Does anyone know the difference between the -p and the -roptions in the rtmpdump utility for media streaming? I am confused because I think that the RTMP server should be the server streaming the video, but then rtmpdump asks for the -p option, which is the page url...
As I understand it:
-r (or --rtmp) is for specifying the actual location of the content stream/server.
-p (or --pageUrl) is for the URL of the website where the SWF player (which is the -W or --swfUrl argument) was embedded.
So, if you would ordinarily find your stream by going to http://example.com/video, that would go under -p. The flash player embedded on or accessed from that page would go under -W. The server that the flash player streams the content from belongs to -r.
See man rtmpdump or rtmpdump --help for all the options.