[gst-devel] ftp:// support in linux and in win32

[Benjamin Otte]

Yes.

gio supports plugins, and on Linux, those plugins are usually provided
by gvfs.

Benjamin


On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 04:44 -0700, wl2776 wrote:
> I've studied gst-inspect giosrc both in linux and in windows (Latest
> OSSBuild).
> 
> The comparison shows that linux giosrc supports much more uri schemes that
> windows one.
> 
> Linux:
> $ gst-inspect giosrc
> ...
> URI handling capabilities:
>   Element can act as source.
>   Supported URI protocols:
>     file
>     ftp
>     dns-sd
>     afc
>     smb
>     network
>     trash
>     davs
>     dav
>     computer
>     davs+sd
>     dav+sd
>     localtest
>     burn
>     obex
>     archive
>     gphoto2
>     sftp
>     ssh
> ...
> 
> Win32, using the latest OSSBuild:
> c:\> gst-inspect giosrc
> ...
> URI handling capabilities:
>   Element can act as source.
>   Supported URI protocols:
>     file
> ...
> 
> Where have all protocols gone?
> 
> $GST_PLUGINS_BASE/ext/gio/gstgio.c has the function 
> static gpointer
> _internal_get_supported_protocols (gpointer data)
> 
> which calls g_vfs_get_supported_uri_schemes
> 
> So, is such lack of schemes caused by the fact that this Glib instance
> supports only file:// ?
>