saving flv files streamed over rtmp

[andy baxter]

andy baxter wrote:
> hello,
>
> is there a way to save flv files that are streamed using rtmp? I want to 
> record a flash video that is being streamed in this way, but can't see a 
> way to do it in linux. There seem to be solutions for windows, so there 
> must be a way of doing it. Mplayer won't play these streams, which is 
> what I tried first.
>
> Also I've heard that safari for Mac OSX will let you do this somehow - 
> can you run this in linux?
>
> andy
>   
Just found this blog post which has some relevant links:

http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/12/downloading-from-the-bbc-streaming-iplayer-is-hard