Re: Bug#529974: RFP: rtmpdump -- download media streamed with the RTMP/RTMPE protocol

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 05/28/2010 09:20 AM, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> On Fr, Mai 28, 2010 at 16:00:27 (CEST), Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> > On 05/28/2010 01:25 AM, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> > > I'm going to package rtmpdump next week.
> > >
> > > On Fr, Mai 22, 2009 at 16:33:44 (CEST), Sam Morris wrote:
> > >
> > > > * Package name    : rtmpdump
> > > > * URL             : [hidden obsolete url]
> > > > * License         : GPL
> > > >     Programming Lang: C++
> > > >     Description     : download media streamed with the RTMP/RTMPE protocol
> > > >
> > > > A small dumper for media content streamed over the RTMP/RTMPE protocol.
> >
> > How will this be different from the rtmpdump (currently at v2.2d-0.0) in
> > d-m.o?
>
> I didn't look inside the source package nor do I intend to do so. I note
> that it doesn't provide an librtmp-dev package, so it's useless for me.

Even when you need to reinvent the wheel, it's usually useful to see 
how others built their wheels, and maybe -- just maybe -- add to 
their well-debugged wheel.

> >   Some rights-restricted libraries stripped out?
>
> I didn't spot any restricted libraries included. What are you referring to?

Christian created d-m.o for useful packages that can't be the 
official Debian repositories; mainly for licensing issues.

That's why, for example, mplayer and ffmpeg are in both Debian and 
d-m.o.

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