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In the "ask ubuntu" forum, it was suggested the VLC can be used to download RTMP protocol videos from sites like youtube. However, no directions were given, so I thought it would be obvious or at least documented. Therefore I installed VLC and have tried to find something in the documentation to do this. If it is possible, what steps do I take, starting from the url of the video. If it is not possible, I would appreciate knowing what tool I should use other than VLC. BTW the video url I am specifically interested in is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chDRXQ77IgA - a classic Russian musical comedy "Jolly Fellows" (1934). I would like to burn this to a DVD, as I have done with many other non-RTMP protocol videos. Thanks!

With VLC use the record button (from the menu View -> Advanced Controls) which is recording streams in their native formats. The video will be saved into "My Documents" or "My Videos" folder.

Or use a dedicated tool like RtmpDump.

Lotesdelere: After spending over a year and a half on this issue, and looking everywhere, I am still back where I was originally. That VLC can assist in downloading RTMP videos for DVD burning is still a locked-room mystery to me. I tried your suggestion and it did not work. Have you actually tried to do this with success? It has been a while, and I have tried it again using the current version of VLC - still no luck. The "dedicated tool" RtmpDump does no better, perhaps due to some complicated directions that I was following incorrectly. If either VLC or RtmpDump really works, could you (or someone reading this) supply more detail on how to use these tools? I would appreciate more than a link to just another untested suggestion or incomplete description. I am surely not the only person frustrated by this problem. Thanks!

The "dedicated tool" RtmpDump does no better...

Hi
You are not the only person frustrated by this problem.
I think you will have big problems downloading that particular video from YouTube.
It seems they are using "rtmpe", an encrypted version of RTMP.

I use a program called youtube-dl to download YouTube videos.

This is what happens... When you follow the github link, it explains that RTMPDump can't handle these streams - that's why youtube-dl fails here.

I would appreciate more than a link to...

You may be able to get more specialized advice at http://stream-recorder.com/forum/
Perhaps they will suggest other software ($$$) instead of RTMPDump.