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
>
>   
I've found that you can do this in windows quite easily using orbit 
download manager. (Thanks to Sven for the reference to this.) I'm happy 
with this solution for the time being, though I would still like to find 
a linux only solution if possible.

andy