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[YellowYeti]

On 24/07/2014 19:54, Nicholas Youell wrote:
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> Does anyone know or has experienced an issue when trying to download
> really large files off the BBC? I have an idea that RMTP somehow loses
> connection with the server... Any hints appreciated.
>
> Nik.
>
I believe this is the recurring rtmp 4 gig limit issue, and Vangelis' 
answer last time it was asked seems near perfect to me:

> You can find this thread in the Feb 2014 list archives:
>
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/2014-February/thread.html#start 
>
>
> OP was Sam P:
>
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/2014-February/005425.html 
>
>
> and the issue was observed on the flashhd quality variant of the
> Winter Olympics 2014 Opening Ceremony...
>
>> what was the solution
>
> Many thanks to dinkypumpkin, who provided a special mod of rtmpdump
> to bypass the RTMP 4GB limit (which has nothing to do with the file 
> system
> of your hard disk):
>
> https://bitbucket.org/dinkypumpkin/rtmpdump/branch/4GB
>
> If you are on Windows, you can grab the x86 binary here
> (again,c/o dinkypumpkin):
>
> https://bitbucket.org/dinkypumpkin/rtmpdump/downloads
>
> You can safely replace your current copy of rtmpdump.exe
> (or choose to back it up first) with this moded one - just rename it
> from  rtmpdump-4GB.exe to simply rtmpdump.exe.
> Or you can point get_iplayer to this new binary by editing your system
> options file or via the --rtmpdump <path> option...
> If not on Windows, I'm sure others can step in...
>
> Regards,
> Vangelis.