diff --git a/libavcodec/aaccoder.c b/libavcodec/aaccoder.c
index f08b34b823..60be5ef47d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aaccoder.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aaccoder.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static av_always_inline float quantize_and_encode_band_cost_template(
     const float IQ = ff_aac_pow2sf_tab[200 + scale_idx - SCALE_ONE_POS + SCALE_DIV_512];
     const float  Q = ff_aac_pow2sf_tab[200 - scale_idx + SCALE_ONE_POS - SCALE_DIV_512];
     const float CLIPPED_ESCAPE = 165140.0f*IQ;
-    int i, j, k;
+    int i, j;
     float cost = 0;
     const int dim = BT_PAIR ? 2 : 4;
     int resbits = 0;
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ static av_always_inline float quantize_and_encode_band_cost_template(
         curbits =  ff_aac_spectral_bits[cb-1][curidx];
         vec     = &ff_aac_codebook_vectors[cb-1][curidx*dim];
         if (BT_UNSIGNED) {
-            for (k = 0; k < dim; k++) {
-                float t = fabsf(in[i+k]);
+            for (j = 0; j < dim; j++) {
+                float t = fabsf(in[i+j]);
                 float di;
-                if (BT_ESC && vec[k] == 64.0f) { //FIXME: slow
+                if (BT_ESC && vec[j] == 64.0f) { //FIXME: slow
                     if (t >= CLIPPED_ESCAPE) {
                         di = t - CLIPPED_ESCAPE;
                         curbits += 21;
@@ -162,15 +162,15 @@ static av_always_inline float quantize_and_encode_band_cost_template(
                         curbits += av_log2(c)*2 - 4 + 1;
                     }
                 } else {
-                    di = t - vec[k]*IQ;
+                    di = t - vec[j]*IQ;
                 }
-                if (vec[k] != 0.0f)
+                if (vec[j] != 0.0f)
                     curbits++;
                 rd += di*di;
             }
         } else {
-            for (k = 0; k < dim; k++) {
-                float di = in[i+k] - vec[k]*IQ;
+            for (j = 0; j < dim; j++) {
+                float di = in[i+j] - vec[j]*IQ;
                 rd += di*di;
             }
         }
diff --git a/libavcodec/ac3dsp.c b/libavcodec/ac3dsp.c
index ec0b82d4fc..0b5b501a27 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ac3dsp.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ac3dsp.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
 
+#include "libavutil/avassert.h"
 #include "avcodec.h"
 #include "ac3.h"
 #include "ac3dsp.h"
@@ -149,6 +150,27 @@ static int ac3_compute_mantissa_size_c(int mant_cnt[5], uint8_t *bap,
     return bits;
 }
 
+static void ac3_extract_exponents_c(uint8_t *exp, int32_t *coef, int nb_coefs)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nb_coefs; i++) {
+        int e;
+        int v = abs(coef[i]);
+        if (v == 0)
+            e = 24;
+        else {
+            e = 23 - av_log2(v);
+            if (e >= 24) {
+                e = 24;
+                coef[i] = 0;
+            }
+            av_assert2(e >= 0);
+        }
+        exp[i] = e;
+    }
+}
+
 av_cold void ff_ac3dsp_init(AC3DSPContext *c, int bit_exact)
 {
     c->ac3_exponent_min = ac3_exponent_min_c;
@@ -158,6 +180,7 @@ av_cold void ff_ac3dsp_init(AC3DSPContext *c, int bit_exact)
     c->float_to_fixed24 = float_to_fixed24_c;
     c->bit_alloc_calc_bap = ac3_bit_alloc_calc_bap_c;
     c->compute_mantissa_size = ac3_compute_mantissa_size_c;
+    c->extract_exponents = ac3_extract_exponents_c;
 
     if (ARCH_ARM)
         ff_ac3dsp_init_arm(c, bit_exact);
diff --git a/libavcodec/ac3dsp.h b/libavcodec/ac3dsp.h
index 08680f382d..878c802187 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ac3dsp.h
+++ b/libavcodec/ac3dsp.h
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ typedef struct AC3DSPContext {
      * Calculate the number of bits needed to encode a set of mantissas.
      */
     int (*compute_mantissa_size)(int mant_cnt[5], uint8_t *bap, int nb_coefs);
+
+    void (*extract_exponents)(uint8_t *exp, int32_t *coef, int nb_coefs);
 } AC3DSPContext;
 
 void ff_ac3dsp_init    (AC3DSPContext *c, int bit_exact);
diff --git a/libavcodec/ac3enc.c b/libavcodec/ac3enc.c
index 5f2868f5e6..1c353b6a43 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ac3enc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ac3enc.c
@@ -329,6 +329,36 @@ static const int64_t ac3_channel_layouts[] = {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * LUT to select the bandwidth code based on the bit rate, sample rate, and
+ * number of full-bandwidth channels.
+ * bandwidth_tab[fbw_channels-1][sample rate code][bit rate code]
+ */
+static const uint8_t ac3_bandwidth_tab[5][3][19] = {
+//      32  40  48  56  64  80  96 112 128 160 192 224 256 320 384 448 512 576 640
+
+    { {  0,  0,  0, 12, 16, 32, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48 },
+      {  0,  0,  0, 16, 20, 36, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56 },
+      {  0,  0,  0, 32, 40, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60 } },
+
+    { {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 20, 24, 32, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48 },
+      {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  4, 24, 28, 36, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56 },
+      {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 20, 44, 52, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60 } },
+
+    { {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48 },
+      {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  4, 20, 28, 36, 44, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56 },
+      {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 20, 40, 48, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60 } },
+
+    { {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 12, 24, 32, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48 },
+      {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 16, 28, 36, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56 },
+      {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 32, 48, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60 } },
+
+    { {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  8, 20, 32, 40, 48, 48, 48, 48 },
+      {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 12, 24, 36, 44, 56, 56, 56, 56 },
+      {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 28, 44, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60 } }
+};
+
+
 /**
  * Adjust the frame size to make the average bit rate match the target bit rate.
  * This is only needed for 11025, 22050, and 44100 sample rates.
@@ -532,28 +562,13 @@ static av_cold void exponent_init(AC3EncodeContext *s)
  */
 static void extract_exponents(AC3EncodeContext *s)
 {
-    int blk, ch, i;
+    int blk, ch;
 
     for (ch = 0; ch < s->channels; ch++) {
         for (blk = 0; blk < AC3_MAX_BLOCKS; blk++) {
             AC3Block *block = &s->blocks[blk];
-            uint8_t *exp   = block->exp[ch];
-            int32_t *coef = block->fixed_coef[ch];
-            for (i = 0; i < AC3_MAX_COEFS; i++) {
-                int e;
-                int v = abs(coef[i]);
-                if (v == 0)
-                    e = 24;
-                else {
-                    e = 23 - av_log2(v);
-                    if (e >= 24) {
-                        e = 24;
-                        coef[i] = 0;
-                    }
-                    av_assert2(e >= 0);
-                }
-                exp[i] = e;
-            }
+            s->ac3dsp.extract_exponents(block->exp[ch], block->fixed_coef[ch],
+                                        AC3_MAX_COEFS);
         }
     }
 }
@@ -2095,9 +2110,7 @@ static av_cold void set_bandwidth(AC3EncodeContext *s)
         bw_code        = av_clip((fbw_coeffs - 73) / 3, 0, 60);
     } else {
         /* use default bandwidth setting */
-        /* XXX: should compute the bandwidth according to the frame
-           size, so that we avoid annoying high frequency artifacts */
-        bw_code = 50;
+        bw_code = ac3_bandwidth_tab[s->fbw_channels-1][s->bit_alloc.sr_code][s->frame_size_code/2];
     }
 
     /* set number of coefficients for each channel */
diff --git a/libavformat/applehttp.c b/libavformat/applehttp.c
index 8a6b232e51..639cfcdce4 100644
--- a/libavformat/applehttp.c
+++ b/libavformat/applehttp.c
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 #include "avformat.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include "avio_internal.h"
+
+#define INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE 32768
 
 /*
  * An apple http stream consists of a playlist with media segment files,
@@ -56,26 +59,31 @@ struct segment {
 struct variant {
     int bandwidth;
     char url[MAX_URL_SIZE];
-    AVIOContext *pb;
+    AVIOContext pb;
+    uint8_t* read_buffer;
+    URLContext *input;
+    AVFormatContext *parent;
+    int index;
     AVFormatContext *ctx;
     AVPacket pkt;
     int stream_offset;
 
+    int finished;
+    int target_duration;
     int start_seq_no;
     int n_segments;
     struct segment **segments;
-    int needed;
+    int needed, cur_needed;
+    int cur_seq_no;
+    int64_t last_load_time;
 };
 
 typedef struct AppleHTTPContext {
-    int target_duration;
-    int finished;
     int n_variants;
     struct variant **variants;
     int cur_seq_no;
-    int64_t last_load_time;
-    int64_t last_packet_dts;
-    int max_start_seq, min_end_seq;
+    int end_of_segment;
+    int first_packet;
 } AppleHTTPContext;
 
 static int read_chomp_line(AVIOContext *s, char *buf, int maxlen)
@@ -102,8 +110,9 @@ static void free_variant_list(AppleHTTPContext *c)
         struct variant *var = c->variants[i];
         free_segment_list(var);
         av_free_packet(&var->pkt);
-        if (var->pb)
-            avio_close(var->pb);
+        av_free(var->pb.buffer);
+        if (var->input)
+            url_close(var->input);
         if (var->ctx) {
             var->ctx->pb = NULL;
             av_close_input_file(var->ctx);
@@ -170,9 +179,10 @@ static int parse_playlist(AppleHTTPContext *c, const char *url,
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    if (var)
+    if (var) {
         free_segment_list(var);
-    c->finished = 0;
+        var->finished = 0;
+    }
     while (!url_feof(in)) {
         read_chomp_line(in, line, sizeof(line));
         if (av_strstart(line, "#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:", &ptr)) {
@@ -182,7 +192,14 @@ static int parse_playlist(AppleHTTPContext *c, const char *url,
                                &info);
             bandwidth = atoi(info.bandwidth);
         } else if (av_strstart(line, "#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:", &ptr)) {
-            c->target_duration = atoi(ptr);
+            if (!var) {
+                var = new_variant(c, 0, url, NULL);
+                if (!var) {
+                    ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+                    goto fail;
+                }
+            }
+            var->target_duration = atoi(ptr);
         } else if (av_strstart(line, "#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:", &ptr)) {
             if (!var) {
                 var = new_variant(c, 0, url, NULL);
@@ -193,7 +210,8 @@ static int parse_playlist(AppleHTTPContext *c, const char *url,
             }
             var->start_seq_no = atoi(ptr);
         } else if (av_strstart(line, "#EXT-X-ENDLIST", &ptr)) {
-            c->finished = 1;
+            if (var)
+                var->finished = 1;
         } else if (av_strstart(line, "#EXTINF:", &ptr)) {
             is_segment = 1;
             duration   = atoi(ptr);
@@ -229,7 +247,8 @@ static int parse_playlist(AppleHTTPContext *c, const char *url,
             }
         }
     }
-    c->last_load_time = av_gettime();
+    if (var)
+        var->last_load_time = av_gettime();
 
 fail:
     if (close_in)
@@ -237,6 +256,71 @@ fail:
     return ret;
 }
 
+static int read_data(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size)
+{
+    struct variant *v = opaque;
+    AppleHTTPContext *c = v->parent->priv_data;
+    int ret, i;
+
+restart:
+    if (!v->input) {
+reload:
+        /* If this is a live stream and target_duration has elapsed since
+         * the last playlist reload, reload the variant playlists now. */
+        if (!v->finished &&
+            av_gettime() - v->last_load_time >= v->target_duration*1000000 &&
+            (ret = parse_playlist(c, v->url, v, NULL)) < 0)
+                return ret;
+        if (v->cur_seq_no < v->start_seq_no) {
+            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_WARNING,
+                   "skipping %d segments ahead, expired from playlists\n",
+                   v->start_seq_no - v->cur_seq_no);
+            v->cur_seq_no = v->start_seq_no;
+        }
+        if (v->cur_seq_no >= v->start_seq_no + v->n_segments) {
+            if (v->finished)
+                return AVERROR_EOF;
+            while (av_gettime() - v->last_load_time <
+                   v->target_duration*1000000) {
+                if (url_interrupt_cb())
+                    return AVERROR_EXIT;
+                usleep(100*1000);
+            }
+            /* Enough time has elapsed since the last reload */
+            goto reload;
+        }
+
+        ret = url_open(&v->input,
+                       v->segments[v->cur_seq_no - v->start_seq_no]->url,
+                       URL_RDONLY);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            return ret;
+    }
+    ret = url_read(v->input, buf, buf_size);
+    if (ret > 0)
+        return ret;
+    if (ret < 0 && ret != AVERROR_EOF)
+        return ret;
+    url_close(v->input);
+    v->input = NULL;
+    v->cur_seq_no++;
+
+    c->end_of_segment = 1;
+    c->cur_seq_no = v->cur_seq_no;
+
+    v->needed = 0;
+    for (i = v->stream_offset; i < v->stream_offset + v->ctx->nb_streams; i++) {
+        if (v->parent->streams[i]->discard < AVDISCARD_ALL)
+            v->needed = 1;
+    }
+    if (!v->needed) {
+        av_log(v->parent, AV_LOG_INFO, "No longer receiving variant %d\n",
+               v->index);
+        return AVERROR_EOF;
+    }
+    goto restart;
+}
+
 static int applehttp_read_header(AVFormatContext *s, AVFormatParameters *ap)
 {
     AppleHTTPContext *c = s->priv_data;
@@ -268,27 +352,42 @@ static int applehttp_read_header(AVFormatContext *s, AVFormatParameters *ap)
 
     /* If this isn't a live stream, calculate the total duration of the
      * stream. */
-    if (c->finished) {
+    if (c->variants[0]->finished) {
         int64_t duration = 0;
         for (i = 0; i < c->variants[0]->n_segments; i++)
             duration += c->variants[0]->segments[i]->duration;
         s->duration = duration * AV_TIME_BASE;
     }
 
-    c->min_end_seq = INT_MAX;
     /* Open the demuxer for each variant */
     for (i = 0; i < c->n_variants; i++) {
         struct variant *v = c->variants[i];
+        AVInputFormat *in_fmt = NULL;
         if (v->n_segments == 0)
             continue;
-        c->max_start_seq = FFMAX(c->max_start_seq, v->start_seq_no);
-        c->min_end_seq   = FFMIN(c->min_end_seq,   v->start_seq_no +
-                                                   v->n_segments);
-        ret = av_open_input_file(&v->ctx, v->segments[0]->url, NULL, 0, NULL);
+
+        v->index  = i;
+        v->needed = 1;
+        v->parent = s;
+
+        /* If this is a live stream with more than 3 segments, start at the
+         * third last segment. */
+        v->cur_seq_no = v->start_seq_no;
+        if (!v->finished && v->n_segments > 3)
+            v->cur_seq_no = v->start_seq_no + v->n_segments - 3;
+
+        v->read_buffer = av_malloc(INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE);
+        ffio_init_context(&v->pb, v->read_buffer, INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE, 0, v,
+                          read_data, NULL, NULL);
+        v->pb.seekable = 0;
+        ret = av_probe_input_buffer(&v->pb, &in_fmt, v->segments[0]->url,
+                                    NULL, 0, 0);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            goto fail;
+        ret = av_open_input_stream(&v->ctx, &v->pb, v->segments[0]->url,
+                                   in_fmt, NULL);
         if (ret < 0)
             goto fail;
-        avio_close(v->ctx->pb);
-        v->ctx->pb = NULL;
         v->stream_offset = stream_offset;
         /* Create new AVStreams for each stream in this variant */
         for (j = 0; j < v->ctx->nb_streams; j++) {
@@ -301,13 +400,8 @@ static int applehttp_read_header(AVFormatContext *s, AVFormatParameters *ap)
         }
         stream_offset += v->ctx->nb_streams;
     }
-    c->last_packet_dts = AV_NOPTS_VALUE;
 
-    c->cur_seq_no = c->max_start_seq;
-    /* If this is a live stream with more than 3 segments, start at the
-     * third last segment. */
-    if (!c->finished && c->min_end_seq - c->max_start_seq > 3)
-        c->cur_seq_no = c->min_end_seq - 2;
+    c->first_packet = 1;
 
     return 0;
 fail:
@@ -315,98 +409,61 @@ fail:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int open_variant(AppleHTTPContext *c, struct variant *var, int skip)
+static int recheck_discard_flags(AVFormatContext *s, int first)
 {
-    int ret;
+    AppleHTTPContext *c = s->priv_data;
+    int i, changed = 0;
 
-    if (c->cur_seq_no < var->start_seq_no) {
-        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_WARNING,
-               "seq %d not available in variant %s, skipping\n",
-               var->start_seq_no, var->url);
-        return 0;
+    /* Check if any new streams are needed */
+    for (i = 0; i < c->n_variants; i++)
+        c->variants[i]->cur_needed = 0;;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < s->nb_streams; i++) {
+        AVStream *st = s->streams[i];
+        struct variant *var = c->variants[s->streams[i]->id];
+        if (st->discard < AVDISCARD_ALL)
+            var->cur_needed = 1;
     }
-    if (c->cur_seq_no - var->start_seq_no >= var->n_segments)
-        return c->finished ? AVERROR_EOF : 0;
-    ret = avio_open(&var->pb,
-                    var->segments[c->cur_seq_no - var->start_seq_no]->url,
-                    URL_RDONLY);
-    if (ret < 0)
-        return ret;
-    var->ctx->pb = var->pb;
-    /* If this is a new segment in parallel with another one already opened,
-     * skip ahead so they're all at the same dts. */
-    if (skip && c->last_packet_dts != AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
-        while (1) {
-            ret = av_read_frame(var->ctx, &var->pkt);
-            if (ret < 0) {
-                if (ret == AVERROR_EOF) {
-                    reset_packet(&var->pkt);
-                    return 0;
-                }
-                return ret;
-            }
-            if (var->pkt.dts >= c->last_packet_dts)
-                break;
-            av_free_packet(&var->pkt);
+    for (i = 0; i < c->n_variants; i++) {
+        struct variant *v = c->variants[i];
+        if (v->cur_needed && !v->needed) {
+            v->needed = 1;
+            changed = 1;
+            v->cur_seq_no = c->cur_seq_no;
+            v->pb.eof_reached = 0;
+            av_log(s, AV_LOG_INFO, "Now receiving variant %d\n", i);
+        } else if (first && !v->cur_needed && v->needed) {
+            if (v->input)
+                url_close(v->input);
+            v->input = NULL;
+            v->needed = 0;
+            changed = 1;
+            av_log(s, AV_LOG_INFO, "No longer receiving variant %d\n", i);
         }
     }
-    return 0;
+    return changed;
 }
 
 static int applehttp_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
 {
     AppleHTTPContext *c = s->priv_data;
-    int ret, i, minvariant = -1, first = 1, needed = 0, changed = 0,
-        variants = 0;
+    int ret, i, minvariant = -1;
 
-    /* Recheck the discard flags - which streams are desired at the moment */
-    for (i = 0; i < c->n_variants; i++)
-        c->variants[i]->needed = 0;
-    for (i = 0; i < s->nb_streams; i++) {
-        AVStream *st = s->streams[i];
-        struct variant *var = c->variants[s->streams[i]->id];
-        if (st->discard < AVDISCARD_ALL) {
-            var->needed = 1;
-            needed++;
-        }
-        /* Copy the discard flag to the chained demuxer, to indicate which
-         * streams are desired. */
-        var->ctx->streams[i - var->stream_offset]->discard = st->discard;
+    if (c->first_packet) {
+        recheck_discard_flags(s, 1);
+        c->first_packet = 0;
     }
-    if (!needed)
-        return AVERROR_EOF;
+
 start:
+    c->end_of_segment = 0;
     for (i = 0; i < c->n_variants; i++) {
         struct variant *var = c->variants[i];
-        /* Close unneeded streams, open newly requested streams */
-        if (var->pb && !var->needed) {
-            av_log(s, AV_LOG_DEBUG,
-                   "Closing variant stream %d, no longer needed\n", i);
-            av_free_packet(&var->pkt);
-            reset_packet(&var->pkt);
-            avio_close(var->pb);
-            var->pb = NULL;
-            changed = 1;
-        } else if (!var->pb && var->needed) {
-            if (first)
-                av_log(s, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Opening variant stream %d\n", i);
-            if (first && !c->finished)
-                if ((ret = parse_playlist(c, var->url, var, NULL)) < 0)
-                    return ret;
-            ret = open_variant(c, var, first);
-            if (ret < 0)
-                return ret;
-            changed = 1;
-        }
-        /* Count the number of open variants */
-        if (var->pb)
-            variants++;
         /* Make sure we've got one buffered packet from each open variant
          * stream */
-        if (var->pb && !var->pkt.data) {
+        if (var->needed && !var->pkt.data) {
             ret = av_read_frame(var->ctx, &var->pkt);
             if (ret < 0) {
-                if (!url_feof(var->pb))
+                if (!url_feof(&var->pb))
                     return ret;
                 reset_packet(&var->pkt);
             }
@@ -418,70 +475,18 @@ start:
                 minvariant = i;
         }
     }
-    if (first && changed)
-        av_log(s, AV_LOG_INFO, "Receiving %d variant streams\n", variants);
+    if (c->end_of_segment) {
+        if (recheck_discard_flags(s, 0))
+            goto start;
+    }
     /* If we got a packet, return it */
     if (minvariant >= 0) {
         *pkt = c->variants[minvariant]->pkt;
         pkt->stream_index += c->variants[minvariant]->stream_offset;
         reset_packet(&c->variants[minvariant]->pkt);
-        c->last_packet_dts = pkt->dts;
         return 0;
     }
-    /* No more packets - eof reached in all variant streams, close the
-     * current segments. */
-    for (i = 0; i < c->n_variants; i++) {
-        struct variant *var = c->variants[i];
-        if (var->pb) {
-            avio_close(var->pb);
-            var->pb = NULL;
-        }
-    }
-    /* Indicate that we're opening the next segment, not opening a new
-     * variant stream in parallel, so we shouldn't try to skip ahead. */
-    first = 0;
-    c->cur_seq_no++;
-reload:
-    if (!c->finished) {
-        /* If this is a live stream and target_duration has elapsed since
-         * the last playlist reload, reload the variant playlists now. */
-        int64_t now = av_gettime();
-        if (now - c->last_load_time >= c->target_duration*1000000) {
-            c->max_start_seq = 0;
-            c->min_end_seq   = INT_MAX;
-            for (i = 0; i < c->n_variants; i++) {
-                struct variant *var = c->variants[i];
-                if (var->needed) {
-                    if ((ret = parse_playlist(c, var->url, var, NULL)) < 0)
-                        return ret;
-                    c->max_start_seq = FFMAX(c->max_start_seq,
-                                             var->start_seq_no);
-                    c->min_end_seq   = FFMIN(c->min_end_seq,
-                                             var->start_seq_no + var->n_segments);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    if (c->cur_seq_no < c->max_start_seq) {
-        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_WARNING,
-               "skipping %d segments ahead, expired from playlists\n",
-               c->max_start_seq - c->cur_seq_no);
-        c->cur_seq_no = c->max_start_seq;
-    }
-    /* If more segments exist, open the next one */
-    if (c->cur_seq_no < c->min_end_seq)
-        goto start;
-    /* We've reached the end of the playlists - return eof if this is a
-     * non-live stream, wait until the next playlist reload if it is live. */
-    if (c->finished)
-        return AVERROR_EOF;
-    while (av_gettime() - c->last_load_time < c->target_duration*1000000) {
-        if (url_interrupt_cb())
-            return AVERROR_EXIT;
-        usleep(100*1000);
-    }
-    /* Enough time has elapsed since the last reload */
-    goto reload;
+    return AVERROR_EOF;
 }
 
 static int applehttp_close(AVFormatContext *s)
@@ -496,38 +501,40 @@ static int applehttp_read_seek(AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index,
                                int64_t timestamp, int flags)
 {
     AppleHTTPContext *c = s->priv_data;
-    int64_t pos = 0;
-    int i;
-    struct variant *var = c->variants[0];
+    int i, j, ret;
 
-    if ((flags & AVSEEK_FLAG_BYTE) || !c->finished)
+    if ((flags & AVSEEK_FLAG_BYTE) || !c->variants[0]->finished)
         return AVERROR(ENOSYS);
 
-    /* Reset the variants */
-    c->last_packet_dts = AV_NOPTS_VALUE;
+    timestamp = av_rescale_rnd(timestamp, 1, stream_index >= 0 ?
+                               s->streams[stream_index]->time_base.den :
+                               AV_TIME_BASE, flags & AVSEEK_FLAG_BACKWARD ?
+                               AV_ROUND_DOWN : AV_ROUND_UP);
+    ret = AVERROR(EIO);
     for (i = 0; i < c->n_variants; i++) {
+        /* Reset reading */
         struct variant *var = c->variants[i];
-        if (var->pb) {
-            avio_close(var->pb);
-            var->pb = NULL;
+        int64_t pos = 0;
+        if (var->input) {
+            url_close(var->input);
+            var->input = NULL;
         }
         av_free_packet(&var->pkt);
         reset_packet(&var->pkt);
-    }
-
-    timestamp = av_rescale_rnd(timestamp, 1, stream_index >= 0 ?
-                               s->streams[stream_index]->time_base.den :
-                               AV_TIME_BASE, flags & AVSEEK_FLAG_BACKWARD ?
-                               AV_ROUND_DOWN : AV_ROUND_UP);
-    /* Locate the segment that contains the target timestamp */
-    for (i = 0; i < var->n_segments; i++) {
-        if (timestamp >= pos && timestamp < pos + var->segments[i]->duration) {
-            c->cur_seq_no = var->start_seq_no + i;
-            return 0;
+        var->pb.eof_reached = 0;
+
+        /* Locate the segment that contains the target timestamp */
+        for (j = 0; j < var->n_segments; j++) {
+            if (timestamp >= pos &&
+                timestamp < pos + var->segments[j]->duration) {
+                var->cur_seq_no = var->start_seq_no + j;
+                ret = 0;
+                break;
+            }
+            pos += var->segments[j]->duration;
         }
-        pos += var->segments[i]->duration;
     }
-    return AVERROR(EIO);
+    return ret;
 }
 
 static int applehttp_probe(AVProbeData *p)
diff --git a/libavformat/applehttpproto.c b/libavformat/applehttpproto.c
index 630d02d3d6..6f42992c13 100644
--- a/libavformat/applehttpproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/applehttpproto.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/avstring.h"
 #include "avformat.h"
 #include "internal.h"
+#include "url.h"
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 /*
@@ -240,12 +241,12 @@ static int applehttp_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
 
 start:
     if (s->seg_hd) {
-        ret = url_read(s->seg_hd, buf, size);
+        ret = ffurl_read(s->seg_hd, buf, size);
         if (ret > 0)
             return ret;
     }
     if (s->seg_hd) {
-        url_close(s->seg_hd);
+        ffurl_close(s->seg_hd);
         s->seg_hd = NULL;
         s->cur_seq_no++;
     }
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ retry:
     }
     url = s->segments[s->cur_seq_no - s->start_seq_no]->url,
     av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "opening %s\n", url);
-    ret = url_open(&s->seg_hd, url, URL_RDONLY);
+    ret = ffurl_open(&s->seg_hd, url, URL_RDONLY);
     if (ret < 0) {
         if (url_interrupt_cb())
             return AVERROR_EXIT;
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@ static int applehttp_close(URLContext *h)
 
     free_segment_list(s);
     free_variant_list(s);
-    url_close(s->seg_hd);
+    ffurl_close(s->seg_hd);
     av_free(s);
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/libavformat/avio.c b/libavformat/avio.c
index 491ebc1780..bae080b01c 100644
--- a/libavformat/avio.c
+++ b/libavformat/avio.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #if CONFIG_NETWORK
 #include "network.h"
 #endif
+#include "url.h"
 
 #if FF_API_URL_CLASS
 /** @name Logging context. */
@@ -136,20 +137,21 @@ static int url_alloc_for_protocol (URLContext **puc, struct URLProtocol *up,
     return err;
 }
 
-int url_connect(URLContext* uc)
+int ffurl_connect(URLContext* uc)
 {
     int err = uc->prot->url_open(uc, uc->filename, uc->flags);
     if (err)
         return err;
     uc->is_connected = 1;
-    //We must be careful here as url_seek() could be slow, for example for http
+    //We must be careful here as ffurl_seek() could be slow, for example for http
     if(   (uc->flags & (URL_WRONLY | URL_RDWR))
        || !strcmp(uc->prot->name, "file"))
-        if(!uc->is_streamed && url_seek(uc, 0, SEEK_SET) < 0)
+        if(!uc->is_streamed && ffurl_seek(uc, 0, SEEK_SET) < 0)
             uc->is_streamed= 1;
     return 0;
 }
 
+#if FF_API_OLD_AVIO
 int url_open_protocol (URLContext **puc, struct URLProtocol *up,
                        const char *filename, int flags)
 {
@@ -158,21 +160,70 @@ int url_open_protocol (URLContext **puc, struct URLProtocol *up,
     ret = url_alloc_for_protocol(puc, up, filename, flags);
     if (ret)
         goto fail;
-    ret = url_connect(*puc);
+    ret = ffurl_connect(*puc);
     if (!ret)
         return 0;
  fail:
-    url_close(*puc);
+    ffurl_close(*puc);
     *puc = NULL;
     return ret;
 }
+int url_alloc(URLContext **puc, const char *filename, int flags)
+{
+    return ffurl_alloc(puc, filename, flags);
+}
+int url_connect(URLContext* uc)
+{
+    return ffurl_connect(uc);
+}
+int url_open(URLContext **puc, const char *filename, int flags)
+{
+    return ffurl_open(puc, filename, flags);
+}
+int url_read(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size)
+{
+    return ffurl_read(h, buf, size);
+}
+int url_read_complete(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size)
+{
+    return ffurl_read_complete(h, buf, size);
+}
+int url_write(URLContext *h, const unsigned char *buf, int size)
+{
+    return ffurl_write(h, buf, size);
+}
+int64_t url_seek(URLContext *h, int64_t pos, int whence)
+{
+    return ffurl_seek(h, pos, whence);
+}
+int url_close(URLContext *h)
+{
+    return ffurl_close(h);
+}
+int64_t url_filesize(URLContext *h)
+{
+    return ffurl_size(h);
+}
+int url_get_file_handle(URLContext *h)
+{
+    return ffurl_get_file_handle(h);
+}
+int url_get_max_packet_size(URLContext *h)
+{
+    return h->max_packet_size;
+}
+void url_get_filename(URLContext *h, char *buf, int buf_size)
+{
+    av_strlcpy(buf, h->filename, buf_size);
+}
+#endif
 
 #define URL_SCHEME_CHARS                        \
     "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"                \
     "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"                \
     "0123456789+-."
 
-int url_alloc(URLContext **puc, const char *filename, int flags)
+int ffurl_alloc(URLContext **puc, const char *filename, int flags)
 {
     URLProtocol *up;
     char proto_str[128], proto_nested[128], *ptr;
@@ -200,15 +251,15 @@ int url_alloc(URLContext **puc, const char *filename, int flags)
     return AVERROR(ENOENT);
 }
 
-int url_open(URLContext **puc, const char *filename, int flags)
+int ffurl_open(URLContext **puc, const char *filename, int flags)
 {
-    int ret = url_alloc(puc, filename, flags);
+    int ret = ffurl_alloc(puc, filename, flags);
     if (ret)
         return ret;
-    ret = url_connect(*puc);
+    ret = ffurl_connect(*puc);
     if (!ret)
         return 0;
-    url_close(*puc);
+    ffurl_close(*puc);
     *puc = NULL;
     return ret;
 }
@@ -243,21 +294,21 @@ static inline int retry_transfer_wrapper(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int
     return len;
 }
 
-int url_read(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size)
+int ffurl_read(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size)
 {
     if (h->flags & URL_WRONLY)
         return AVERROR(EIO);
     return retry_transfer_wrapper(h, buf, size, 1, h->prot->url_read);
 }
 
-int url_read_complete(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size)
+int ffurl_read_complete(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size)
 {
     if (h->flags & URL_WRONLY)
         return AVERROR(EIO);
     return retry_transfer_wrapper(h, buf, size, size, h->prot->url_read);
 }
 
-int url_write(URLContext *h, const unsigned char *buf, int size)
+int ffurl_write(URLContext *h, const unsigned char *buf, int size)
 {
     if (!(h->flags & (URL_WRONLY | URL_RDWR)))
         return AVERROR(EIO);
@@ -268,7 +319,7 @@ int url_write(URLContext *h, const unsigned char *buf, int size)
     return retry_transfer_wrapper(h, buf, size, size, h->prot->url_write);
 }
 
-int64_t url_seek(URLContext *h, int64_t pos, int whence)
+int64_t ffurl_seek(URLContext *h, int64_t pos, int whence)
 {
     int64_t ret;
 
@@ -278,10 +329,10 @@ int64_t url_seek(URLContext *h, int64_t pos, int whence)
     return ret;
 }
 
-int url_close(URLContext *h)
+int ffurl_close(URLContext *h)
 {
     int ret = 0;
-    if (!h) return 0; /* can happen when url_open fails */
+    if (!h) return 0; /* can happen when ffurl_open fails */
 
     if (h->is_connected && h->prot->url_close)
         ret = h->prot->url_close(h);
@@ -297,45 +348,34 @@ int url_close(URLContext *h)
 int url_exist(const char *filename)
 {
     URLContext *h;
-    if (url_open(&h, filename, URL_RDONLY) < 0)
+    if (ffurl_open(&h, filename, URL_RDONLY) < 0)
         return 0;
-    url_close(h);
+    ffurl_close(h);
     return 1;
 }
 
-int64_t url_filesize(URLContext *h)
+int64_t ffurl_size(URLContext *h)
 {
     int64_t pos, size;
 
-    size= url_seek(h, 0, AVSEEK_SIZE);
+    size= ffurl_seek(h, 0, AVSEEK_SIZE);
     if(size<0){
-        pos = url_seek(h, 0, SEEK_CUR);
-        if ((size = url_seek(h, -1, SEEK_END)) < 0)
+        pos = ffurl_seek(h, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+        if ((size = ffurl_seek(h, -1, SEEK_END)) < 0)
             return size;
         size++;
-        url_seek(h, pos, SEEK_SET);
+        ffurl_seek(h, pos, SEEK_SET);
     }
     return size;
 }
 
-int url_get_file_handle(URLContext *h)
+int ffurl_get_file_handle(URLContext *h)
 {
     if (!h->prot->url_get_file_handle)
         return -1;
     return h->prot->url_get_file_handle(h);
 }
 
-int url_get_max_packet_size(URLContext *h)
-{
-    return h->max_packet_size;
-}
-
-void url_get_filename(URLContext *h, char *buf, int buf_size)
-{
-    av_strlcpy(buf, h->filename, buf_size);
-}
-
-
 static int default_interrupt_cb(void)
 {
     return 0;
diff --git a/libavformat/avio.h b/libavformat/avio.h
index 19b57b2261..080be91202 100644
--- a/libavformat/avio.h
+++ b/libavformat/avio.h
@@ -57,11 +57,13 @@ typedef struct URLContext {
     int is_connected;
 } URLContext;
 
+#if FF_API_OLD_AVIO
 typedef struct URLPollEntry {
     URLContext *handle;
     int events;
     int revents;
 } URLPollEntry;
+#endif
 
 /**
  * @defgroup open_modes URL open modes
@@ -92,110 +94,27 @@ typedef struct URLPollEntry {
 
 typedef int URLInterruptCB(void);
 
+#if FF_API_OLD_AVIO
 /**
- * Create a URLContext for accessing to the resource indicated by
- * url, and open it using the URLProtocol up.
- *
- * @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
- * @return 0 in case of success, a negative value corresponding to an
- * AVERROR code in case of failure
- */
-int url_open_protocol (URLContext **puc, struct URLProtocol *up,
-                       const char *url, int flags);
-
-/**
- * Create a URLContext for accessing to the resource indicated by
- * url, but do not initiate the connection yet.
- *
- * @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
- * @return 0 in case of success, a negative value corresponding to an
- * AVERROR code in case of failure
- */
-int url_alloc(URLContext **h, const char *url, int flags);
-
-/**
- * Connect an URLContext that has been allocated by url_alloc
- */
-int url_connect(URLContext *h);
-
-/**
- * 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
- * @return 0 in case of success, a negative value corresponding to an
- * AVERROR code in case of failure
- */
-int url_open(URLContext **h, const char *url, int flags);
-
-/**
- * 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 url_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 url_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 url_write(URLContext *h, const unsigned char *buf, int size);
-
-/**
- * Passing this as the "whence" parameter to a seek function causes it to
- * return the filesize without seeking anywhere. Supporting this is optional.
- * If it is not supported then the seek function will return <0.
- */
-#define AVSEEK_SIZE 0x10000
-
-/**
- * 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 url_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
+ * @defgroup old_url_funcs Old url_* functions
+ * @deprecated use the buffered API based on AVIOContext instead
+ * @{
  */
-int url_close(URLContext *h);
+attribute_deprecated int url_open_protocol (URLContext **puc, struct URLProtocol *up,
+                                            const char *url, int flags);
+attribute_deprecated int url_alloc(URLContext **h, const char *url, int flags);
+attribute_deprecated int url_connect(URLContext *h);
+attribute_deprecated int url_open(URLContext **h, const char *url, int flags);
+attribute_deprecated int url_read(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size);
+attribute_deprecated int url_read_complete(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size);
+attribute_deprecated int url_write(URLContext *h, const unsigned char *buf, int size);
+attribute_deprecated int64_t url_seek(URLContext *h, int64_t pos, int whence);
+attribute_deprecated int url_close(URLContext *h);
+attribute_deprecated int64_t url_filesize(URLContext *h);
+attribute_deprecated int url_get_file_handle(URLContext *h);
+attribute_deprecated int url_get_max_packet_size(URLContext *h);
+attribute_deprecated void url_get_filename(URLContext *h, char *buf, int buf_size);
+#endif
 
 /**
  * Return a non-zero value if the resource indicated by url
@@ -203,38 +122,6 @@ int url_close(URLContext *h);
  */
 int url_exist(const char *url);
 
-/**
- * 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 url_filesize(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 url_get_file_handle(URLContext *h);
-
-/**
- * Return the maximum packet size associated to packetized file
- * handle. If the file is not packetized (stream like HTTP or file on
- * disk), then 0 is returned.
- *
- * @param h file handle
- * @return maximum packet size in bytes
- */
-int url_get_max_packet_size(URLContext *h);
-
-/**
- * Copy the filename of the resource accessed by h to buf.
- *
- * @param buf_size size in bytes of buf
- */
-void url_get_filename(URLContext *h, char *buf, int buf_size);
-
 /**
  * The callback is called in blocking functions to test regulary if
  * asynchronous interruption is needed. AVERROR_EXIT is returned
@@ -243,8 +130,10 @@ void url_get_filename(URLContext *h, char *buf, int buf_size);
  */
 void url_set_interrupt_cb(URLInterruptCB *interrupt_cb);
 
+#if FF_API_OLD_AVIO
 /* not implemented */
-int url_poll(URLPollEntry *poll_table, int n, int timeout);
+attribute_deprecated int url_poll(URLPollEntry *poll_table, int n, int timeout);
+#endif
 
 /**
  * Pause and resume playing - only meaningful if using a network streaming
@@ -273,14 +162,6 @@ int av_url_read_pause(URLContext *h, int pause);
 int64_t av_url_read_seek(URLContext *h, int stream_index,
                          int64_t timestamp, int flags);
 
-/**
- * Oring this flag as into the "whence" parameter to a seek function causes it to
- * seek by any means (like reopening and linear reading) or other normally unreasonble
- * means that can be extreemly slow.
- * This may be ignored by the seek code.
- */
-#define AVSEEK_FORCE 0x20000
-
 #define URL_PROTOCOL_FLAG_NESTED_SCHEME 1 /*< The protocol name can be the first part of a nested protocol scheme */
 
 typedef struct URLProtocol {
@@ -334,6 +215,10 @@ int av_register_protocol2(URLProtocol *protocol, int size);
 
 #define AVIO_SEEKABLE_NORMAL 0x0001 /**< Seeking works like for a local file */
 
+/**
+ * @}
+ */
+
 /**
  * Bytestream IO Context.
  * New fields can be added to the end with minor version bumps.
@@ -518,6 +403,21 @@ int avio_put_str(AVIOContext *s, const char *str);
  */
 int avio_put_str16le(AVIOContext *s, const char *str);
 
+/**
+ * Passing this as the "whence" parameter to a seek function causes it to
+ * return the filesize without seeking anywhere. Supporting this is optional.
+ * If it is not supported then the seek function will return <0.
+ */
+#define AVSEEK_SIZE 0x10000
+
+/**
+ * Oring this flag as into the "whence" parameter to a seek function causes it to
+ * seek by any means (like reopening and linear reading) or other normally unreasonble
+ * means that can be extreemly slow.
+ * This may be ignored by the seek code.
+ */
+#define AVSEEK_FORCE 0x20000
+
 /**
  * fseek() equivalent for AVIOContext.
  * @return new position or AVERROR.
diff --git a/libavformat/aviobuf.c b/libavformat/aviobuf.c
index 152869bacd..14051cfc3d 100644
--- a/libavformat/aviobuf.c
+++ b/libavformat/aviobuf.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "avio.h"
 #include "avio_internal.h"
 #include "internal.h"
+#include "url.h"
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
 #define IO_BUFFER_SIZE 32768
@@ -836,7 +837,7 @@ int ffio_fdopen(AVIOContext **s, URLContext *h)
     uint8_t *buffer;
     int buffer_size, max_packet_size;
 
-    max_packet_size = url_get_max_packet_size(h);
+    max_packet_size = h->max_packet_size;
     if (max_packet_size) {
         buffer_size = max_packet_size; /* no need to bufferize more than one packet */
     } else {
@@ -854,7 +855,7 @@ int ffio_fdopen(AVIOContext **s, URLContext *h)
 
     if (ffio_init_context(*s, buffer, buffer_size,
                       (h->flags & URL_WRONLY || h->flags & URL_RDWR), h,
-                      url_read, url_write, url_seek) < 0) {
+                      ffurl_read, ffurl_write, ffurl_seek) < 0) {
         av_free(buffer);
         av_freep(s);
         return AVERROR(EIO);
@@ -953,12 +954,12 @@ int avio_open(AVIOContext **s, const char *filename, int flags)
     URLContext *h;
     int err;
 
-    err = url_open(&h, filename, flags);
+    err = ffurl_open(&h, filename, flags);
     if (err < 0)
         return err;
     err = ffio_fdopen(s, h);
     if (err < 0) {
-        url_close(h);
+        ffurl_close(h);
         return err;
     }
     return 0;
@@ -970,7 +971,7 @@ int avio_close(AVIOContext *s)
 
     av_free(s->buffer);
     av_free(s);
-    return url_close(h);
+    return ffurl_close(h);
 }
 
 #if FF_API_OLD_AVIO
diff --git a/libavformat/concat.c b/libavformat/concat.c
index 365907912a..c066826bb8 100644
--- a/libavformat/concat.c
+++ b/libavformat/concat.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "avformat.h"
 #include "libavutil/avstring.h"
 #include "libavutil/mem.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 #define AV_CAT_SEPARATOR "|"
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ static av_cold int concat_close(URLContext *h)
     struct concat_nodes *nodes = data->nodes;
 
     for (i = 0; i != data->length; i++)
-        err |= url_close(nodes[i].uc);
+        err |= ffurl_close(nodes[i].uc);
 
     av_freep(&data->nodes);
     av_freep(&h->priv_data);
@@ -100,12 +101,12 @@ static av_cold int concat_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
         uri += len + strspn(uri+len, AV_CAT_SEPARATOR);
 
         /* creating URLContext */
-        if ((err = url_open(&uc, node_uri, flags)) < 0)
+        if ((err = ffurl_open(&uc, node_uri, flags)) < 0)
             break;
 
         /* creating size */
-        if ((size = url_filesize(uc)) < 0) {
-            url_close(uc);
+        if ((size = ffurl_size(uc)) < 0) {
+            ffurl_close(uc);
             err = AVERROR(ENOSYS);
             break;
         }
@@ -135,12 +136,12 @@ static int concat_read(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size)
     size_t i = data->current;
 
     while (size > 0) {
-        result = url_read(nodes[i].uc, buf, size);
+        result = ffurl_read(nodes[i].uc, buf, size);
         if (result < 0)
             return total ? total : result;
         if (!result)
             if (i + 1 == data->length ||
-                url_seek(nodes[++i].uc, 0, SEEK_SET) < 0)
+                ffurl_seek(nodes[++i].uc, 0, SEEK_SET) < 0)
                 break;
         total += result;
         buf   += result;
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ static int64_t concat_seek(URLContext *h, int64_t pos, int whence)
         /* get the absolute position */
         for (i = 0; i != data->current; i++)
             pos += nodes[i].size;
-        pos += url_seek(nodes[i].uc, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+        pos += ffurl_seek(nodes[i].uc, 0, SEEK_CUR);
         whence = SEEK_SET;
         /* fall through with the absolute position */
     case SEEK_SET:
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ static int64_t concat_seek(URLContext *h, int64_t pos, int whence)
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);
     }
 
-    result = url_seek(nodes[i].uc, pos, whence);
+    result = ffurl_seek(nodes[i].uc, pos, whence);
     if (result >= 0) {
         data->current = i;
         while (i)
diff --git a/libavformat/gopher.c b/libavformat/gopher.c
index 767ec22a7c..85a9d965c4 100644
--- a/libavformat/gopher.c
+++ b/libavformat/gopher.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "avformat.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "network.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 typedef struct {
     URLContext *hd;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ typedef struct {
 static int gopher_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
 {
     GopherContext *s = h->priv_data;
-    return url_write(s->hd, buf, size);
+    return ffurl_write(s->hd, buf, size);
 }
 
 static int gopher_connect(URLContext *h, const char *path)
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ static int gopher_close(URLContext *h)
 {
     GopherContext *s = h->priv_data;
     if (s->hd) {
-        url_close(s->hd);
+        ffurl_close(s->hd);
         s->hd = NULL;
     }
     av_freep(&h->priv_data);
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ static int gopher_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
     ff_url_join(buf, sizeof(buf), "tcp", NULL, hostname, port, NULL);
 
     s->hd = NULL;
-    err = url_open(&s->hd, buf, URL_RDWR);
+    err = ffurl_open(&s->hd, buf, URL_RDWR);
     if (err < 0)
         goto fail;
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ static int gopher_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
 static int gopher_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
 {
     GopherContext *s = h->priv_data;
-    int len = url_read(s->hd, buf, size);
+    int len = ffurl_read(s->hd, buf, size);
     return len;
 }
 
diff --git a/libavformat/http.c b/libavformat/http.c
index 8c5b9431e6..8c6181417a 100644
--- a/libavformat/http.c
+++ b/libavformat/http.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "http.h"
 #include "os_support.h"
 #include "httpauth.h"
+#include "url.h"
 #include "libavutil/opt.h"
 
 /* XXX: POST protocol is not completely implemented because ffmpeg uses
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ static int http_open_cnx(URLContext *h)
         port = 80;
 
     ff_url_join(buf, sizeof(buf), "tcp", NULL, hostname, port, NULL);
-    err = url_open(&hd, buf, URL_RDWR);
+    err = ffurl_open(&hd, buf, URL_RDWR);
     if (err < 0)
         goto fail;
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ static int http_open_cnx(URLContext *h)
         goto fail;
     if (s->http_code == 401) {
         if (cur_auth_type == HTTP_AUTH_NONE && s->auth_state.auth_type != HTTP_AUTH_NONE) {
-            url_close(hd);
+            ffurl_close(hd);
             goto redo;
         } else
             goto fail;
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ static int http_open_cnx(URLContext *h)
     if ((s->http_code == 301 || s->http_code == 302 || s->http_code == 303 || s->http_code == 307)
         && location_changed == 1) {
         /* url moved, get next */
-        url_close(hd);
+        ffurl_close(hd);
         if (redirects++ >= MAX_REDIRECTS)
             return AVERROR(EIO);
         location_changed = 0;
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ static int http_open_cnx(URLContext *h)
     return 0;
  fail:
     if (hd)
-        url_close(hd);
+        ffurl_close(hd);
     s->hd = NULL;
     return AVERROR(EIO);
 }
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ static int http_getc(HTTPContext *s)
 {
     int len;
     if (s->buf_ptr >= s->buf_end) {
-        len = url_read(s->hd, s->buffer, BUFFER_SIZE);
+        len = ffurl_read(s->hd, s->buffer, BUFFER_SIZE);
         if (len < 0) {
             return AVERROR(EIO);
         } else if (len == 0) {
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ static int http_connect(URLContext *h, const char *path, const char *hoststr,
              authstr ? authstr : "");
 
     av_freep(&authstr);
-    if (url_write(s->hd, s->buffer, strlen(s->buffer)) < 0)
+    if (ffurl_write(s->hd, s->buffer, strlen(s->buffer)) < 0)
         return AVERROR(EIO);
 
     /* init input buffer */
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ static int http_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
     } else {
         if (!s->willclose && s->filesize >= 0 && s->off >= s->filesize)
             return AVERROR_EOF;
-        len = url_read(s->hd, buf, size);
+        len = ffurl_read(s->hd, buf, size);
     }
     if (len > 0) {
         s->off += len;
@@ -426,7 +427,7 @@ static int http_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
 
     if (s->chunksize == -1) {
         /* non-chunked data is sent without any special encoding */
-        return url_write(s->hd, buf, size);
+        return ffurl_write(s->hd, buf, size);
     }
 
     /* silently ignore zero-size data since chunk encoding that would
@@ -435,9 +436,9 @@ static int http_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
         /* upload data using chunked encoding */
         snprintf(temp, sizeof(temp), "%x\r\n", size);
 
-        if ((ret = url_write(s->hd, temp, strlen(temp))) < 0 ||
-            (ret = url_write(s->hd, buf, size)) < 0 ||
-            (ret = url_write(s->hd, crlf, sizeof(crlf) - 1)) < 0)
+        if ((ret = ffurl_write(s->hd, temp, strlen(temp))) < 0 ||
+            (ret = ffurl_write(s->hd, buf, size)) < 0 ||
+            (ret = ffurl_write(s->hd, crlf, sizeof(crlf) - 1)) < 0)
             return ret;
     }
     return size;
@@ -451,12 +452,12 @@ static int http_close(URLContext *h)
 
     /* signal end of chunked encoding if used */
     if ((h->flags & URL_WRONLY) && s->chunksize != -1) {
-        ret = url_write(s->hd, footer, sizeof(footer) - 1);
+        ret = ffurl_write(s->hd, footer, sizeof(footer) - 1);
         ret = ret > 0 ? 0 : ret;
     }
 
     if (s->hd)
-        url_close(s->hd);
+        ffurl_close(s->hd);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -492,7 +493,7 @@ static int64_t http_seek(URLContext *h, int64_t off, int whence)
         s->off = old_off;
         return -1;
     }
-    url_close(old_hd);
+    ffurl_close(old_hd);
     return off;
 }
 
@@ -500,7 +501,7 @@ static int
 http_get_file_handle(URLContext *h)
 {
     HTTPContext *s = h->priv_data;
-    return url_get_file_handle(s->hd);
+    return ffurl_get_file_handle(s->hd);
 }
 
 URLProtocol ff_http_protocol = {
diff --git a/libavformat/md5proto.c b/libavformat/md5proto.c
index c391dffedf..421808bb8a 100644
--- a/libavformat/md5proto.c
+++ b/libavformat/md5proto.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/error.h"
 #include "avformat.h"
 #include "avio.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 #define PRIV_SIZE 128
 
@@ -64,11 +65,11 @@ static int md5_close(URLContext *h)
     av_strstart(filename, "md5:", &filename);
 
     if (*filename) {
-        err = url_open(&out, filename, URL_WRONLY);
+        err = ffurl_open(&out, filename, URL_WRONLY);
         if (err)
             return err;
-        err = url_write(out, buf, i*2+1);
-        url_close(out);
+        err = ffurl_write(out, buf, i*2+1);
+        ffurl_close(out);
     } else {
         if (fwrite(buf, 1, i*2+1, stdout) < i*2+1)
             err = AVERROR(errno);
diff --git a/libavformat/mmsh.c b/libavformat/mmsh.c
index 257b973225..476596c78f 100644
--- a/libavformat/mmsh.c
+++ b/libavformat/mmsh.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "mms.h"
 #include "asf.h"
 #include "http.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 #define CHUNK_HEADER_LENGTH 4   // 2bytes chunk type and 2bytes chunk length.
 #define EXT_HEADER_LENGTH   8   // 4bytes sequence, 2bytes useless and 2bytes chunk length.
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ static int mmsh_close(URLContext *h)
     MMSHContext *mmsh = (MMSHContext *)h->priv_data;
     MMSContext *mms   = &mmsh->mms;
     if (mms->mms_hd)
-        url_close(mms->mms_hd);
+        ffurl_close(mms->mms_hd);
     av_free(mms->streams);
     av_free(mms->asf_header);
     av_freep(&h->priv_data);
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ static ChunkType get_chunk_header(MMSHContext *mmsh, int *len)
     ChunkType chunk_type;
     int chunk_len, res, ext_header_len;
 
-    res = url_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, chunk_header, CHUNK_HEADER_LENGTH);
+    res = ffurl_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, chunk_header, CHUNK_HEADER_LENGTH);
     if (res != CHUNK_HEADER_LENGTH) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Read data packet header failed!\n");
         return AVERROR(EIO);
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ static ChunkType get_chunk_header(MMSHContext *mmsh, int *len)
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
     }
 
-    res = url_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, ext_header, ext_header_len);
+    res = ffurl_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, ext_header, ext_header_len);
     if (res != ext_header_len) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Read ext header failed!\n");
         return AVERROR(EIO);
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ static int read_data_packet(MMSHContext *mmsh, const int len)
                len, sizeof(mms->in_buffer));
         return AVERROR(EIO);
     }
-    res = url_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, mms->in_buffer, len);
+    res = ffurl_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, mms->in_buffer, len);
     av_dlog(NULL, "Data packet len = %d\n", len);
     if (res != len) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Read data packet failed!\n");
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ static int get_http_header_data(MMSHContext *mmsh)
                        len, mms->asf_header_size);
                 return AVERROR(EIO);
             }
-            res = url_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, mms->asf_header, len);
+            res = ffurl_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, mms->asf_header, len);
             if (res != len) {
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
                        "Recv asf header data len %d != expected len %d\n", res, len);
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ static int get_http_header_data(MMSHContext *mmsh)
                            len, sizeof(mms->in_buffer));
                     return AVERROR(EIO);
                 }
-                res = url_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, mms->in_buffer, len);
+                res = ffurl_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, mms->in_buffer, len);
                 if (res != len) {
                     av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Read other chunk type data failed!\n");
                     return AVERROR(EIO);
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ static int mmsh_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
         port = 80; // default mmsh protocol port
     ff_url_join(httpname, sizeof(httpname), "http", NULL, host, port, path);
 
-    if (url_alloc(&mms->mms_hd, httpname, URL_RDONLY) < 0) {
+    if (ffurl_alloc(&mms->mms_hd, httpname, URL_RDONLY) < 0) {
         return AVERROR(EIO);
     }
 
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ static int mmsh_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
              host, port, mmsh->request_seq++);
     ff_http_set_headers(mms->mms_hd, headers);
 
-    err = url_connect(mms->mms_hd);
+    err = ffurl_connect(mms->mms_hd);
     if (err) {
         goto fail;
     }
@@ -258,9 +259,9 @@ static int mmsh_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
     }
 
     // close the socket and then reopen it for sending the second play request.
-    url_close(mms->mms_hd);
+    ffurl_close(mms->mms_hd);
     memset(headers, 0, sizeof(headers));
-    if (url_alloc(&mms->mms_hd, httpname, URL_RDONLY) < 0) {
+    if (ffurl_alloc(&mms->mms_hd, httpname, URL_RDONLY) < 0) {
         return AVERROR(EIO);
     }
     stream_selection = av_mallocz(mms->stream_num * 19 + 1);
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ static int mmsh_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
     av_dlog(NULL, "out_buffer is %s", headers);
     ff_http_set_headers(mms->mms_hd, headers);
 
-    err = url_connect(mms->mms_hd);
+    err = ffurl_connect(mms->mms_hd);
     if (err) {
           goto fail;
     }
diff --git a/libavformat/mmst.c b/libavformat/mmst.c
index e3af4bfbc6..89dd5b3c3c 100644
--- a/libavformat/mmst.c
+++ b/libavformat/mmst.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/intreadwrite.h"
 #include "libavcodec/bytestream.h"
 #include "network.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 #define LOCAL_ADDRESS 0xc0a80081    // FIXME get and use correct local ip address.
 #define LOCAL_PORT    1037          // as above.
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ static int send_command_packet(MMSTContext *mmst)
     memset(mms->write_out_ptr, 0, exact_length - len);
 
     // write it out.
-    write_result= url_write(mms->mms_hd, mms->out_buffer, exact_length);
+    write_result= ffurl_write(mms->mms_hd, mms->out_buffer, exact_length);
     if(write_result != exact_length) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
                "Failed to write data of length %d: %d (%s)\n",
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ static MMSSCPacketType get_tcp_server_response(MMSTContext *mmst)
     MMSSCPacketType packet_type= -1;
     MMSContext *mms = &mmst->mms;
     for(;;) {
-        read_result = url_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, mms->in_buffer, 8);
+        read_result = ffurl_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, mms->in_buffer, 8);
         if (read_result != 8) {
             if(read_result < 0) {
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ static MMSSCPacketType get_tcp_server_response(MMSTContext *mmst)
             int length_remaining, hr;
 
             mmst->incoming_flags= mms->in_buffer[3];
-            read_result= url_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, mms->in_buffer+8, 4);
+            read_result= ffurl_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, mms->in_buffer+8, 4);
             if(read_result != 4) {
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
                        "Reading command packet length failed: %d (%s)\n",
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ static MMSSCPacketType get_tcp_server_response(MMSTContext *mmst)
                        length_remaining, sizeof(mms->in_buffer) - 12);
                 return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
             }
-            read_result = url_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, mms->in_buffer + 12,
+            read_result = ffurl_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, mms->in_buffer + 12,
                                             length_remaining) ;
             if (read_result != length_remaining) {
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ static MMSSCPacketType get_tcp_server_response(MMSTContext *mmst)
             }
             mms->remaining_in_len    = length_remaining;
             mms->read_in_ptr         = mms->in_buffer;
-            read_result= url_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, mms->in_buffer, length_remaining);
+            read_result= ffurl_read_complete(mms->mms_hd, mms->in_buffer, length_remaining);
             if(read_result != length_remaining) {
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
                        "Failed to read packet data of size %d: %d (%s)\n",
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@ static int mms_close(URLContext *h)
     MMSContext *mms   = &mmst->mms;
     if(mms->mms_hd) {
         send_close_packet(mmst);
-        url_close(mms->mms_hd);
+        ffurl_close(mms->mms_hd);
     }
 
     /* free all separately allocated pointers in mms */
@@ -522,7 +523,7 @@ static int mms_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
 
     // establish tcp connection.
     ff_url_join(tcpname, sizeof(tcpname), "tcp", NULL, mmst->host, port, NULL);
-    err = url_open(&mms->mms_hd, tcpname, URL_RDWR);
+    err = ffurl_open(&mms->mms_hd, tcpname, URL_RDWR);
     if (err)
         goto fail;
 
diff --git a/libavformat/rtmppkt.c b/libavformat/rtmppkt.c
index 58c3abe345..53c6a5fe19 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtmppkt.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtmppkt.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "rtmppkt.h"
 #include "flv.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 void ff_amf_write_bool(uint8_t **dst, int val)
 {
@@ -78,14 +79,14 @@ int ff_rtmp_packet_read(URLContext *h, RTMPPacket *p,
     enum RTMPPacketType type;
     int size = 0;
 
-    if (url_read(h, &hdr, 1) != 1)
+    if (ffurl_read(h, &hdr, 1) != 1)
         return AVERROR(EIO);
     size++;
     channel_id = hdr & 0x3F;
 
     if (channel_id < 2) { //special case for channel number >= 64
         buf[1] = 0;
-        if (url_read_complete(h, buf, channel_id + 1) != channel_id + 1)
+        if (ffurl_read_complete(h, buf, channel_id + 1) != channel_id + 1)
             return AVERROR(EIO);
         size += channel_id + 1;
         channel_id = AV_RL16(buf) + 64;
@@ -98,28 +99,28 @@ int ff_rtmp_packet_read(URLContext *h, RTMPPacket *p,
     if (hdr == RTMP_PS_ONEBYTE) {
         timestamp = prev_pkt[channel_id].ts_delta;
     } else {
-        if (url_read_complete(h, buf, 3) != 3)
+        if (ffurl_read_complete(h, buf, 3) != 3)
             return AVERROR(EIO);
         size += 3;
         timestamp = AV_RB24(buf);
         if (hdr != RTMP_PS_FOURBYTES) {
-            if (url_read_complete(h, buf, 3) != 3)
+            if (ffurl_read_complete(h, buf, 3) != 3)
                 return AVERROR(EIO);
             size += 3;
             data_size = AV_RB24(buf);
-            if (url_read_complete(h, buf, 1) != 1)
+            if (ffurl_read_complete(h, buf, 1) != 1)
                 return AVERROR(EIO);
             size++;
             type = buf[0];
             if (hdr == RTMP_PS_TWELVEBYTES) {
-                if (url_read_complete(h, buf, 4) != 4)
+                if (ffurl_read_complete(h, buf, 4) != 4)
                     return AVERROR(EIO);
                 size += 4;
                 extra = AV_RL32(buf);
             }
         }
         if (timestamp == 0xFFFFFF) {
-            if (url_read_complete(h, buf, 4) != 4)
+            if (ffurl_read_complete(h, buf, 4) != 4)
                 return AVERROR(EIO);
             timestamp = AV_RB32(buf);
         }
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ int ff_rtmp_packet_read(URLContext *h, RTMPPacket *p,
     prev_pkt[channel_id].extra      = extra;
     while (data_size > 0) {
         int toread = FFMIN(data_size, chunk_size);
-        if (url_read_complete(h, p->data + offset, toread) != toread) {
+        if (ffurl_read_complete(h, p->data + offset, toread) != toread) {
             ff_rtmp_packet_destroy(p);
             return AVERROR(EIO);
         }
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ int ff_rtmp_packet_read(URLContext *h, RTMPPacket *p,
         offset    += chunk_size;
         size      += chunk_size;
         if (data_size > 0) {
-            url_read_complete(h, &t, 1); //marker
+            ffurl_read_complete(h, &t, 1); //marker
             size++;
             if (t != (0xC0 + channel_id))
                 return -1;
@@ -214,15 +215,15 @@ int ff_rtmp_packet_write(URLContext *h, RTMPPacket *pkt,
     }
     prev_pkt[pkt->channel_id].extra      = pkt->extra;
 
-    url_write(h, pkt_hdr, p-pkt_hdr);
+    ffurl_write(h, pkt_hdr, p-pkt_hdr);
     size = p - pkt_hdr + pkt->data_size;
     while (off < pkt->data_size) {
         int towrite = FFMIN(chunk_size, pkt->data_size - off);
-        url_write(h, pkt->data + off, towrite);
+        ffurl_write(h, pkt->data + off, towrite);
         off += towrite;
         if (off < pkt->data_size) {
             uint8_t marker = 0xC0 | pkt->channel_id;
-            url_write(h, &marker, 1);
+            ffurl_write(h, &marker, 1);
             size++;
         }
     }
diff --git a/libavformat/rtmpproto.c b/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
index 748aab33cc..3309038b34 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "flv.h"
 #include "rtmp.h"
 #include "rtmppkt.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 /* we can't use av_log() with URLContext yet... */
 #if FF_API_URL_CLASS
@@ -485,13 +486,13 @@ static int rtmp_handshake(URLContext *s, RTMPContext *rt)
         tosend[i] = av_lfg_get(&rnd) >> 24;
     client_pos = rtmp_handshake_imprint_with_digest(tosend + 1);
 
-    url_write(rt->stream, tosend, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE + 1);
-    i = url_read_complete(rt->stream, serverdata, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE + 1);
+    ffurl_write(rt->stream, tosend, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE + 1);
+    i = ffurl_read_complete(rt->stream, serverdata, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE + 1);
     if (i != RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE + 1) {
         av_log(LOG_CONTEXT, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot read RTMP handshake response\n");
         return -1;
     }
-    i = url_read_complete(rt->stream, clientdata, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE);
+    i = ffurl_read_complete(rt->stream, clientdata, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE);
     if (i != RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE) {
         av_log(LOG_CONTEXT, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot read RTMP handshake response\n");
         return -1;
@@ -531,9 +532,9 @@ static int rtmp_handshake(URLContext *s, RTMPContext *rt)
                          tosend + RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE - 32);
 
         // write reply back to the server
-        url_write(rt->stream, tosend, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE);
+        ffurl_write(rt->stream, tosend, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE);
     } else {
-        url_write(rt->stream, serverdata+1, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE);
+        ffurl_write(rt->stream, serverdata+1, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE);
     }
 
     return 0;
@@ -785,7 +786,7 @@ static int rtmp_close(URLContext *h)
         gen_delete_stream(h, rt);
 
     av_freep(&rt->flv_data);
-    url_close(rt->stream);
+    ffurl_close(rt->stream);
     av_free(rt);
     return 0;
 }
@@ -820,7 +821,7 @@ static int rtmp_open(URLContext *s, const char *uri, int flags)
         port = RTMP_DEFAULT_PORT;
     ff_url_join(buf, sizeof(buf), "tcp", NULL, hostname, port, NULL);
 
-    if (url_open(&rt->stream, buf, URL_RDWR) < 0) {
+    if (ffurl_open(&rt->stream, buf, URL_RDWR) < 0) {
         av_log(LOG_CONTEXT, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot open connection %s\n", buf);
         goto fail;
     }
@@ -887,7 +888,7 @@ static int rtmp_open(URLContext *s, const char *uri, int flags)
         rt->flv_off  = 0;
     }
 
-    s->max_packet_size = url_get_max_packet_size(rt->stream);
+    s->max_packet_size = rt->stream->max_packet_size;
     s->is_streamed     = 1;
     return 0;
 
diff --git a/libavformat/rtpdec.c b/libavformat/rtpdec.c
index ec266c6668..db728ad2cb 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpdec.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "libavcodec/get_bits.h"
 #include "avformat.h"
 #include "mpegts.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <strings.h>
@@ -325,8 +326,8 @@ int rtp_check_and_send_back_rr(RTPDemuxContext *s, int count)
     if ((len > 0) && buf) {
         int result;
         av_dlog(s->ic, "sending %d bytes of RR\n", len);
-        result= url_write(s->rtp_ctx, buf, len);
-        av_dlog(s->ic, "result from url_write: %d\n", result);
+        result= ffurl_write(s->rtp_ctx, buf, len);
+        av_dlog(s->ic, "result from ffurl_write: %d\n", result);
         av_free(buf);
     }
     return 0;
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ void rtp_send_punch_packets(URLContext* rtp_handle)
     avio_flush(pb);
     len = avio_close_dyn_buf(pb, &buf);
     if ((len > 0) && buf)
-        url_write(rtp_handle, buf, len);
+        ffurl_write(rtp_handle, buf, len);
     av_free(buf);
 
     /* Send a minimal RTCP RR */
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ void rtp_send_punch_packets(URLContext* rtp_handle)
     avio_flush(pb);
     len = avio_close_dyn_buf(pb, &buf);
     if ((len > 0) && buf)
-        url_write(rtp_handle, buf, len);
+        ffurl_write(rtp_handle, buf, len);
     av_free(buf);
 }
 
diff --git a/libavformat/rtpproto.c b/libavformat/rtpproto.c
index 4b8d1db382..08f6c0a1e1 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpproto.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "avformat.h"
 #include "avio_internal.h"
 #include "rtpdec.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ static int rtp_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
     build_udp_url(buf, sizeof(buf),
                   hostname, rtp_port, local_rtp_port, ttl, max_packet_size,
                   connect);
-    if (url_open(&s->rtp_hd, buf, flags) < 0)
+    if (ffurl_open(&s->rtp_hd, buf, flags) < 0)
         goto fail;
     if (local_rtp_port>=0 && local_rtcp_port<0)
         local_rtcp_port = ff_udp_get_local_port(s->rtp_hd) + 1;
@@ -197,23 +198,23 @@ static int rtp_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
     build_udp_url(buf, sizeof(buf),
                   hostname, rtcp_port, local_rtcp_port, ttl, max_packet_size,
                   connect);
-    if (url_open(&s->rtcp_hd, buf, flags) < 0)
+    if (ffurl_open(&s->rtcp_hd, buf, flags) < 0)
         goto fail;
 
     /* just to ease handle access. XXX: need to suppress direct handle
        access */
-    s->rtp_fd = url_get_file_handle(s->rtp_hd);
-    s->rtcp_fd = url_get_file_handle(s->rtcp_hd);
+    s->rtp_fd = ffurl_get_file_handle(s->rtp_hd);
+    s->rtcp_fd = ffurl_get_file_handle(s->rtcp_hd);
 
-    h->max_packet_size = url_get_max_packet_size(s->rtp_hd);
+    h->max_packet_size = s->rtp_hd->max_packet_size;
     h->is_streamed = 1;
     return 0;
 
  fail:
     if (s->rtp_hd)
-        url_close(s->rtp_hd);
+        ffurl_close(s->rtp_hd);
     if (s->rtcp_hd)
-        url_close(s->rtcp_hd);
+        ffurl_close(s->rtcp_hd);
     av_free(s);
     return AVERROR(EIO);
 }
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ static int rtp_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
         hd = s->rtp_hd;
     }
 
-    ret = url_write(hd, buf, size);
+    ret = ffurl_write(hd, buf, size);
 #if 0
     {
         struct timespec ts;
@@ -312,8 +313,8 @@ static int rtp_close(URLContext *h)
 {
     RTPContext *s = h->priv_data;
 
-    url_close(s->rtp_hd);
-    url_close(s->rtcp_hd);
+    ffurl_close(s->rtp_hd);
+    ffurl_close(s->rtcp_hd);
     av_free(s);
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.c b/libavformat/rtsp.c
index 227c4ccd96..1eba0cbcfe 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "rdt.h"
 #include "rtpdec_formats.h"
 #include "rtpenc_chain.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 //#define DEBUG
 //#define DEBUG_RTP_TCP
@@ -508,7 +509,7 @@ void ff_rtsp_undo_setup(AVFormatContext *s)
         }
         rtsp_st->transport_priv = NULL;
         if (rtsp_st->rtp_handle)
-            url_close(rtsp_st->rtp_handle);
+            ffurl_close(rtsp_st->rtp_handle);
         rtsp_st->rtp_handle = NULL;
     }
 }
@@ -817,7 +818,7 @@ void ff_rtsp_skip_packet(AVFormatContext *s)
     int ret, len, len1;
     uint8_t buf[1024];
 
-    ret = url_read_complete(rt->rtsp_hd, buf, 3);
+    ret = ffurl_read_complete(rt->rtsp_hd, buf, 3);
     if (ret != 3)
         return;
     len = AV_RB16(buf + 1);
@@ -829,7 +830,7 @@ void ff_rtsp_skip_packet(AVFormatContext *s)
         len1 = len;
         if (len1 > sizeof(buf))
             len1 = sizeof(buf);
-        ret = url_read_complete(rt->rtsp_hd, buf, len1);
+        ret = ffurl_read_complete(rt->rtsp_hd, buf, len1);
         if (ret != len1)
             return;
         len -= len1;
@@ -854,7 +855,7 @@ int ff_rtsp_read_reply(AVFormatContext *s, RTSPMessageHeader *reply,
     for (;;) {
         q = buf;
         for (;;) {
-            ret = url_read_complete(rt->rtsp_hd, &ch, 1);
+            ret = ffurl_read_complete(rt->rtsp_hd, &ch, 1);
 #ifdef DEBUG_RTP_TCP
             av_dlog(s, "ret=%d c=%02x [%c]\n", ret, ch, ch);
 #endif
@@ -902,7 +903,7 @@ int ff_rtsp_read_reply(AVFormatContext *s, RTSPMessageHeader *reply,
     if (content_length > 0) {
         /* leave some room for a trailing '\0' (useful for simple parsing) */
         content = av_malloc(content_length + 1);
-        (void)url_read_complete(rt->rtsp_hd, content, content_length);
+        ffurl_read_complete(rt->rtsp_hd, content, content_length);
         content[content_length] = '\0';
     }
     if (content_ptr)
@@ -982,14 +983,14 @@ static int ff_rtsp_send_cmd_with_content_async(AVFormatContext *s,
 
     av_dlog(s, "Sending:\n%s--\n", buf);
 
-    url_write(rt->rtsp_hd_out, out_buf, strlen(out_buf));
+    ffurl_write(rt->rtsp_hd_out, out_buf, strlen(out_buf));
     if (send_content_length > 0 && send_content) {
         if (rt->control_transport == RTSP_MODE_TUNNEL) {
             av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "tunneling of RTSP requests "
                                     "with content data not supported\n");
             return AVERROR_PATCHWELCOME;
         }
-        url_write(rt->rtsp_hd_out, send_content, send_content_length);
+        ffurl_write(rt->rtsp_hd_out, send_content, send_content_length);
     }
     rt->last_cmd_time = av_gettime();
 
@@ -1115,14 +1116,14 @@ int ff_rtsp_make_setup_request(AVFormatContext *s, const char *host, int port,
                                 "?localport=%d", j);
                     /* we will use two ports per rtp stream (rtp and rtcp) */
                     j += 2;
-                    if (url_open(&rtsp_st->rtp_handle, buf, URL_RDWR) == 0)
+                    if (ffurl_open(&rtsp_st->rtp_handle, buf, URL_RDWR) == 0)
                         goto rtp_opened;
                 }
             }
 
 #if 0
             /* then try on any port */
-            if (url_open(&rtsp_st->rtp_handle, "rtp://", URL_RDONLY) < 0) {
+            if (ffurl_open(&rtsp_st->rtp_handle, "rtp://", URL_RDONLY) < 0) {
                 err = AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
                 goto fail;
             }
@@ -1268,7 +1269,7 @@ int ff_rtsp_make_setup_request(AVFormatContext *s, const char *host, int port,
                         namebuf, sizeof(namebuf), NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST);
             ff_url_join(url, sizeof(url), "rtp", NULL, namebuf,
                         port, "?ttl=%d", ttl);
-            if (url_open(&rtsp_st->rtp_handle, url, URL_RDWR) < 0) {
+            if (ffurl_open(&rtsp_st->rtp_handle, url, URL_RDWR) < 0) {
                 err = AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
                 goto fail;
             }
@@ -1296,8 +1297,8 @@ fail:
 void ff_rtsp_close_connections(AVFormatContext *s)
 {
     RTSPState *rt = s->priv_data;
-    if (rt->rtsp_hd_out != rt->rtsp_hd) url_close(rt->rtsp_hd_out);
-    url_close(rt->rtsp_hd);
+    if (rt->rtsp_hd_out != rt->rtsp_hd) ffurl_close(rt->rtsp_hd_out);
+    ffurl_close(rt->rtsp_hd);
     rt->rtsp_hd = rt->rtsp_hd_out = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -1395,7 +1396,7 @@ redirect:
                  av_get_random_seed(), av_get_random_seed());
 
         /* GET requests */
-        if (url_alloc(&rt->rtsp_hd, httpname, URL_RDONLY) < 0) {
+        if (ffurl_alloc(&rt->rtsp_hd, httpname, URL_RDONLY) < 0) {
             err = AVERROR(EIO);
             goto fail;
         }
@@ -1410,13 +1411,13 @@ redirect:
         ff_http_set_headers(rt->rtsp_hd, headers);
 
         /* complete the connection */
-        if (url_connect(rt->rtsp_hd)) {
+        if (ffurl_connect(rt->rtsp_hd)) {
             err = AVERROR(EIO);
             goto fail;
         }
 
         /* POST requests */
-        if (url_alloc(&rt->rtsp_hd_out, httpname, URL_WRONLY) < 0 ) {
+        if (ffurl_alloc(&rt->rtsp_hd_out, httpname, URL_WRONLY) < 0 ) {
             err = AVERROR(EIO);
             goto fail;
         }
@@ -1452,14 +1453,14 @@ redirect:
         ff_http_init_auth_state(rt->rtsp_hd_out, rt->rtsp_hd);
 
         /* complete the connection */
-        if (url_connect(rt->rtsp_hd_out)) {
+        if (ffurl_connect(rt->rtsp_hd_out)) {
             err = AVERROR(EIO);
             goto fail;
         }
     } else {
         /* open the tcp connection */
         ff_url_join(tcpname, sizeof(tcpname), "tcp", NULL, host, port, NULL);
-        if (url_open(&rt->rtsp_hd, tcpname, URL_RDWR) < 0) {
+        if (ffurl_open(&rt->rtsp_hd, tcpname, URL_RDWR) < 0) {
             err = AVERROR(EIO);
             goto fail;
         }
@@ -1467,7 +1468,7 @@ redirect:
     }
     rt->seq = 0;
 
-    tcp_fd = url_get_file_handle(rt->rtsp_hd);
+    tcp_fd = ffurl_get_file_handle(rt->rtsp_hd);
     if (!getpeername(tcp_fd, (struct sockaddr*) &peer, &peer_len)) {
         getnameinfo((struct sockaddr*) &peer, peer_len, host, sizeof(host),
                     NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST);
@@ -1570,7 +1571,7 @@ static int udp_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s, RTSPStream **prtsp_st,
             return AVERROR(EAGAIN);
         max_p = 0;
         if (rt->rtsp_hd) {
-            tcp_fd = url_get_file_handle(rt->rtsp_hd);
+            tcp_fd = ffurl_get_file_handle(rt->rtsp_hd);
             p[max_p].fd = tcp_fd;
             p[max_p++].events = POLLIN;
         } else {
@@ -1579,7 +1580,7 @@ static int udp_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s, RTSPStream **prtsp_st,
         for (i = 0; i < rt->nb_rtsp_streams; i++) {
             rtsp_st = rt->rtsp_streams[i];
             if (rtsp_st->rtp_handle) {
-                p[max_p].fd = url_get_file_handle(rtsp_st->rtp_handle);
+                p[max_p].fd = ffurl_get_file_handle(rtsp_st->rtp_handle);
                 p[max_p++].events = POLLIN;
                 p[max_p].fd = rtp_get_rtcp_file_handle(rtsp_st->rtp_handle);
                 p[max_p++].events = POLLIN;
@@ -1593,7 +1594,7 @@ static int udp_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s, RTSPStream **prtsp_st,
                 rtsp_st = rt->rtsp_streams[i];
                 if (rtsp_st->rtp_handle) {
                     if (p[j].revents & POLLIN || p[j+1].revents & POLLIN) {
-                        ret = url_read(rtsp_st->rtp_handle, buf, buf_size);
+                        ret = ffurl_read(rtsp_st->rtp_handle, buf, buf_size);
                         if (ret > 0) {
                             *prtsp_st = rtsp_st;
                             return ret;
@@ -1806,7 +1807,7 @@ static int sdp_read_header(AVFormatContext *s, AVFormatParameters *ap)
                     namebuf, rtsp_st->sdp_port,
                     "?localport=%d&ttl=%d", rtsp_st->sdp_port,
                     rtsp_st->sdp_ttl);
-        if (url_open(&rtsp_st->rtp_handle, url, URL_RDWR) < 0) {
+        if (ffurl_open(&rtsp_st->rtp_handle, url, URL_RDWR) < 0) {
             err = AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
             goto fail;
         }
@@ -1862,12 +1863,12 @@ static int rtp_read_header(AVFormatContext *s,
     if (!ff_network_init())
         return AVERROR(EIO);
 
-    ret = url_open(&in, s->filename, URL_RDONLY);
+    ret = ffurl_open(&in, s->filename, URL_RDONLY);
     if (ret)
         goto fail;
 
     while (1) {
-        ret = url_read(in, recvbuf, sizeof(recvbuf));
+        ret = ffurl_read(in, recvbuf, sizeof(recvbuf));
         if (ret == AVERROR(EAGAIN))
             continue;
         if (ret < 0)
@@ -1886,8 +1887,8 @@ static int rtp_read_header(AVFormatContext *s,
         payload_type = recvbuf[1] & 0x7f;
         break;
     }
-    getsockname(url_get_file_handle(in), (struct sockaddr*) &addr, &addrlen);
-    url_close(in);
+    getsockname(ffurl_get_file_handle(in), (struct sockaddr*) &addr, &addrlen);
+    ffurl_close(in);
     in = NULL;
 
     memset(&codec, 0, sizeof(codec));
@@ -1926,7 +1927,7 @@ static int rtp_read_header(AVFormatContext *s,
 
 fail:
     if (in)
-        url_close(in);
+        ffurl_close(in);
     ff_network_close();
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/libavformat/rtspdec.c b/libavformat/rtspdec.c
index 4150008179..5833a5209a 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtspdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtspdec.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "os_support.h"
 #include "rtsp.h"
 #include "rdt.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 //#define DEBUG
 //#define DEBUG_RTP_TCP
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ redo:
         if (rt->state != RTSP_STATE_STREAMING)
             return 0;
     }
-    ret = url_read_complete(rt->rtsp_hd, buf, 3);
+    ret = ffurl_read_complete(rt->rtsp_hd, buf, 3);
     if (ret != 3)
         return -1;
     id  = buf[0];
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ redo:
     if (len > buf_size || len < 12)
         goto redo;
     /* get the data */
-    ret = url_read_complete(rt->rtsp_hd, buf, len);
+    ret = ffurl_read_complete(rt->rtsp_hd, buf, len);
     if (ret != len)
         return -1;
     if (rt->transport == RTSP_TRANSPORT_RDT &&
diff --git a/libavformat/rtspenc.c b/libavformat/rtspenc.c
index 7f788f6f9a..865697fb95 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtspenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtspenc.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "avio_internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/intreadwrite.h"
 #include "libavutil/avstring.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 #define SDP_MAX_SIZE 16384
 
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ static int tcp_write_packet(AVFormatContext *s, RTSPStream *rtsp_st)
         interleave_header[0] = '$';
         interleave_header[1] = id;
         AV_WB16(interleave_header + 2, packet_len);
-        url_write(rt->rtsp_hd_out, interleaved_packet, 4 + packet_len);
+        ffurl_write(rt->rtsp_hd_out, interleaved_packet, 4 + packet_len);
         ptr += packet_len;
         size -= packet_len;
     }
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ static int rtsp_write_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
     RTSPState *rt = s->priv_data;
     RTSPStream *rtsp_st;
     int n;
-    struct pollfd p = {url_get_file_handle(rt->rtsp_hd), POLLIN, 0};
+    struct pollfd p = {ffurl_get_file_handle(rt->rtsp_hd), POLLIN, 0};
     AVFormatContext *rtpctx;
     int ret;
 
diff --git a/libavformat/sapdec.c b/libavformat/sapdec.c
index e3cdcea6a6..42507d34f1 100644
--- a/libavformat/sapdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/sapdec.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "os_support.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "avio_internal.h"
+#include "url.h"
 #if HAVE_POLL_H
 #include <poll.h>
 #endif
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ static int sap_read_close(AVFormatContext *s)
     if (sap->sdp_ctx)
         av_close_input_stream(sap->sdp_ctx);
     if (sap->ann_fd)
-        url_close(sap->ann_fd);
+        ffurl_close(sap->ann_fd);
     av_freep(&sap->sdp);
     ff_network_close();
     return 0;
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ static int sap_read_header(AVFormatContext *s,
 
     ff_url_join(url, sizeof(url), "udp", NULL, host, port, "?localport=%d",
                 port);
-    ret = url_open(&sap->ann_fd, url, URL_RDONLY);
+    ret = ffurl_open(&sap->ann_fd, url, URL_RDONLY);
     if (ret)
         goto fail;
 
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ static int sap_read_header(AVFormatContext *s,
         int addr_type, auth_len;
         int pos;
 
-        ret = url_read(sap->ann_fd, recvbuf, sizeof(recvbuf) - 1);
+        ret = ffurl_read(sap->ann_fd, recvbuf, sizeof(recvbuf) - 1);
         if (ret == AVERROR(EAGAIN))
             continue;
         if (ret < 0)
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ fail:
 static int sap_fetch_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
 {
     struct SAPState *sap = s->priv_data;
-    int fd = url_get_file_handle(sap->ann_fd);
+    int fd = ffurl_get_file_handle(sap->ann_fd);
     int n, ret;
     struct pollfd p = {fd, POLLIN, 0};
     uint8_t recvbuf[1500];
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ static int sap_fetch_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
         n = poll(&p, 1, 0);
         if (n <= 0 || !(p.revents & POLLIN))
             break;
-        ret = url_read(sap->ann_fd, recvbuf, sizeof(recvbuf));
+        ret = ffurl_read(sap->ann_fd, recvbuf, sizeof(recvbuf));
         if (ret >= 8) {
             uint16_t hash = AV_RB16(&recvbuf[2]);
             /* Should ideally check the source IP address, too */
diff --git a/libavformat/sapenc.c b/libavformat/sapenc.c
index bc66adcd77..0569d790ce 100644
--- a/libavformat/sapenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/sapenc.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "network.h"
 #include "os_support.h"
 #include "rtpenc_chain.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 struct SAPState {
     uint8_t    *ann;
@@ -53,12 +54,12 @@ static int sap_write_close(AVFormatContext *s)
 
     if (sap->last_time && sap->ann && sap->ann_fd) {
         sap->ann[0] |= 4; /* Session deletion*/
-        url_write(sap->ann_fd, sap->ann, sap->ann_size);
+        ffurl_write(sap->ann_fd, sap->ann, sap->ann_size);
     }
 
     av_freep(&sap->ann);
     if (sap->ann_fd)
-        url_close(sap->ann_fd);
+        ffurl_close(sap->ann_fd);
     ff_network_close();
     return 0;
 }
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ static int sap_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
                     "?ttl=%d", ttl);
         if (!same_port)
             base_port += 2;
-        ret = url_open(&fd, url, URL_WRONLY);
+        ret = ffurl_open(&fd, url, URL_WRONLY);
         if (ret) {
             ret = AVERROR(EIO);
             goto fail;
@@ -157,13 +158,13 @@ static int sap_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
 
     ff_url_join(url, sizeof(url), "udp", NULL, announce_addr, port,
                 "?ttl=%d&connect=1", ttl);
-    ret = url_open(&sap->ann_fd, url, URL_WRONLY);
+    ret = ffurl_open(&sap->ann_fd, url, URL_WRONLY);
     if (ret) {
         ret = AVERROR(EIO);
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    udp_fd = url_get_file_handle(sap->ann_fd);
+    udp_fd = ffurl_get_file_handle(sap->ann_fd);
     if (getsockname(udp_fd, (struct sockaddr*) &localaddr, &addrlen)) {
         ret = AVERROR(EIO);
         goto fail;
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ static int sap_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     pos += strlen(&sap->ann[pos]);
     sap->ann_size = pos;
 
-    if (sap->ann_size > url_get_max_packet_size(sap->ann_fd)) {
+    if (sap->ann_size > sap->ann_fd->max_packet_size) {
         av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Announcement too large to send in one "
                                 "packet\n");
         goto fail;
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ static int sap_write_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
     int64_t now = av_gettime();
 
     if (!sap->last_time || now - sap->last_time > 5000000) {
-        int ret = url_write(sap->ann_fd, sap->ann, sap->ann_size);
+        int ret = ffurl_write(sap->ann_fd, sap->ann, sap->ann_size);
         /* Don't abort even if we get "Destination unreachable" */
         if (ret < 0 && ret != AVERROR(ECONNREFUSED))
             return ret;
diff --git a/libavformat/url.h b/libavformat/url.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2110129cb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libavformat/url.h
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * This file is part of FFmpeg.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * unbuffered private I/O API
+ */
+
+#ifndef AVFORMAT_URL_H
+#define AVFORMAT_URL_H
+
+#include "avio.h"
+
+/**
+ * Create a URLContext for accessing to the resource indicated by
+ * url, but do not initiate the connection yet.
+ *
+ * @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
+ * @return 0 in case of success, a negative value corresponding to an
+ * AVERROR code in case of failure
+ */
+int ffurl_alloc(URLContext **h, const char *url, int flags);
+
+/**
+ * Connect an URLContext that has been allocated by ffurl_alloc
+ */
+int ffurl_connect(URLContext *h);
+
+/**
+ * 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
+ * @return 0 in case of success, a negative value corresponding to an
+ * AVERROR code in case of failure
+ */
+int ffurl_open(URLContext **h, const char *url, int flags);
+
+/**
+ * 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);
+
+#endif //AVFORMAT_URL_H
diff --git a/tests/ref/acodec/ac3_fixed b/tests/ref/acodec/ac3_fixed
index ce1a8ec29e..a3032d0380 100644
--- a/tests/ref/acodec/ac3_fixed
+++ b/tests/ref/acodec/ac3_fixed
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-408f47ee5a60866fc751f7bc2314cbd6 *./tests/data/acodec/ac3.rm
+5ddb6d25dd117db29627f9d286153a7a *./tests/data/acodec/ac3.rm
 98751 ./tests/data/acodec/ac3.rm
diff --git a/tests/ref/lavf/rm b/tests/ref/lavf/rm
index fbf3e0fbde..a85c7630b4 100644
--- a/tests/ref/lavf/rm
+++ b/tests/ref/lavf/rm
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-da74fe749c2eb21bbead7de81d2f3078 *./tests/data/lavf/lavf.rm
+a1c71456f21d5459d2824d75bbdcc80c *./tests/data/lavf/lavf.rm
 346706 ./tests/data/lavf/lavf.rm
diff --git a/tests/ref/seek/ac3_rm b/tests/ref/seek/ac3_rm
index 7b7d5b0bf7..4705447293 100644
--- a/tests/ref/seek/ac3_rm
+++ b/tests/ref/seek/ac3_rm
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ ret:-1         st:-1 flags:1  ts: 1.894167
 ret:-1         st: 0 flags:0  ts: 0.788000
 ret: 0         st: 0 flags:1  ts:-0.317000
 ret: 0         st: 0 flags:1 dts: 0.000000 pts: 0.000000 pos:    271 size:   556
-ret:-1         st:-1 flags:0  ts: 2.576668
+ret: 0         st:-1 flags:0  ts: 2.576668
+ret: 0         st: 0 flags:1 dts: 2.577000 pts: 2.577000 pos:  42397 size:   558
 ret:-1         st:-1 flags:1  ts: 1.470835
 ret:-1         st: 0 flags:0  ts: 0.365000
 ret: 0         st: 0 flags:1  ts:-0.741000
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ ret:-1         st:-1 flags:0  ts: 1.730004
 ret:-1         st:-1 flags:1  ts: 0.624171
 ret: 0         st: 0 flags:0  ts:-0.482000
 ret: 0         st: 0 flags:1 dts: 0.000000 pts: 0.000000 pos:    271 size:   556
-ret:-1         st: 0 flags:1  ts: 2.413000
+ret: 0         st: 0 flags:1  ts: 2.413000
+ret: 0         st: 0 flags:1 dts: 2.368000 pts: 2.368000 pos:  38981 size:   558
 ret:-1         st:-1 flags:0  ts: 1.306672
 ret:-1         st:-1 flags:1  ts: 0.200839
 ret: 0         st: 0 flags:0  ts:-0.905000
@@ -28,7 +30,8 @@ ret:-1         st: 0 flags:1  ts: 1.989000
 ret:-1         st:-1 flags:0  ts: 0.883340
 ret: 0         st:-1 flags:1  ts:-0.222493
 ret: 0         st: 0 flags:1 dts: 0.000000 pts: 0.000000 pos:    271 size:   556
-ret:-1         st: 0 flags:0  ts: 2.672000
+ret: 0         st: 0 flags:0  ts: 2.672000
+ret: 0         st: 0 flags:1 dts: 2.821000 pts: 2.821000 pos:  46383 size:   556
 ret:-1         st: 0 flags:1  ts: 1.566000
 ret:-1         st:-1 flags:0  ts: 0.460008
 ret: 0         st:-1 flags:1  ts:-0.645825