RTMPDumpHelper

As its name states, RTMPDumpHelper is a simple and useful application that helps you to quickly download RTMP video or audio streams from the Internet.

RTMP (also known as Real Time Messaging Protocol) is specially designed for streaming audio, video and data over the Internet, between a Flash player and a server.

Although the RTMP protocol has multiple variations starting from RTMPS and ending with RTMPT, which is encapsulated within HTTP requests, the application aims to help users view videos that contain RTMP streams.

Good to know is that when you launch RTMPDumpHelper for the first time, it automatically detects your available web browsers and attaches to them a small DLL file so it can make the process of detecting the RTMP connection and redirecting it to your computer much easier.

Still, if you plan to use the application you must be aware that RTMPDumpHelper does not work alone. It needs a specialized toolkit that is used to receive the redirected connection and download the RTMP stream to your hard drive.

Then, it automatically sends the downloaded RTMP stream back to your browser so you can watch your videos with no effort.

At the moment your browser plays the video or audio stream, you can see a ‘Captured RTMP connection’ notification inside the main window of the application.

From the main window of RTMPDumpHelper you have the possibility to view all the downloaded streams and save the selected items, as well as to generate HTML reports.

Considering all of the above, RTMPDumpHelper is an effective solution when it comes to download RTMP video and audio streams from various websites including Hulu, Justin.tv etc.