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FFmpeg vs RTMPDump: catalog facts
FFmpeg	RTMPDump
Free Free and open source. The codebase is mainly LGPL 2.1 with some components under the GPL…	Free Free and open source under the GPLv2, with the librtmp library under the LGPL.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Linux, Command line
Handles practically every container and codec there is Remuxes without re-encoding, so a container change is instant and lossless	Supports all RTMP variants including encrypted ones Reusable librtmp library
Command line only, with syntax that punishes guessing Argument order matters in ways that are not obvious	Releases are infrequent and mostly via git Command line only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: LGPL-2.1	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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