nowtv download fails with error "rtmpdump exited with code 1"

[grexe]

$ youtube-dl -tv "http://www.nowtv.at/vox/auf-und-davon/kindheitstraum-argentinien/player"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-tv', 'http://www.nowtv.at/vox/auf-und-davon/kindheitstraum-argentinien/player']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.09.28
[debug] Python version 3.4.2 - Linux-4.1.4-1-CHAKRA-x86_64-with-glibc2.3.4
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.5.6, ffprobe 2.5.6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[NowTV] auf-und-davon/kindheitstraum-argentinien: Downloading JSON metadata
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'rtmpe://fms.rtl.de'
[download] Destination: Kindheitstraum - Argentinien-228571.flv
[debug] rtmpdump command line: rtmpdump --verbose -r rtmpe://fms.rtl.de -o 'Kindheitstraum - Argentinien-228571.flv.part' --swfVfy http://rtl-now.rtl.de/includes/nc_player.swf --pageUrl http://www.nowtv.at/vox/auf-und-davon/kindheitstraum-argentinien/player --app voxnow --playpath mp4:173/V_871703_MUDC_22-22000733210_128663_h264-hq_49bcd0b3ea77717b6dd03f24882.f4v --resume --skip 1
[rtmpdump] RTMPDump v2.4
rtmpdump 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsing...
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed protocol: 2
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed host : fms.rtl.de
[rtmpdump] WARNING: No application or playpath in URL!
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Number of skipped key frames for resume: 1
[rtmpdump] ERROR: RTMP_HashSWF: swfurl http://rtl-now.rtl.de/includes/nc_player.swf not found
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Protocol : RTMPE
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Hostname : fms.rtl.de
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Port : 1935
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Playpath : mp4:173/V_871703_MUDC_22-22000733210_128663_h264-hq_49bcd0b3ea77717b6dd03f24882.f4v
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: tcUrl : rtmpe://fms.rtl.de:1935/voxnow
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: swfUrl : http://rtl-now.rtl.de/includes/nc_player.swf
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: pageUrl : http://www.nowtv.at/vox/auf-und-davon/kindheitstraum-argentinien/player
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: app : voxnow
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: live : no
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: timeout : 30 sec
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Failed to get last keyframe.
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Closing connection.
[rtmpdump] 0 bytes
[rtmpdump] RTMPDump v2.4
rtmpdump 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsing...
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed protocol: 2
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Parsed host : fms.rtl.de
[rtmpdump] WARNING: No application or playpath in URL!
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Number of skipped key frames for resume: 1
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Number of skipped key frames for resume: 1
[rtmpdump] ERROR: RTMP_HashSWF: swfurl http://rtl-now.rtl.de/includes/nc_player.swf not found
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Protocol : RTMPE
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Hostname : fms.rtl.de
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Port : 1935
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Playpath : mp4:173/V_871703_MUDC_22-22000733210_128663_h264-hq_49bcd0b3ea77717b6dd03f24882.f4v
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: tcUrl : rtmpe://fms.rtl.de:1935/voxnow
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: swfUrl : http://rtl-now.rtl.de/includes/nc_player.swf
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: pageUrl : http://www.nowtv.at/vox/auf-und-davon/kindheitstraum-argentinien/player
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: app : voxnow
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: live : no
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: timeout : 30 sec
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Failed to get last keyframe.
[rtmpdump] DEBUG: Closing connection.

ERROR: rtmpdump exited with code 1
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl", line 9, in
load_entry_point('youtube-dl==2015.09.28', 'console_scripts', 'youtube-dl')()
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/init.py", line 410, in main
_real_main(argv)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/init.py", line 400, in _real_main
retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1658, in download
url, force_generic_extractor=self.params.get('force_generic_extractor', False))
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 671, in extract_info
return self.process_ie_result(ie_result, download, extra_info)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 717, in process_ie_result
return self.process_video_result(ie_result, download=download)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1328, in process_video_result
self.process_info(new_info)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1590, in process_info
success = dl(filename, info_dict)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 1532, in dl
return fd.download(name, info)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 342, in download
return self.real_download(filename, info_dict)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/rtmp.py", line 202, in real_download
self.report_error('rtmpdump exited with code %d' % retval)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 155, in report_error
self.ydl.report_error(_args, *_kargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 535, in report_error
self.trouble(error_message, tb)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 497, in trouble
tb_data = traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack())

[dstftw]

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[grexe]

oops sorry, normally the version in the Chakra repository was very fresh, so I didn't check...
Bad timing - my favorite Linux distro is just preparing a new major release and moves to a new repository structure, so I was not as up to date as I am used to...

[c1ko]

Looks still broken for me, same error. Fedora 23, youtube-dl 2015.11.19, rtmpdump-2.4-3.20131205.gitdc76f0a.fc22.x86_64

[yan12125]

rtmpdump 2.4 20140918 with commit a1900c3 works work me. You may want to upgrade to the latest rtmpdump. If the problem is still, open a new issue with full verbose log.

[grexe]

Thanks @yan12125 - even the older version 2.4.20140706-1 worked for me now! Just had to install the rtmpdump package separately which is picked up by youtube-dl now, just downloading the video, vlc could play the start already.