I have a question about integration with rtmpdump #782

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opened 2026-02-20 23:12:57 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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Originally created by @kiwijunglist on GitHub (Jul 16, 2013).

I downloaded rtmpdump but it does not seem to have an installer, it looks like a standalone program. How does youtube-dl.exe know that I have rtmpdump installed, do I have to copy it to a special location or the same directory? or something else?

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Originally created by @kiwijunglist on GitHub (Jul 16, 2013). I downloaded rtmpdump but it does not seem to have an installer, it looks like a standalone program. How does youtube-dl.exe know that I have rtmpdump installed, do I have to copy it to a special location or the same directory? or something else? Thank you in advance Kiwi

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@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2013):

You have to copy it to some of the directories in your PATH, youtube-dl will look into them for rtmpdump.
To see which directories are in your PATH, run echo %PATH%, it will print a list of directories separated with commas, like:

>echo %path%
C:\windows\system32;C:\windows;C:\windows\system32\wbem;C:\Program Files\GtkSharp\2.12\bin

You just have to copy rtmpdump.exe to one of those directories and everythin will work.
You can also move youtube-dl.exe to any of these directories, this will allow you to call youtube-dl from any directory.

@jaimeMF commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2013): You have to copy it to some of the directories in your PATH, youtube-dl will look into them for rtmpdump. To see which directories are in your PATH, run `echo %PATH%`, it will print a list of directories separated with commas, like: ``` >echo %path% C:\windows\system32;C:\windows;C:\windows\system32\wbem;C:\Program Files\GtkSharp\2.12\bin ``` You just have to copy `rtmpdump.exe` to one of those directories and everythin will work. You can also move `youtube-dl.exe` to any of these directories, this will allow you to call youtube-dl from any directory.

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