+ *
+ * @param options A dictionary filled with options for nested protocols,
+ * i.e. it will be passed to url_open2() for protocols implementing it.
+ * This parameter will be destroyed and replaced with a dict containing options
+ * that were not found. May be NULL.
+ */
+int ffurl_connect(URLContext *uc, AVDictionary **options);
+
+/**
+ * Create an URLContext for accessing to the resource indicated by
+ * url, and open it.
+ *
+ * @param puc pointer to the location where, in case of success, the
+ * function puts the pointer to the created URLContext
+ * @param flags flags which control how the resource indicated by url
+ * is to be opened
+ * @param int_cb interrupt callback to use for the URLContext, may be
+ * NULL
+ * @param options A dictionary filled with protocol-private options. On return
+ * this parameter will be destroyed and replaced with a dict containing options
+ * that were not found. May be NULL.
+ * @return 0 in case of success, a negative value corresponding to an
+ * AVERROR code in case of failure
+ */
+int ffurl_open(URLContext **puc, const char *filename, int flags,
+ const AVIOInterruptCB *int_cb, AVDictionary **options);
+
+/**
+ * Read up to size bytes from the resource accessed by h, and store
+ * the read bytes in buf.
+ *
+ * @return The number of bytes actually read, or a negative value
+ * corresponding to an AVERROR code in case of error. A value of zero
+ * indicates that it is not possible to read more from the accessed
+ * resource (except if the value of the size argument is also zero).
+ */
+int ffurl_read(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size);
+
+/**
+ * Read as many bytes as possible (up to size), calling the
+ * read function multiple times if necessary.
+ * This makes special short-read handling in applications
+ * unnecessary, if the return value is < size then it is
+ * certain there was either an error or the end of file was reached.
+ */
+int ffurl_read_complete(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size);
+
+/**
+ * Write size bytes from buf to the resource accessed by h.
+ *
+ * @return the number of bytes actually written, or a negative value
+ * corresponding to an AVERROR code in case of failure
+ */
+int ffurl_write(URLContext *h, const unsigned char *buf, int size);
+
+/**
+ * Change the position that will be used by the next read/write
+ * operation on the resource accessed by h.
+ *
+ * @param pos specifies the new position to set
+ * @param whence specifies how pos should be interpreted, it must be
+ * one of SEEK_SET (seek from the beginning), SEEK_CUR (seek from the
+ * current position), SEEK_END (seek from the end), or AVSEEK_SIZE
+ * (return the filesize of the requested resource, pos is ignored).
+ * @return a negative value corresponding to an AVERROR code in case
+ * of failure, or the resulting file position, measured in bytes from
+ * the beginning of the file. You can use this feature together with
+ * SEEK_CUR to read the current file position.
+ */
+int64_t ffurl_seek(URLContext *h, int64_t pos, int whence);
+
+/**
+ * Close the resource accessed by the URLContext h, and free the
+ * memory used by it.
+ *
+ * @return a negative value if an error condition occurred, 0
+ * otherwise
+ */
+int ffurl_close(URLContext *h);
+
+/**
+ * Return the filesize of the resource accessed by h, AVERROR(ENOSYS)
+ * if the operation is not supported by h, or another negative value
+ * corresponding to an AVERROR error code in case of failure.
+ */
+int64_t ffurl_size(URLContext *h);
+
+/**
+ * Return the file descriptor associated with this URL. For RTP, this
+ * will return only the RTP file descriptor, not the RTCP file descriptor.
+ *
+ * @return the file descriptor associated with this URL, or <0 on error.
+ */
+int ffurl_get_file_handle(URLContext *h);
+
+/**
+ * Return the file descriptors associated with this URL.
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success or <0 on error.
+ */
+int ffurl_get_multi_file_handle(URLContext *h, int **handles, int *numhandles);
+
+/**
+ * Signal the URLContext that we are done reading or writing the stream.
+ *
+ * @param h pointer to the resource
+ * @param flags flags which control how the resource indicated by url
+ * is to be shutdown
+ *
+ * @return a negative value if an error condition occurred, 0
+ * otherwise
+ */
+int ffurl_shutdown(URLContext *h, int flags);
+
+/**
+ * Register the URLProtocol protocol.