diff --git a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
index a8517a390..72f03c217 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
@@ -763,21 +763,21 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
         except (OSError, IOError):
             self.report_error(u'RTMP download detected but "rtmpdump" could not be run')
             return False
+        verbosity_option = '--verbose' if self.params.get('verbose', False) else '--quiet'
 
         # Download using rtmpdump. rtmpdump returns exit code 2 when
         # the connection was interrumpted and resuming appears to be
         # possible. This is part of rtmpdump's normal usage, AFAIK.
-        basic_args = ['rtmpdump', '-q', '-r', url, '-o', tmpfilename]
-        if self.params.get('verbose', False): basic_args[1] = '-v'
+        basic_args = ['rtmpdump', verbosity_option, '-r', url, '-o', tmpfilename]
         if player_url is not None:
-            basic_args += ['-W', player_url]
+            basic_args += ['--swfVfy', player_url]
         if page_url is not None:
             basic_args += ['--pageUrl', page_url]
         if play_path is not None:
-            basic_args += ['-y', play_path]
+            basic_args += ['--playpath', play_path]
         if tc_url is not None:
             basic_args += ['--tcUrl', url]
-        args = basic_args + [[], ['-e', '-k', '1']][self.params.get('continuedl', False)]
+        args = basic_args + [[], ['--resume', '--skip', '1']][self.params.get('continuedl', False)]
         if self.params.get('verbose', False):
             try:
                 import pipes