Pelvis Popcan
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I know that Slysoft has in the past taken over applications that were either discontinued or crippled due to legal bullying.
If you've ever watched videos over the web via Flash streaming, many of these videos are streamed over RTMP. Adobe came out with a "secure" version of this called RTMPE.
The only application that could capture both RTMP and RTMPE was called Replay Media Catcher. This didn't just do a screen capture, it actually downloaded and saved the .flv files themselves. However, Adobe threatened them and RTMPE support was removed from Replay Media Catcher.
http://forum.applian.com/showthread.php?p=5936
I would love to see a company like SlySoft buy this application so it could be properly supported outside of law shark infested waters.
If you've ever watched videos over the web via Flash streaming, many of these videos are streamed over RTMP. Adobe came out with a "secure" version of this called RTMPE.
The only application that could capture both RTMP and RTMPE was called Replay Media Catcher. This didn't just do a screen capture, it actually downloaded and saved the .flv files themselves. However, Adobe threatened them and RTMPE support was removed from Replay Media Catcher.
http://forum.applian.com/showthread.php?p=5936
Applian didn't change anything. Adobe did.
Applian didn't change plugin_zrtmp.dll for anyone who had it installed already.
But Adobe knew that no more rtmpe updates would be coming, so they made a simple change that stops the plugin_zrtmp.dll version that was working.
Note that the Applian is now sending a different version plugin_zrtmp.dll for new installations, but the previous version plugin_zrtmp.dll doesn't work either - so it really doesn't matter.
Also, Applian didn't change the version number of plugin_zrtmp.dll, even though they are sending a different file for new installations. It is still 5.2.6.9. They probably kept the same version number so that the rtmpe version would not be overwritten.
The way to tell the old and new versions apart is that the old plugin_zrtmp.dll (that supported rtmpe) is around 94k, the new version is around 74k. But again, both don't work on most rtmpe like hulu 480p.
It is sad the Applian was threatened to remove rtmpe support, as they are the only ones who had it. I'm sure Applian received legal advice and decided in their best interest, even considering that this will likely ruin sales of RMC.
The only hope now for rtmpe is if someone out of the legal reach of Adobe comes up with something.
RMC was really great while it lasted.
I would love to see a company like SlySoft buy this application so it could be properly supported outside of law shark infested waters.
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