diff --git a/doc/protocols.texi b/doc/protocols.texi
index 4575a679b9514a5c4bffbf4490716dbc2e1e7900..598b477dc85ce25e7891b7eef3b63fb46c0c49e6 100644
--- a/doc/protocols.texi
+++ b/doc/protocols.texi
@@ -209,11 +209,58 @@ The number of the TCP port to use (by default is 1935).
 @item app
 It is the name of the application to access. It usually corresponds to
 the path where the application is installed on the RTMP server
-(e.g. @file{/ondemand/}, @file{/flash/live/}, etc.).
+(e.g. @file{/ondemand/}, @file{/flash/live/}, etc.). You can override
+the value parsed from the URI through the @code{rtmp_app} option, too.
 
 @item playpath
 It is the path or name of the resource to play with reference to the
-application specified in @var{app}, may be prefixed by "mp4:".
+application specified in @var{app}, may be prefixed by "mp4:". You
+can override the value parsed from the URI through the @code{rtmp_playpath}
+option, too.
+
+@end table
+
+Additionally, the following parameters can be set via command line options
+(or in code via @code{AVOption}s):
+@table @option
+
+@item rtmp_app
+Name of application to connect on the RTMP server. This option
+overrides the parameter specified in the URI.
+
+@item rtmp_conn
+Extra arbitrary AMF connection parameters, parsed from a string,
+e.g. like @code{B:1 S:authMe O:1 NN:code:1.23 NS:flag:ok O:0}.
+Each value is prefixed by a single character denoting the type,
+B for Boolean, N for number, S for string, O for object, or Z for null,
+followed by a colon. For Booleans the data must be either 0 or 1 for
+FALSE or TRUE, respectively.  Likewise for Objects the data must be 0 or
+1 to end or begin an object, respectively. Data items in subobjects may
+be named, by prefixing the type with 'N' and specifying the name before
+the value (i.e. @code{NB:myFlag:1}). This option may be used multiple
+times to construct arbitrary AMF sequences.
+
+@item rtmp_flashver
+Version of the Flash plugin used to run the SWF player. The default
+is LNX 9,0,124,2.
+
+@item rtmp_live
+Specify that the media is a live stream. No resuming or seeking in
+live streams is possible. The default value is @code{any}, which means the
+subscriber first tries to play the live stream specified in the
+playpath. If a live stream of that name is not found, it plays the
+recorded stream. The other possible values are @code{live} and
+@code{recorded}.
+
+@item rtmp_playpath
+Stream identifier to play or to publish. This option overrides the
+parameter specified in the URI.
+
+@item rtmp_swfurl
+URL of the SWF player for the media. By default no value will be sent.
+
+@item rtmp_tcurl
+URL of the target stream.
 
 @end table
 
diff --git a/libavformat/rtmpproto.c b/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
index a9e39a50bba614d7fd4f6825ecd10cce13034627..9469ed3c8ed693b1b543723c348429057b4850aa 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ typedef struct RTMPContext {
     char          *playpath;                  ///< stream identifier to play (with possible "mp4:" prefix)
     int           live;                       ///< 0: recorded, -1: live, -2: both
     char          *app;                       ///< name of application
+    char          *conn;                      ///< append arbitrary AMF data to the Connect message
     ClientState   state;                      ///< current state
     int           main_channel_id;            ///< an additional channel ID which is used for some invocations
     uint8_t*      flv_data;                   ///< buffer with data for demuxer
@@ -112,6 +113,65 @@ static const uint8_t rtmp_server_key[] = {
     0xE6, 0x36, 0xCF, 0xEB, 0x31, 0xAE
 };
 
+static int rtmp_write_amf_data(URLContext *s, char *param, uint8_t **p)
+{
+    char *field, *value, *saveptr;
+    char type;
+
+    /* The type must be B for Boolean, N for number, S for string, O for
+     * object, or Z for null. For Booleans the data must be either 0 or 1 for
+     * FALSE or TRUE, respectively. Likewise for Objects the data must be
+     * 0 or 1 to end or begin an object, respectively. Data items in subobjects
+     * may be named, by prefixing the type with 'N' and specifying the name
+     * before the value (ie. NB:myFlag:1). This option may be used multiple times
+     * to construct arbitrary AMF sequences. */
+    if (param[0] && param[1] == ':') {
+        type = param[0];
+        value = param + 2;
+    } else if (param[0] == 'N' && param[1] && param[2] == ':') {
+        type = param[1];
+        field = strtok_r(param + 3, ":", &saveptr);
+        value = strtok_r(NULL, ":", &saveptr);
+
+        if (!field || !value)
+            goto fail;
+
+        ff_amf_write_field_name(p, field);
+    } else {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    switch (type) {
+    case 'B':
+        ff_amf_write_bool(p, value[0] != '0');
+        break;
+    case 'S':
+        ff_amf_write_string(p, value);
+        break;
+    case 'N':
+        ff_amf_write_number(p, strtod(value, NULL));
+        break;
+    case 'Z':
+        ff_amf_write_null(p);
+        break;
+    case 'O':
+        if (value[0] != '0')
+            ff_amf_write_object_start(p);
+        else
+            ff_amf_write_object_end(p);
+        break;
+    default:
+        goto fail;
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+
+fail:
+    av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Invalid AMF parameter: %s\n", param);
+    return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+}
+
 /**
  * Generate 'connect' call and send it to the server.
  */
@@ -165,6 +225,22 @@ static int gen_connect(URLContext *s, RTMPContext *rt)
     }
     ff_amf_write_object_end(&p);
 
+    if (rt->conn) {
+        char *param, *saveptr;
+
+        // Write arbitrary AMF data to the Connect message.
+        param = strtok_r(rt->conn, " ", &saveptr);
+        while (param != NULL) {
+            if ((ret = rtmp_write_amf_data(s, param, &p)) < 0) {
+                // Invalid AMF parameter.
+                ff_rtmp_packet_destroy(&pkt);
+                return ret;
+            }
+
+            param = strtok_r(NULL, " ", &saveptr);
+        }
+    }
+
     pkt.data_size = p - pkt.data;
 
     ret = ff_rtmp_packet_write(rt->stream, &pkt, rt->chunk_size,
@@ -1057,6 +1133,8 @@ static int rtmp_open(URLContext *s, const char *uri, int flags)
     }
 
     if (!rt->playpath) {
+        int len = strlen(fname);
+
         rt->playpath = av_malloc(PLAYPATH_MAX_LENGTH);
         if (!rt->playpath) {
             ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
@@ -1064,9 +1142,11 @@ static int rtmp_open(URLContext *s, const char *uri, int flags)
         }
 
         if (!strchr(fname, ':') &&
-            (!strcmp(fname + strlen(fname) - 4, ".f4v") ||
-             !strcmp(fname + strlen(fname) - 4, ".mp4"))) {
+            (!strcmp(fname + len - 4, ".f4v") ||
+             !strcmp(fname + len - 4, ".mp4"))) {
             memcpy(rt->playpath, "mp4:", 5);
+        } else if (!strcmp(fname + len - 4, ".flv")) {
+            fname[len - 4] = '\0';
         } else {
             rt->playpath[0] = 0;
         }
@@ -1248,6 +1328,7 @@ static int rtmp_write(URLContext *s, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
 
 static const AVOption rtmp_options[] = {
     {"rtmp_app", "Name of application to connect to on the RTMP server", OFFSET(app), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = NULL }, 0, 0, DEC|ENC},
+    {"rtmp_conn", "Append arbitrary AMF data to the Connect message", OFFSET(conn), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = NULL }, 0, 0, DEC|ENC},
     {"rtmp_flashver", "Version of the Flash plugin used to run the SWF player.", OFFSET(flashver), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = NULL }, 0, 0, DEC|ENC},
     {"rtmp_live", "Specify that the media is a live stream.", OFFSET(live), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {-2}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, DEC, "rtmp_live"},
     {"any", "both", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {-2}, 0, 0, DEC, "rtmp_live"},