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Dave Forgac
Asked: 2011-05-18 09:37:45 +0800 CST

How can I verify that an RTMP stream URL is working?

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I have been put in charge of setting up a CDN account for streaming video but am not actually running the site that will host the content. How can I test that a published RTMP URL is working? Do I need to create a test page with a Flash video player or is there a simple tool that can consume RTMP streams that can be used to test? The URL is in the following format:

rtmp://example.fcod.llnwd.net/a1111/e11/test/example/file.flv

flash video-streaming cdn rtmp

5 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I was able to verify that it's working using rtmpdump found here:

    https://github.com/mstorsjo/rtmpdump

    Usage:

    rtmpdump -r "rtmp://example.fcod.llnwd.net/a1111/e11/test/example/file.flv" -o test.flv

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  2. You might be able to open up a "network location" via VLC player.

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  3. There's a test player built for CRTMPD (But it'll work for any RTMP server)

    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2918563/flvplayback.swf (Link broken)

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  4. This will definitely work: http://www.vlc.eu.pn/ (Original link broken, archived page linked)

    Just go to the link above and test your rtmp url, easy and fast!

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  5. Since rtmpdump is not in the repos for some linuxes (centos), here is an option that uses a much more common tool (curl):

    if [[ `curl --connect-timeout 1 --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail rtmp://cp67126.edgefcs.net/ondemand/mp4:mediapm/ovp/content/test/video/spacealonehd_sounas_640_300.mp4 2>&1` ]]
then
  echo "failing!"
else
  echo "working!"
fi

    NOTE: This can have false positives (Says a stream is working when it's not) but it works well enough for my needs.

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