like in YouTube. Therefore I was wondering weather I can extract the url of the .flv file which is being streamed in JW Player and directly download it. Doing some preliminary research, I've found the following info:

• Main Video URL: http://ijf10.ilcannocchiale.tv/video/2263
• Link Only To Video: http://ijf10.ilcannocchiale.tv/js/mediaplayer.swf?...
• XML File: http://ijf10.ilcannocchiale.tv/xml/video/2263
• Actual File Name: 20100425_mother.flv

Answer 1

rtmpdump and rtmpsuck worked well for me. The trick is finding the relevant options for rtmpdump

Detailed instructions can be found here: http://pclosmag.com/html/issues/201104/page19.html

It comes down to this:

1. (root) iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 1935 -m owner \! --uid-owner root -j REDIRECT
2. (root) rtmpsuck
3. browser, go to relevant page, play video
4. in the root terminal you should get the needed options for rtmpdump
5. (root) iptables -t nat -D OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 1935 -m owner \! --uid-owner root -j REDIRECT
6. run rtmpdump with the relevant options

Note that if it's a live stream you might need to give the --live option to rtmpdump.