User Guide
Plugins
Jaksta supports adding third party plugins like rtmpdump to handle the downloading of streams. If Jaksta can not download or record a file, installing a plugin will give it extended power.
To add a plugin go to the Plugins tab on the Settings dialog which can be opened via the Tools > Settings menu.
1. Click the add button to bring up the External Page dialog.
2. Select the protocol you would like to pass to the plugin
3. Enter part of the Url to match
4. Enter the plugins executable name and place the executable in the Jaksta installation folder
5. Enter the executables parameters. Use the patterns {url} and {file} as indicated on the dialog. Other parameters should be hard coded.
6. Click OK to save
The above example adds a plugin called "rtmpdump" to record RTMPE requests from somevideosite.com
Legal Note: Jaksta does not support recording of copy protected content. The plugin option is made available for technically oriented customers, but we cannot support or answer questions on using software from other individuals or companies.
Writing a Plugin
A plugin is a windows command line executable that takes a url and output file as command line parameters. Of course it can take other parameters as well but Jaksta will populate the url and output files. The plugin should display its download progress to stdout and error output to stderr. Both pipes should be flushed each time something is written to ensure they appear promptly in the Jaksta interface. It should also return true or false on exit as to whether the download was successful or not so that Jaksta can display the correct final status.
