Alternatives to RTMPDump
A command-line toolkit for downloading and handling RTMP streams in all protocol variants. Notes say what changes if you switch.
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RTMPDump
A command-line toolkit for downloading and handling RTMP streams in all protocol variants.
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N_m3u8DL-RE
A cross-platform command-line downloader for HLS, DASH and MSS video streams, both on-demand and live.
FFmpeg
The command that converts, cuts, streams and inspects essentially any audio or video file in existence.
FFmpeg is an actively scriptable command-line tool that handles practically every container and codec and can stream and convert, covering RTMP work alongside far more tasks.
yt-dlp
A command line downloader that saves audio and video from thousands of sites, with precise control over formats.
Streamlink
A command-line utility that pulls video streams from websites and plays them in VLC or mpv.
Streamlink is a command-line utility that pulls streams from websites through plugins and plays them in VLC or mpv, rather than handling raw RTMP protocol variants.
MediaMTX
A zero-dependency live media server and proxy for RTSP, RTMP, HLS, WebRTC and SRT streams.
Stream Detector
A Firefox and Chrome extension that finds HLS, DASH and subtitle stream URLs on web pages.
