Bug#819266: ffmpeg: rtmp is broken

[Ralf Jung]

Hi,

> If you believe that all consumers of librtmp should by default work in 
> "live" mode then I suggest you file a bugreport against librtmp to 
> request patching it (or convince upstream to change) accordingly.
> 
> If you believe that - no matter what librtmp does by default - ffmpeg 
> and all its consumers should by default work in "live" mode then I 
> suggest you to file a bugreport against ffmpeg to request patching that.
> 
> If you believe that - no matter the defaults of librtmp or ffmpeg - VLC 
> should by default work in live mode... etc.

I believe that opening a well-formed and valid RTMP link in VLC or MPV
should work. I do not know enough about the infrastructure to judge how
to best achieve this -- maybe some of the involved library setting live
mode per default, maybe some of the involved parties re-trying in live
mode after non-live-mode fails.

>> Ok, I think I understand your point now.  Makes sense, even though I do 
>> not agree with it.

You do not agree that URLs that work on Windows, Mac, SuSE, and Arch,
should also work on Debian...?

Kind regards,
Ralf