RTMP

Real Time Messaging Protocol (commonly abbreviated as RTMP) is a media streaming (playback and recording) protocol.

The Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) was designed for high-performance transmission of audio, video, and data between Adobe Flash Platform technologies, including Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR. RTMP is now available as an open specification to create products and technology that enable delivery of video, audio, and data in the open AMF, SWF, FLV, and F4V formats compatible with Adobe Flash Player.

Specification

• Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) specification (Version 1.0) : http://www.adobe.com/devnet/rtmp/pdf/rtmp_specification_1.0.pdf
• RTMP @ Adobe Developer Connection: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/rtmp/

Tools

• RTMPDUMP - tool for playing RTMP and RTMPE streams: http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/

Resources

• JW player RTMP: http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/12535/video-delivery-rtmp-streaming
• FlowPlayer - Streaming plugin RTMP: http://flowplayer.org/plugins/streaming/rtmp.html

Tutorials

• Video Delivery -- RTMP Streaming with JW Player: http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/12535/video-delivery-rtmp-streaming
• Downloading RTMP Flash media with rtmpdump: http://constcuriosity.blogspot.com/2009/11/downloading-rtmp-flash-media-with.html
• A little help on Addon would be appreciated: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=104182 (for MTV content)
• How can I verify that an RTMP stream URL is working?: http://serverfault.com/questions/270634/how-can-i-verify-that-an-rtmp-stream-url-is-working

External Links

• wikipedia: RTMP
• Reverse Engineering RTMP: http://wiki.gnashdev.org/RTMP
• RTMP Protocol [DRAFT]: http://www.osflash.org/documentation/rtmp

See Also

XMPP | RTSP | Mobile Streaming