te seeking).
</p></dd>
</dl>

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<h2 class="section"><a href="ffmpeg-protocols.html#toc-ftp">3.8 ftp</a></h2>

<p>FTP (File Transfer Protocol).
</p>
<p>Read from or write to remote resources using FTP protocol.
</p>
<p>Following syntax is required.
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">ftp://[user[:password]@]server[:port]/path/to/remote/resource.mpeg
</pre></div>

<p>This protocol accepts the following options.
</p>
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<dt>&lsquo;<samp>timeout</samp>&rsquo;</dt>