rtmpdump options confused between -p and -r

Question

Does anyone know the difference between the -p and the -roptions in the rtmpdump utility for media streaming? I am confused because I think that the RTMP server should be the server streaming the video, but then rtmpdump asks for the -p option, which is the page url...

Answer 1

As I understand it:

-r (or --rtmp) is for specifying the actual location of the content stream/server.

-p (or --pageUrl) is for the URL of the website where the SWF player (which is the -W or --swfUrl argument) was embedded.

So, if you would ordinarily find your stream by going to http://example.com/video, that would go under -p. The flash player embedded on or accessed from that page would go under -W. The server that the flash player streams the content from belongs to -r.

See man rtmpdump or rtmpdump --help for all the options.