User:Nazo

Protocols(or Scheme)

unselected, bit dirty, protocols list I found. just ignore minorities. feel free to improve it.

"*" - supported by ffmpeg

• Transport
  • tcp: - TCP(RAW) *
  • udp: - UDP(RAW) *
  • N/A - Real Data Transport v2 (Real) https://protocol.helixcommunity.org/files/2005/devdocs/RDT_Feature_Level_20.txt
  • N/A - Real Data Transport v3 (Real) https://protocol.helixcommunity.org/2005/devdocs/RDT_Feature_Level_30.txt
  • N/A (host:port) - unix socket like X11/ALSA midi etc...
  • sctp:? - SCTP(RAW)
  • pipe: - pipeline *
  • N/A - clipboard
  • N/A - gimp-remote(dbus)
  • N/A - BCNG; https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/server/protocol/transport/bcng/ (complex license)
• File Protocol
  • file:// - file *
  • files:/// - file
  • gopher:// - Gopher; http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1436.html
  • http:// - HTTP *
    • Basic Auth *
    • Digest Auth
    • idiomatic schemes
      • hxxp:// - http
      • h**p:// - http
      • ttp:// - http (mostly used in Japan)
      • tp:// - http (mostly used in Japan)
      • htp:// - http (mostly used in Japan)
  • http_proxy:// - from mplayer
  • https:// - HTTP over SSL
  • aftp:// - Active FTP
  • ftp:// - Passive FTP
  • sftp:// - Secure FTP (SSL)
  • trash:// - gvfs-trash
  • man:// - manpages on konqueror, may not relate to Media
  • info:// - info page on konqueror, may not relate to Media
  • smb:// - Server Message Block Protocol (file sharing)
  • cifs:// - Common Internet File System Protocol (file sharing)
  • N/A - NFS (Network File System) v3; http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/1813/index.htm
• RealTime Protocol
  • rtp:// - RTP *
  • rtsp:// - RTSP; http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2326.txt; http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/ (LGPL) *
    • RTSP - RTSP
    • RTSPT - RTSP(TCP); Real
    • RTSPU - RTSP(UDP); Real
    • RTSPH - RTSP(HTTP); Real
    • RTSPM - RTSP(MultiCast); Real
  • rtspt:// - RTSP(TCP) (not Real, maybe MS)
  • rtspu:// - RTSP(UDP); http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2326.txt
  • rtsph://? - RTSP(HTTP) (not Real, untested)
  • pnm:// - PNA (mplayer has its own implementation); https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/server/protocol/pna/ (complex license)
    • PNA - PNA
    • PNAT - PNA(TCP)
    • PNAU - PNA(UDP)
    • PNAH - PNA(HTTP)
    • PNH - PNA(HTTP)
    • PNAM - PNA(MultiCast)
  • mms:// - MMS *
  • mmst:// - MMS(TCP)
  • mmsu:// - MMS(UDP)
  • mmsh:// - MMS(HTTP)
  • mmshttp:// - from mplayer
  • rtmp:// - RTMP
  • rtmpt:// - RTMP(over HTTP) RTMPT
  • rtmps://? - RTMP(over HTTPS) RTMPS (untested)
  • peercast:// - PeerCast (P2P); http://www.peercast.org/ (GPL)
  • N/A - KeyHoleTV protocol (non-free)
• Devices
  • dvd:// - from mplayer and vlc
  • dvdnav:// - from mplayer
  • dvdsimple:// - from vlc
  • cdda:// - from vlc and mplayer
  • cddb:// - from mplayer
  • vcd:// - from mplayer
  • tv:// - from mplayer
  • radio:// - from mplayer
• Capture
  • v4l:// - Video for Lan (from vlc)
  • v4l2:// - Video for Lan 2 (from vlc)
  • screen:// - Capture (from vlc)
  • pvr:// - Video for Lan 2 (aka PVR) (from mplayer)
  • dvb:// - DVB channels menu (from mplayer)
  • x11: - old ffmpeg X11 grabbing
• Meta Container
  • cue:// - CUE Sheet (from mplayer)
• Remote Control Protocol
  • mpst:// - MPlayer Netstream
  • vlc:// - VLC
• SlideShow Protocols
  • mf:// - directory slideshow (from mplayer)
• Tunnel
  • N/A - Proxytunnel; http://proxytunnel.sourceforge.net/intro.php (GPL)
  • N/A - httptunnel; http://www.nocrew.org/software/httptunnel.html (GPL)
  • N/A - Tor (The Onion Router); http://www.torproject.org/ (BSD license)
  • N/A - Java Anonymous Proxy; http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/index_en.html (non-free?)
• VCSs
  • svn:// - svn server
  • svn+http:// - svn webdav
  • svn+https:// - svn webdav over ssl
  • git:// - git
  • hg:// - mercurial
  • bzr:// - bazaar VCS smart server
  • bzr+ssh:// - bazaar VCS smart server over SSH
  • bzr+http:// - bazaar http
  • bzr+https:// - bazaar https
  • bzr+ftp:// - bazaar ftp
  • bzr+sftp:// - bazaar sftp
  • lp:// - bazaar launchpad plugin
• Meta Protocol
  • data: - Data URI Scheme; http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2397
  • about: - Fx, knoqueror and other browsers, may not relate to Media
  • urn:isbn: - book, may not relate to Media
  • urn:ietf: - ietf, may not relate to Media
• Mail, may not relate to Media
  • mailto:// - Mail
  • imap: - IMAP(mail)
  • N/A - POP3 protocol(mail)
  • N/A - POP3 protocol(mail)
  • N/A - smtp protocol(mail)
    • POP before SMTP
    • SMTP-AUTH
  • news:// - NNTP; http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc977
• non-realtime P2P, may not relate to Media
  • N/A (*.torrent) - BitTorrent Protocol; http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0003.html
  • N/A - Freenet Client Protocol 2.0; http://wiki.freenetproject.org/FreenetFCPSpec2Point0
  • N/A - WinMX protocol
  • N/A - Winny protocol
  • N/A - shinGETsu BBS protocol; http://shingetsu.info/ (GPL)
  • N/A - RinGOCh protocol (non-free)
• Todo
  • feed: - feed protocol; http://www.brindys.com/winrss/feedformat.html
  • rss: - feed protocol; http://www.brindys.com/winrss/feedformat.html
  • sip: - Session Initiation Protocol; http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3261.txt; http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/ (LGPL)
  • sdp:// - SDP(from mplayer); http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/tree/gst/sdp (LGPL); http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/ (LGPL)
  • tivo:// - vstream (from mplayer)
  • null:// - null stream (from mplayer)
  • unsv:// - from mplayer
  • icyx:// - from mplayer
  • noicyx:// - from mplayer
  • apt: - apturl, may not relate to Media
  • N/A - Gobby protocol, may not relate to Media
  • N/A - DLNA Networked Device Interoperability Guidelines
  • N/A - EsounD Protocol; http://www.jcraft.com/jesd/EsounD-protocol.txt
  • N/A - PulseAudio Simple Protocol; http://www.pulseaudio.org/ (LGPL)
  • N/A - PulseAudio Native Protocol; http://www.pulseaudio.org/ (LGPL)
  • N/A - GStreamer Data protocol: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/tree/libs/gst/dataprotocol (LGPL)
  • N/A - Digital Audio Access Protocol; http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdmapsharing/ (LGPL)
  • N/A - Digital Media Access Protocol; http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdmapsharing/ (LGPL)
  • N/A - Digital Photo Access Protocol; http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdmapsharing/ (LGPL)
  • N/A - Datagram Congestion Control Protocol; http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/tree/gst/dccp (LGPL)
  • N/A - X Window System Protocol; ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.0/doc/PDF/proto.pdf
  • N/A - RFB Protocol (VNC); http://www.realvnc.com/docs/rfbproto.pdf
  • N/A - Remote Desktop Protocol; http://www.rdesktop.org/ (GPL)
  • N/A - SAP; http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2974.txt
  • N/A - IPv4(RAW); Video Conferencing Tool (BSD license)
  • N/A - RTIP (Real-Time Internetwork Protocol?); Video Conferencing Tool (BSD license)
  • N/A - ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode); Video Conferencing Tool (BSD license)
  • N/A - ARP
  • N/A - RARP
  • N/A - RSVP
  • N/A - RVPoIP (Remote Voice Protocol over IP)
  • N/A - Megaco H.248
  • N/A - MGCP (Media Gateway Control Protocol); ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2705.txt
  • N/A - SGC (Simple Gateway Control Protocol)
  • N/A - Skinny (Skinny Client Control Protocol)
  • N/A - Skype protocol
  • N/A - RTCP
  • N/A - RTP TV; http://www.openmash.org/lxr/source/rtptv/ (opensource)
  • [access][/demux]:// - VLC Stream MRL (eg. file/ffmpeg://, /ffmpeg://)
  • partfile:// - eMule part file access(VLC?)
  • fake:// - Fake input (from VLC)
  • dv:// - Digital Video(Fireware/ieee1394) (from VLC)
  • directory:// - Directory (from VLC)
  • jack:// - Jack input (from VLC)
  • N/A - HFS http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/ (GPL)
  • shell: - MS explore/iexplorer (ex. shell:Desktop , shell:Cache )
  • ssh: - Secure Shell
  • mhtml: - MIME Encapsulation of Aggregate HTML
  • javascript: - Javascript
  • vbscript: - Visual Basic Script
  • mocha: - Mocha (Netscape4; mocha is old name of livescript)
  • livescript: - LiveScript (Netscape4; livescript is old name of javascript)
  • ipp: - http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/98aug/slides/ipp-security-slides-98aug/index.html
  • view-source: - show source (browsers)
  • cdo: - Microsoft Office CDO Protocol