Command-line tool

rtmpdump

brew/rtmpdump

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Tool for downloading RTMP streaming media

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install rtmpdump

macOS

brew install rtmpdump

Linux

brew install rtmpdump

Download a file

rtmpdump -r rtmp://example.com/path/to/video -o file.ext

Download a file from a Flash player

rtmpdump -r rtmp://example.com/path/to/video -W http://example.com/player -f "LNX 10,0,32,18" -o file.ext

Specify connection parameters if they are not detected correctly

rtmpdump -r rtmp://example.com/path/to/video -a app_name -y path/to/video -o file.ext

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