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On 02/02/2015 12:30 PM, Gabriel Ferreira wrote:
> Hi Paul, I presume the stream operator doesn't want to prevent me
> from downloading or recording the videos. I just wanna know more
> about some lib that could be used to deal with Flash Player
> Applications... Or possibly, anything that could lead me to be able
> to get those streaming videos.

You can't do it directly with any Python library that I know of.  You
can, however, use the tools that come with rtmpdump:

https://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/

It's not automatic, and requires some iptables tricks, but once you get
the stream information, you can always download it via rtmpdump.