From d457046420c718ede8ad7a52f1908e5520a2b382 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thulinma <jaron@vietors.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 00:38:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Converted HTTP based outputs to new and improved mechanism,
 increasing robustness and efficiency.

---
 Makefile                                 |  66 +-
 src/connectors/conn_http.cpp             | 744 -----------------------
 src/controller/controller_connectors.cpp |   2 +-
 src/{connectors => }/embed.js            |   0
 src/{connectors => }/icon.h              |   0
 src/output/mist_out.cpp                  |   8 +-
 src/output/mist_out_http.cpp             |  32 -
 src/output/output.cpp                    |  26 +-
 src/output/output.h                      |   6 +-
 src/output/output_hds.cpp                | 199 +++---
 src/output/output_hds.h                  |  11 +-
 src/output/output_hls.cpp                | 189 +++---
 src/output/output_hls.h                  |  10 +-
 src/output/output_hss.cpp                | 119 ++--
 src/output/output_hss.h                  |  10 +-
 src/output/output_http.cpp               | 295 +++++++++
 src/output/output_http.h                 |  22 +
 src/output/output_http_internal.cpp      | 356 +++++++++++
 src/output/output_http_internal.h        |  15 +
 src/output/output_httpts.cpp             |  46 +-
 src/output/output_httpts.h               |   9 +-
 src/output/output_json.cpp               |  59 +-
 src/output/output_json.h                 |   6 +-
 src/output/output_progressive_flv.cpp    |  72 +--
 src/output/output_progressive_flv.h      |  10 +-
 src/output/output_progressive_mp3.cpp    |  50 +-
 src/output/output_progressive_mp3.h      |   8 +-
 src/output/output_progressive_mp4.cpp    | 182 +++---
 src/output/output_progressive_mp4.h      |  11 +-
 src/output/output_srt.cpp                |  53 +-
 src/output/output_srt.h                  |   7 +-
 src/{connectors => }/xap.h               |   0
 32 files changed, 1113 insertions(+), 1510 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 src/connectors/conn_http.cpp
 rename src/{connectors => }/embed.js (100%)
 rename src/{connectors => }/icon.h (100%)
 delete mode 100644 src/output/mist_out_http.cpp
 create mode 100644 src/output/output_http.cpp
 create mode 100644 src/output/output_http.h
 create mode 100644 src/output/output_http_internal.cpp
 create mode 100644 src/output/output_http_internal.h
 rename src/{connectors => }/xap.h (100%)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1df5176e..a17d4133 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LDLIBS = -lmist -lrt
 
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := all
 
-all: MistConnHTTP controller analysers inputs outputs
+all: controller analysers inputs outputs
 
 DOXYGEN := $(shell doxygen -v 2> /dev/null)
 ifdef DOXYGEN
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ MistController: override LDLIBS += $(THREADLIB)
 MistController: src/controller/server.html.h src/controller/*
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) src/controller/*.cpp $(LDLIBS) -o $@
 
-connectors: MistConnHTTP
-MistConnHTTP: override LDLIBS += $(THREADLIB)
-MistConnHTTP: src/connectors/conn_http.cpp src/connectors/embed.js.h src/connectors/icon.h
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $< $(LDLIBS) -o $@
-
 analysers: MistAnalyserRTMP
 MistAnalyserRTMP: src/analysers/rtmp_analyser.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
@@ -70,34 +65,6 @@ analysers: MistInfo
 MistInfo: src/analysers/info.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
 
-converters: MistDTSC2FLV
-MistDTSC2FLV: src/converters/dtsc2flv.cpp
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
-
-converters: MistFLV2DTSC
-MistFLV2DTSC: src/converters/flv2dtsc.cpp
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
-
-converters: MistDTSCFix
-MistDTSCFix: src/converters/dtscfix.cpp
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
-
-converters: MistDTSCMerge
-MistDTSCMerge: src/converters/dtscmerge.cpp
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
-
-converters: MistDTSC2TS
-MistDTSC2TS: src/converters/dtsc2ts.cpp
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
-
-converters: MistSRT2DTSC
-MistSRT2DTSC: src/converters/srt2dtsc.cpp
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
-
-converters: MistDTSC2SRT
-MistDTSC2SRT: src/converters/dtsc2srt.cpp
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
-
 inputs: MistInDTSC
 MistInDTSC: override LDLIBS += $(THREADLIB)
 MistInDTSC: override CPPFLAGS += "-DINPUTTYPE=\"input_dtsc.h\""
@@ -125,19 +92,19 @@ MistInBuffer: src/input/mist_in.cpp src/input/input.cpp src/input/input_buffer.c
 outputs: MistOutFLV
 MistOutFLV: override LDLIBS += $(THREADLIB)
 MistOutFLV: override CPPFLAGS += "-DOUTPUTTYPE=\"output_progressive_flv.h\""
-MistOutFLV: src/output/mist_out_http.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_progressive_flv.cpp
+MistOutFLV: src/output/mist_out.cpp src/output/output_http.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_progressive_flv.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
 
 outputs: MistOutMP4
 MistOutMP4: override LDLIBS += $(THREADLIB)
 MistOutMP4: override CPPFLAGS += "-DOUTPUTTYPE=\"output_progressive_mp4.h\""
-MistOutMP4: src/output/mist_out_http.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_progressive_mp4.cpp
+MistOutMP4: src/output/mist_out.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_http.cpp src/output/output_progressive_mp4.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
 
 outputs: MistOutMP3
 MistOutMP3: override LDLIBS += $(THREADLIB)
 MistOutMP3: override CPPFLAGS += "-DOUTPUTTYPE=\"output_progressive_mp3.h\""
-MistOutMP3: src/output/mist_out_http.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_progressive_mp3.cpp
+MistOutMP3: src/output/mist_out.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_http.cpp src/output/output_progressive_mp3.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
 
 outputs: MistOutRTMP
@@ -155,7 +122,7 @@ MistOutRaw: src/output/mist_out.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_raw.
 outputs: MistOutHTTPTS
 MistOutHTTPTS: override LDLIBS += $(THREADLIB)
 MistOutHTTPTS: override CPPFLAGS += "-DOUTPUTTYPE=\"output_httpts.h\""
-MistOutHTTPTS: src/output/mist_out_http.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_httpts.cpp
+MistOutHTTPTS: src/output/mist_out.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_http.cpp src/output/output_httpts.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
 
 outputs: MistOutTS
@@ -164,37 +131,42 @@ MistOutTS: override CPPFLAGS += "-DOUTPUTTYPE=\"output_ts.h\""
 MistOutTS: src/output/mist_out.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_ts.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
 
+outputs: MistOutHTTP
+MistOutHTTP: override LDLIBS += $(THREADLIB)
+MistOutHTTP: override CPPFLAGS += "-DOUTPUTTYPE=\"output_http_internal.h\""
+MistOutHTTP: src/output/mist_out.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_http.cpp src/output/output_http_internal.cpp src/embed.js.h
+	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) src/output/mist_out.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_http.cpp src/output/output_http_internal.cpp $(LDLIBS) -o $@
+
 outputs: MistOutHSS
 MistOutHSS: override LDLIBS += $(THREADLIB)
 MistOutHSS: override CPPFLAGS += "-DOUTPUTTYPE=\"output_hss.h\""
-MistOutHSS: src/output/mist_out_http.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_hss.cpp
+MistOutHSS: src/output/mist_out.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_http.cpp src/output/output_hss.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
 	
 outputs: MistOutHLS
 MistOutHLS: override LDLIBS += $(THREADLIB)
 MistOutHLS: override CPPFLAGS += "-DOUTPUTTYPE=\"output_hls.h\""
-MistOutHLS: src/output/mist_out_http.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_hls.cpp
+MistOutHLS: src/output/mist_out.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_http.cpp src/output/output_hls.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
 	
 outputs: MistOutHDS
 MistOutHDS: override LDLIBS += $(THREADLIB)
 MistOutHDS: override CPPFLAGS += "-DOUTPUTTYPE=\"output_hds.h\""
-MistOutHDS: src/output/mist_out_http.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_hds.cpp
+MistOutHDS: src/output/mist_out.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_http.cpp src/output/output_hds.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
 
 outputs: MistOutSRT
 MistOutSRT: override LDLIBS += $(THREADLIB)
 MistOutSRT: override CPPFLAGS += "-DOUTPUTTYPE=\"output_srt.h\""
-MistOutSRT: src/output/mist_out_http.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_srt.cpp
+MistOutSRT: src/output/mist_out.cpp src/output/output_http.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_srt.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
 	
 outputs: MistOutJSON
 MistOutJSON: override LDLIBS += $(THREADLIB)
 MistOutJSON: override CPPFLAGS += "-DOUTPUTTYPE=\"output_json.h\""
-MistOutJSON: src/output/mist_out_http.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_json.cpp
+MistOutJSON: src/output/mist_out.cpp src/output/output.cpp src/output/output_http.cpp src/output/output_json.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
 
-BUILT_SOURCES=controller/server.html.h connectors/embed.js.h
 lspSOURCES=lsp/plugins/jquery.js lsp/plugins/placeholder.js lsp/plugins/md5.js lsp/main.js lsp/pages.js lsp/plugins/tablesort.js lsp/plugins/jquery.flot.min.js lsp/plugins/jquery.flot.time.min.js lsp/plugins/jquery.flot.crosshair.min.js
 lspDATA=lsp/header.html lsp/main.css lsp/footer.html
 
@@ -209,9 +181,9 @@ endif
 sourcery: src/sourcery.cpp
 	$(CXX) -o $@ $(CPPFLAGS) $^
 
-src/connectors/embed.js.h: src/connectors/embed.js sourcery
-	$(CLOSURE) src/connectors/embed.js > embed.min.js
-	./sourcery embed.min.js embed_js > src/connectors/embed.js.h
+src/embed.js.h: src/embed.js sourcery
+	$(CLOSURE) src/embed.js > embed.min.js
+	./sourcery embed.min.js embed_js > src/embed.js.h
 	rm embed.min.js
 
 src/controller/server.html: $(lspDATA) $(lspSOURCES)
diff --git a/src/connectors/conn_http.cpp b/src/connectors/conn_http.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index bba983d8..00000000
--- a/src/connectors/conn_http.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,744 +0,0 @@
-/// \file conn_http.cpp
-/// Contains the main code for the HTTP Connector
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <queue>
-#include <set>
-#include <sstream>
-
-#include <ctime>
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <cstdio>
-#include <cmath>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h> //
-#include <getopt.h>
-
-#include <mist/socket.h>
-#include <mist/http_parser.h>
-#include <mist/config.h>
-#include <mist/stream.h>
-#include <mist/timing.h>
-#include <mist/auth.h>
-#include <mist/procs.h>
-#include <mist/tinythread.h>
-#include <mist/defines.h>
-#include <mist/dtsc.h>
-#include <mist/shared_memory.h>
-
-#include "embed.js.h"
-
-
-/// Holds everything unique to HTTP Connectors.
-namespace Connector_HTTP {
-
-
-
-
-  static inline void builPipedPart(JSON::Value & p, char * argarr[], int & argnum, JSON::Value & argset){
-    for (JSON::ObjIter it = argset.ObjBegin(); it != argset.ObjEnd(); ++it){
-      if (it->second.isMember("option") && p.isMember(it->first)){
-        if (it->second.isMember("type")){
-          if (it->second["type"].asStringRef() == "str" && !p[it->first].isString()){
-            p[it->first] = p[it->first].asString();
-          }
-          if ((it->second["type"].asStringRef() == "uint" || it->second["type"].asStringRef() == "int") && !p[it->first].isInt()){
-            p[it->first] = JSON::Value(p[it->first].asInt()).asString();
-          }
-        }
-        if (p[it->first].asStringRef().size() > 0){
-          argarr[argnum++] = (char*)(it->second["option"].c_str());
-          argarr[argnum++] = (char*)(p[it->first].c_str());
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  /// Class for keeping track of connections to connectors.
-  class ConnConn{
-    public:
-      Socket::Connection * conn; ///< The socket of this connection
-      unsigned int lastUse; ///< Seconds since last use of this connection.
-      tthread::mutex inUse; ///< Mutex for this connection.
-      /// Constructor that sets the socket and lastUse to 0.
-      ConnConn(){
-        conn = 0;
-        lastUse = 0;
-      }
-      /// Constructor that sets lastUse to 0, but socket to s.
-      ConnConn(Socket::Connection * s){
-        conn = s;
-        lastUse = 0;
-      }
-      /// Destructor that deletes the socket if non-null.
-      ~ConnConn(){
-        if (conn){
-          conn->close();
-          delete conn;
-        }
-        conn = 0;
-      }
-  };
-
-  std::map<std::string, ConnConn *> connectorConnections; ///< Connections to connectors
-  tthread::mutex connMutex; ///< Mutex for adding/removing connector connections.
-  bool timeoutThreadStarted = false;
-  tthread::mutex timeoutStartMutex; ///< Mutex for starting timeout thread.
-  tthread::mutex timeoutMutex; ///< Mutex for timeout thread.
-  tthread::thread * timeouter = 0; ///< Thread that times out connections to connectors.
-  IPC::sharedPage serverCfg; ///< Contains server configuration and capabilities
-
-  ///\brief Function run as a thread to timeout requests on the proxy.
-  ///\param n A NULL-pointer
-  void proxyTimeoutThread(void * n){
-    n = 0; //prevent unused variable warning
-    tthread::lock_guard<tthread::mutex> guard(timeoutMutex);
-    timeoutThreadStarted = true;
-    while (true){
-      {
-        tthread::lock_guard<tthread::mutex> guard(connMutex);
-        if (connectorConnections.empty()){
-          return;
-        }
-        std::map<std::string, ConnConn*>::iterator it;
-        for (it = connectorConnections.begin(); it != connectorConnections.end(); it++){
-          ConnConn* ccPointer = it->second;
-          if ( !ccPointer->conn->connected() || ccPointer->lastUse++ > 15){
-            if (ccPointer->inUse.try_lock()){
-              connectorConnections.erase(it);
-              ccPointer->inUse.unlock();
-              delete ccPointer;
-              it = connectorConnections.begin(); //get a valid iterator
-              if (it == connectorConnections.end()){
-                return;
-              }
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      usleep(1000000); //sleep 1 second and re-check
-    }
-  }
-
-  ///\brief Handles requests without associated handler.
-  ///
-  ///Displays a friendly error message.
-  ///\param H The request to be handled.
-  ///\param conn The connection to the client that issued the request.
-  ///\return A timestamp indicating when the request was parsed.
-  long long int proxyHandleUnsupported(HTTP::Parser & H, Socket::Connection & conn){
-    H.Clean();
-    H.SetHeader("Server", "mistserver/" PACKAGE_VERSION "/" + Util::Config::libver);
-    H.SetBody(
-        "<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Unsupported Media Type</title></head><body><h1>Unsupported Media Type</h1>The server isn't quite sure what you wanted to receive from it.</body></html>");
-    long long int ret = Util::getMS();
-    conn.SendNow(H.BuildResponse("415", "Unsupported Media Type"));
-    return ret;
-  }
-
-  ///\brief Handles requests that have timed out.
-  ///
-  ///Displays a friendly error message.
-  ///\param H The request that was being handled upon timeout.
-  ///\param conn The connection to the client that issued the request.
-  ///\param msg The message to print to the client.
-  ///\return A timestamp indicating when the request was parsed.
-  long long int proxyHandleTimeout(HTTP::Parser & H, Socket::Connection & conn, std::string msg){
-    H.Clean();
-    H.SetHeader("Server", "mistserver/" PACKAGE_VERSION "/" + Util::Config::libver);
-    H.SetBody(
-        "<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>"+msg+"</title></head><body><h1>"+msg+"</h1>Though the server understood your request and attempted to handle it, somehow handling it took longer than it should. Your request has been cancelled - please try again later.</body></html>");
-    long long int ret = Util::getMS();
-    conn.SendNow(H.BuildResponse("504", msg));
-    return ret;
-  }
-  
-  /// Sorts the JSON::Value objects that hold source information by preference.
-  struct sourceCompare {
-    bool operator() (const JSON::Value& lhs, const JSON::Value& rhs) const {
-      //first compare simultaneous tracks
-      if (lhs["simul_tracks"].asInt() > rhs["simul_tracks"].asInt()){
-        //more tracks = higher priority = true.
-        return true;
-      }
-      if (lhs["simul_tracks"].asInt() < rhs["simul_tracks"].asInt()){
-        //less tracks = lower priority = false
-        return false;
-      }
-      //same amount of tracks - compare "hardcoded" priorities
-      if (lhs["priority"].asInt() > rhs["priority"].asInt()){
-        //higher priority = true.
-        return true;
-      }
-      if (lhs["priority"].asInt() < rhs["priority"].asInt()){
-        //lower priority = false
-        return false;
-      }
-      //same priority - compare total matches
-      if (lhs["total_matches"].asInt() > rhs["total_matches"].asInt()){
-        //more matches = higher priority = true.
-        return true;
-      }
-      if (lhs["total_matches"].asInt() < rhs["total_matches"].asInt()){
-        //less matches = lower priority = false
-        return false;
-      }
-      //also same amount of matches? just compare the URL then.
-      return lhs["url"].asStringRef() < rhs["url"].asStringRef();
-    }
-  };
-  
-  void addSource(const std::string & rel, std::set<JSON::Value, sourceCompare> & sources, std::string & host, const std::string & port, JSON::Value & conncapa, unsigned int most_simul, unsigned int total_matches){
-    JSON::Value tmp;
-    tmp["type"] = conncapa["type"];
-    tmp["relurl"] = rel;
-    tmp["priority"] = conncapa["priority"];
-    tmp["simul_tracks"] = most_simul;
-    tmp["total_matches"] = total_matches;
-    tmp["url"] = conncapa["handler"].asStringRef() + "://" + host + ":" + port + rel;
-    sources.insert(tmp);
-  }
-  
-  void addSources(std::string & streamname, const std::string & rel, std::set<JSON::Value, sourceCompare> & sources, std::string & host, const std::string & port, JSON::Value & conncapa, JSON::Value & strmMeta){
-    unsigned int most_simul = 0;
-    unsigned int total_matches = 0;
-    if (conncapa.isMember("codecs") && conncapa["codecs"].size() > 0){
-      for (JSON::ArrIter it = conncapa["codecs"].ArrBegin(); it != conncapa["codecs"].ArrEnd(); it++){
-        unsigned int simul = 0;
-        if ((*it).size() > 0){
-          for (JSON::ArrIter itb = (*it).ArrBegin(); itb != (*it).ArrEnd(); itb++){
-            unsigned int matches = 0;
-            if ((*itb).size() > 0){
-              for (JSON::ArrIter itc = (*itb).ArrBegin(); itc != (*itb).ArrEnd(); itc++){
-                for (JSON::ObjIter trit = strmMeta["tracks"].ObjBegin(); trit != strmMeta["tracks"].ObjEnd(); trit++){
-                  if (trit->second["codec"].asStringRef() == (*itc).asStringRef()){
-                    matches++;
-                    total_matches++;
-                  }
-                }
-              }
-            }
-            if (matches){
-              simul++;
-            }
-          }
-        }
-        if (simul > most_simul){
-          most_simul = simul;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    if (conncapa.isMember("methods") && conncapa["methods"].size() > 0){
-      std::string relurl;
-      size_t found = rel.find('$');
-      if (found != std::string::npos){
-        relurl = rel.substr(0, found) + streamname + rel.substr(found+1);
-      }else{
-        relurl = "/";
-      }
-      for (JSON::ArrIter it = conncapa["methods"].ArrBegin(); it != conncapa["methods"].ArrEnd(); it++){
-        if (!strmMeta.isMember("live") || !it->isMember("nolive")){
-          addSource(relurl, sources, host, port, *it, most_simul, total_matches);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  
-
-  ///\brief Handles requests within the proxy.
-  ///
-  ///Currently supported urls:
-  /// - /crossdomain.xml
-  /// - /clientaccesspolicy.xml
-  /// - *.ico (for favicon)
-  /// - /info_[streamname].js (stream info)
-  /// - /embed_[streamname].js (embed info)
-  ///
-  ///Unsupported urls default to proxyHandleUnsupported( ).
-  ///\param H The request to be handled.
-  ///\param conn The connection to the client that issued the request.
-  ///\return A timestamp indicating when the request was parsed.
-  long long int proxyHandleInternal(HTTP::Parser & H, Socket::Connection & conn){
-    std::string url = H.getUrl();
-
-    if (url == "/crossdomain.xml"){
-      H.Clean();
-      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
-      H.SetHeader("Server", "mistserver/" PACKAGE_VERSION "/" + Util::Config::libver);
-      H.SetBody(
-          "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM \"http://www.adobe.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd\"><cross-domain-policy><allow-access-from domain=\"*\" /><site-control permitted-cross-domain-policies=\"all\"/></cross-domain-policy>");
-      long long int ret = Util::getMS();
-      conn.SendNow(H.BuildResponse("200", "OK"));
-      return ret;
-    } //crossdomain.xml
-
-    if (url == "/clientaccesspolicy.xml"){
-      H.Clean();
-      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
-      H.SetHeader("Server", "mistserver/" PACKAGE_VERSION "/" + Util::Config::libver);
-      H.SetBody(
-          "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><access-policy><cross-domain-access><policy><allow-from http-methods=\"*\" http-request-headers=\"*\"><domain uri=\"*\"/></allow-from><grant-to><resource path=\"/\" include-subpaths=\"true\"/></grant-to></policy></cross-domain-access></access-policy>");
-      long long int ret = Util::getMS();
-      conn.SendNow(H.BuildResponse("200", "OK"));
-      return ret;
-    } //clientaccesspolicy.xml
-    
-    // send logo icon
-    if (url.length() > 4 && url.substr(url.length() - 4, 4) == ".ico"){
-      H.Clean();
-#include "icon.h"
-      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "image/x-icon");
-      H.SetHeader("Server", "mistserver/" PACKAGE_VERSION "/" + Util::Config::libver);
-      H.SetHeader("Content-Length", icon_len);
-      long long int ret = Util::getMS();
-      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", conn);
-      conn.SendNow((const char*)icon_data, icon_len);
-      return ret;
-    }
-
-    // send logo icon
-    if (url.length() > 6 && url.substr(url.length() - 5, 5) == ".html"){
-      std::string streamname = url.substr(1, url.length() - 6);
-      Util::sanitizeName(streamname);
-      H.Clean();
-      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/html");
-      H.SetHeader("Server", "mistserver/" PACKAGE_VERSION "/" + Util::Config::libver);
-      H.SetBody("<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Stream "+streamname+"</title><style>BODY{color:white;background:black;}</style></head><body><script src=\"embed_"+streamname+".js\"></script></body></html>");
-      long long int ret = Util::getMS();
-      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", conn);
-      return ret;
-    }
-    
-    // send smil MBR index
-    if (url.length() > 6 && url.substr(url.length() - 5, 5) == ".smil"){
-      std::string streamname = url.substr(1, url.length() - 6);
-      Util::sanitizeName(streamname);
-      
-      std::string host = H.GetHeader("Host");
-      if (host.find(':')){
-        host.resize(host.find(':'));
-      }
-      
-      std::string port, url_rel;
-      
-      IPC::semaphore configLock("!mistConfLock", O_CREAT | O_RDWR, ACCESSPERMS, 1);
-      configLock.wait();
-      DTSC::Scan prtcls = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("config").getMember("protocols");
-      DTSC::Scan capa = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("capabilities").getMember("connectors").getMember("RTMP");
-      unsigned int pro_cnt = prtcls.getSize();
-      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pro_cnt; ++i){
-        if (prtcls.getIndice(i).getMember("connector").asString() != "RTMP"){
-          continue;
-        }
-        port = prtcls.getIndice(i).getMember("port").asString();
-        //get the default port if none is set
-        if (!port.size()){
-          port = capa.getMember("optional").getMember("port").getMember("default").asString();
-        }
-        //extract url
-        url_rel = capa.getMember("url_rel").asString();
-        if (url_rel.find('$')){
-          url_rel.resize(url_rel.find('$'));
-        }
-      }
-
-      std::string trackSources;//this string contains all track sources for MBR smil
-      DTSC::Scan tracks = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("streams").getMember(streamname).getMember("meta").getMember("tracks");
-      unsigned int track_ctr = tracks.getSize();
-      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < track_ctr; ++i){//for all video tracks
-        DTSC::Scan trk = tracks.getIndice(i);
-        if (trk.getMember("type").asString() == "video"){
-          trackSources += "      <video src='"+ streamname + "?track=" + trk.getMember("trackid").asString() + "' height='" + trk.getMember("height").asString() + "' system-bitrate='" + trk.getMember("bps").asString() + "' width='" + trk.getMember("width").asString() + "' />\n";
-        }
-      }
-      configLock.post();
-      configLock.close();
-
-      H.Clean();
-      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/smil");
-      H.SetHeader("Server", "mistserver/" PACKAGE_VERSION "/" + Util::Config::libver);
-      H.SetBody("<smil>\n  <head>\n    <meta base='rtmp://" + host + ":" + port + url_rel + "' />\n  </head>\n  <body>\n    <switch>\n"+trackSources+"    </switch>\n  </body>\n</smil>");
-      long long int ret = Util::getMS();
-      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", conn);
-      return ret;
-    }
-    
-    if ((url.length() > 9 && url.substr(0, 6) == "/info_" && url.substr(url.length() - 3, 3) == ".js")
-        || (url.length() > 10 && url.substr(0, 7) == "/embed_" && url.substr(url.length() - 3, 3) == ".js")){
-      std::string streamname;
-      if (url.substr(0, 6) == "/info_"){
-        streamname = url.substr(6, url.length() - 9);
-      }else{
-        streamname = url.substr(7, url.length() - 10);
-      }
-      Util::sanitizeName(streamname);
-      
-      std::string response;
-      std::string host = H.GetHeader("Host");
-      if (host.find(':') != std::string::npos){
-        host.resize(host.find(':'));
-      }
-      H.Clean();
-      H.SetHeader("Server", "mistserver/" PACKAGE_VERSION "/" + Util::Config::libver);
-      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/javascript");
-      response = "// Generating info code for stream " + streamname + "\n\nif (!mistvideo){var mistvideo = {};}\n";
-      JSON::Value json_resp;
-      IPC::semaphore configLock("!mistConfLock", O_CREAT | O_RDWR, ACCESSPERMS, 1);
-      IPC::semaphore metaLocker(std::string("liveMeta@" + streamname).c_str(), O_CREAT | O_RDWR, ACCESSPERMS, 1);
-      bool metaLock = false;
-      configLock.wait();
-      DTSC::Scan strm = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("streams").getMember(streamname).getMember("meta");
-      IPC::sharedPage streamIndex;
-      if (!strm){
-        configLock.post();
-        //Stream metadata not found - attempt to start it
-        if (Util::startInput(streamname)){
-          streamIndex.init(streamname, 8 * 1024 * 1024);
-          if (streamIndex.mapped){
-            metaLock = true;
-            metaLocker.wait();
-            strm = DTSC::Packet(streamIndex.mapped, streamIndex.len, true).getScan();
-          }
-        }
-        if (!strm){
-          //stream failed to start or isn't configured
-          response += "// Stream isn't configured and/or couldn't be started. Sorry.\n";
-        }
-        configLock.wait();
-      }
-      DTSC::Scan prots = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("config").getMember("protocols");
-      if (strm && prots){
-        DTSC::Scan trcks = strm.getMember("tracks");
-        unsigned int trcks_ctr = trcks.getSize();
-        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < trcks_ctr; ++i){
-          if (trcks.getIndice(i).getMember("width").asInt() > json_resp["width"].asInt()){
-            json_resp["width"] = trcks.getIndice(i).getMember("width").asInt();
-          }
-          if (trcks.getIndice(i).getMember("height").asInt() > json_resp["height"].asInt()){
-            json_resp["height"] = trcks.getIndice(i).getMember("height").asInt();
-          }
-        }
-        if (json_resp["width"].asInt() < 1 || json_resp["height"].asInt() < 1){
-          json_resp["width"] = 640ll;
-          json_resp["height"] = 480ll;
-        }
-        if (strm.getMember("vod")){
-          json_resp["type"] = "vod";
-        }
-        if (strm.getMember("live")){
-          json_resp["type"] = "live";
-        }
-
-        // show ALL the meta datas!
-        json_resp["meta"] = strm.asJSON();
-        for (JSON::ObjIter it = json_resp["meta"]["tracks"].ObjBegin(); it != json_resp["meta"]["tracks"].ObjEnd(); ++it){
-          it->second.removeMember("fragments");
-          it->second.removeMember("keys");
-          it->second.removeMember("parts");
-        }
-
-        //create a set for storing source information
-        std::set<JSON::Value, sourceCompare> sources;
-
-        //find out which connectors are enabled
-        std::set<std::string> conns;
-        unsigned int prots_ctr = prots.getSize();
-        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < prots_ctr; ++i){
-          conns.insert(prots.getIndice(i).getMember("connector").asString());
-        }
-        //loop over the connectors.
-        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < prots_ctr; ++i){
-          std::string cName = prots.getIndice(i).getMember("connector").asString();
-          DTSC::Scan capa = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("capabilities").getMember("connectors").getMember(cName);
-          //if the connector has a port,
-          if (capa.getMember("optional").getMember("port")){
-            //get the default port if none is set
-            std::string port = prots.getIndice(i).getMember("port").asString();
-            if (!port.size()){
-              port = capa.getMember("optional").getMember("port").getMember("default").asString();
-            }
-            //and a URL - then list the URL
-            if (capa.getMember("url_rel")){
-              JSON::Value capa_json = capa.asJSON();
-              addSources(streamname, capa.getMember("url_rel").asString(), sources, host, port, capa_json, json_resp["meta"]);
-            }
-            //check each enabled protocol separately to see if it depends on this connector
-            DTSC::Scan capa_lst = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("capabilities").getMember("connectors");
-            unsigned int capa_lst_ctr = capa_lst.getSize();
-            for (unsigned int j = 0; j < capa_lst_ctr; ++j){
-              //if it depends on this connector and has a URL, list it
-              if (conns.count(capa_lst.getIndiceName(j)) && (capa_lst.getIndice(j).getMember("deps").asString() == cName || capa_lst.getIndice(j).getMember("deps").asString() + ".exe" == cName) && capa_lst.getIndice(j).getMember("methods")){
-                JSON::Value capa_json = capa_lst.getIndice(j).asJSON();
-                addSources(streamname, capa_lst.getIndice(j).getMember("url_rel").asString(), sources, host, port, capa_json, json_resp["meta"]);
-              }
-            }
-          }
-        }
-        
-        //loop over the added sources, add them to json_resp["sources"]
-        for (std::set<JSON::Value, sourceCompare>::iterator it = sources.begin(); it != sources.end(); it++){
-          if ((*it)["simul_tracks"].asInt() > 0){
-            json_resp["source"].append(*it);
-          }
-        }
-      }else{
-        json_resp["error"] = "The specified stream is not available on this server.";
-      }
-      if (metaLock){
-        metaLocker.post();
-      }
-      
-      configLock.post();
-      configLock.close();
-      response += "mistvideo['" + streamname + "'] = " + json_resp.toString() + ";\n";
-      if (url.substr(0, 6) != "/info_" && !json_resp.isMember("error")){
-        response.append("\n(");
-        if (embed_js[embed_js_len - 2] == ';'){//check if we have a trailing ;\n or just \n
-          response.append((char*)embed_js, (size_t)embed_js_len - 2); //remove trailing ";\n" from xxd conversion
-        }else{
-          response.append((char*)embed_js, (size_t)embed_js_len - 1); //remove trailing "\n" from xxd conversion
-        }
-        response.append("(\"" + streamname + "\"));\n");
-      }
-      H.SetBody(response);
-      long long int ret = Util::getMS();
-      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", conn);
-      return ret;
-    } //embed code generator
-
-    return proxyHandleUnsupported(H, conn); //anything else doesn't get handled
-  }
-
-  
-  ///\brief Handles requests by starting a corresponding output process.
-  ///\param H The request to be handled
-  ///\param conn The connection to the client that issued the request.
-  ///\param connector The type of connector to be invoked.
-  ///\return -1 on failure, else 0.
-  long long int proxyHandleThroughConnector(HTTP::Parser & H, Socket::Connection & conn, std::string & connector){
-    //create a unique ID based on a hash of the user agent and host, followed by the stream name and connector
-    std::stringstream uidtemp;
-    /// \todo verify the correct formation of the uid
-    uidtemp << Secure::md5(H.GetHeader("User-Agent") + conn.getHost()) << "_" << H.GetVar("stream") << "_" << connector;
-    std::string uid = uidtemp.str();
-
-    //fdIn and fdOut are connected to conn.sock 
-    int fdIn = conn.getSocket();
-    int fdOut = conn.getSocket();
-
-    //taken from CheckProtocols (controller_connectors.cpp)
-    char * argarr[20];
-    for (int i=0; i<20; i++){argarr[i] = 0;}
-    int id = -1;
-
-    IPC::semaphore configLock("!mistConfLock", O_CREAT | O_RDWR, ACCESSPERMS, 1);
-    configLock.wait();
-    DTSC::Scan prots = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("config").getMember("protocols");
-    unsigned int prots_ctr = prots.getSize();
-    
-    for (unsigned int i=0; i < prots_ctr; ++i){
-      if (prots.getIndice(i).getMember("connector").asString() == connector) {
-        id =  i;
-        break;  	//pick the first protocol in the list that matches the connector 
-      }
-    }
-    if (id == -1) {
-      DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_ERROR, "No connector found for: %s", connector.c_str());
-      configLock.post();
-      configLock.close();
-      return -1;
-    }
-
-    DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_HIGH, "Connector found: %s", connector.c_str());
-    //build arguments for starting output process
-
-    std::string temphost=conn.getHost();
-    std::string tempstream=H.GetVar("stream");
-    std::string debuglevel = JSON::Value((long long)Util::Config::printDebugLevel).asString();
-
-    std::string tmparg;
-    tmparg = Util::getMyPath() + std::string("MistOut") + connector;
-    struct stat buf;
-    if (::stat(tmparg.c_str(), &buf) != 0){
-      tmparg = Util::getMyPath() + std::string("MistConn") + connector;
-    }
-
-    int argnum = 0;
-    argarr[argnum++] = (char*)tmparg.c_str();
-    JSON::Value p = prots.getIndice(id).asJSON();
-    JSON::Value pipedCapa = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("capabilities").getMember("connectors").getMember(connector).asJSON();
-    configLock.post();
-    configLock.close();
-    argarr[argnum++] = (char*)"-i";
-    argarr[argnum++] = (char*)(temphost.c_str());
-    argarr[argnum++] = (char*)"-s";
-    argarr[argnum++] = (char*)(tempstream.c_str());
-    //set the debug level if non-default
-    if (Util::Config::printDebugLevel != DEBUG){
-      argarr[argnum++] = (char*)"--debug";
-      argarr[argnum++] = (char*)(debuglevel.c_str());
-    }
-    if (pipedCapa.isMember("required")){builPipedPart(p, argarr, argnum, pipedCapa["required"]);}
-    if (pipedCapa.isMember("optional")){builPipedPart(p, argarr, argnum, pipedCapa["optional"]);}
-    
-    int tempint = fileno(stderr);
-    ///start output process, fdIn and fdOut are connected to conn.sock
-    Util::Procs::StartPiped(argarr, & fdIn, & fdOut, & tempint);
-    conn.drop();
-    return 0;
-  }
-
-  ///\brief Determines the type of connector to be used for handling a request.
-  ///\param H The request to be handled..
-  ///\return A string indicating the type of connector.
-  ///Possible values are:
-  /// - "none" The request is not supported.
-  /// - "internal" The request should be handled by the proxy itself.
-  /// - anything else: The request should be dispatched to a connector on the named socket.
-  std::string proxyGetHandleType(HTTP::Parser & H){
-    std::string url = H.getUrl();
-
-    if (url.length() > 4){
-      std::string ext = url.substr(url.length() - 4, 4);
-      if (ext == ".ico"){
-        return "internal";
-      }
-      if (url.length() > 6 && url.substr(url.length() - 5, 5) == ".html"){
-        return "internal";
-      }
-      if (url.length() > 6 && url.substr(url.length() - 5, 5) == ".smil"){
-        return "internal";
-      }
-    }
-    if (url == "/crossdomain.xml"){
-      return "internal";
-    }
-    if (url == "/clientaccesspolicy.xml"){
-      return "internal";
-    }
-    if (url.length() > 10 && url.substr(0, 7) == "/embed_" && url.substr(url.length() - 3, 3) == ".js"){
-      return "internal";
-    }
-    if (url.length() > 9 && url.substr(0, 6) == "/info_" && url.substr(url.length() - 3, 3) == ".js"){
-      return "internal";
-    }
-    
-    //loop over the connectors
-    IPC::semaphore configLock("!mistConfLock", O_CREAT | O_RDWR, ACCESSPERMS, 1);
-    configLock.wait();
-    DTSC::Scan capa = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("capabilities").getMember("connectors");
-    unsigned int capa_ctr = capa.getSize();
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < capa_ctr; ++i){
-      DTSC::Scan c = capa.getIndice(i);
-      //if it depends on HTTP and has a match or prefix...
-      if (c.getMember("deps").asString() == "HTTP" && (c.getMember("url_match") || c.getMember("url_prefix"))){
-        //if there is a matcher, try to match
-        if (c.getMember("url_match")){
-          std::string m = c.getMember("url_match").asString();
-          size_t found = m.find('$');
-          if (found != std::string::npos){
-            if (m.substr(0, found) == url.substr(0, found) && m.substr(found+1) == url.substr(url.size() - (m.size() - found) + 1)){
-              //it matched - handle it now
-              std::string streamname = url.substr(found, url.size() - m.size() + 1);
-              Util::sanitizeName(streamname);
-              H.SetVar("stream", streamname);
-              configLock.post();
-              configLock.close();
-              return capa.getIndiceName(i);
-            }
-          }
-        }
-        //if there is a prefix, try to match
-        if (c.getMember("url_prefix")){
-          std::string m = c.getMember("url_prefix").asString();
-          size_t found = m.find('$');
-          if (found != std::string::npos){
-            size_t found_suf = url.find(m.substr(found+1), found);
-            if (m.substr(0, found) == url.substr(0, found) && found_suf != std::string::npos){
-              //it matched - handle it now
-              std::string streamname = url.substr(found, found_suf - found);
-              Util::sanitizeName(streamname);
-              H.SetVar("stream", streamname);
-              configLock.post();
-              configLock.close();
-              return capa.getIndiceName(i);
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    configLock.post();
-    configLock.close();
-    
-    return "none";
-  }
-
-  ///\brief Function run as a thread to handle a single HTTP connection.
-  ///\param conn A Socket::Connection indicating the connection to th client.
-  int proxyHandleHTTPConnection(Socket::Connection & conn){
-    conn.setBlocking(false); //do not block on conn.spool() when no data is available
-    HTTP::Parser Client;
-    while (conn.connected()){
-        //conn.peek reads data without removing it from pipe
-        if (conn.peek() && Client.Read(conn)){
-          std::string handler = proxyGetHandleType(Client);
-          DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_HIGH, "Received request: %s (%d) => %s (%s)", Client.getUrl().c_str(), conn.getSocket(), handler.c_str(), Client.GetVar("stream").c_str());
- 
-          bool closeConnection = false;
-          if (Client.GetHeader("Connection") == "close"){
-            closeConnection = true;
-          }
-
-          if (handler == "none" || handler == "internal"){
-            Client.Clean();
-            conn.Received().clear();
-            conn.spool();
-            Client.Read(conn);
-            if (handler == "internal"){
-              proxyHandleInternal(Client, conn);
-            }else{
-              proxyHandleUnsupported(Client, conn);
-            }
-          }else{
-            proxyHandleThroughConnector(Client, conn, handler);
-            if (conn.connected()){
-              FAIL_MSG("Request %d (%s) failed - no connector started", conn.getSocket(), handler.c_str());
-            }
-            break;
-          }
-          DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_HIGH, "Completed request %d (%s) ", conn.getSocket(), handler.c_str());
-          if (closeConnection){
-            break;
-          }
-          Client.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
-      }else{
-        Util::sleep(10); //sleep 10ms
-      }
-    }
-    //close and remove the connection
-    conn.close();
-    return 0;
-  }
-
-} //Connector_HTTP namespace
-
-int main(int argc, char ** argv){
-  Util::Config conf(argv[0], PACKAGE_VERSION);
-  JSON::Value capa;
-  capa["optional"]["debug"]["name"] = "debug";
-  capa["optional"]["debug"]["help"] = "The debug level at which messages need to be printed.";
-  capa["optional"]["debug"]["option"] = "--debug";
-  capa["optional"]["debug"]["type"] = "uint";
-  capa["desc"] = "Enables the generic HTTP listener, required by all other HTTP protocols. Needs other HTTP protocols enabled to do much of anything.";
-  capa["deps"] = "";
-  conf.addConnectorOptions(8080, capa);
-  conf.parseArgs(argc, argv);
-  if (conf.getBool("json")){
-    std::cout << capa.toString() << std::endl;
-    return -1;
-  }
-  Connector_HTTP::serverCfg.init("!mistConfig", 4*1024*1024);
-  return conf.serveThreadedSocket(Connector_HTTP::proxyHandleHTTPConnection);
-}
diff --git a/src/controller/controller_connectors.cpp b/src/controller/controller_connectors.cpp
index 6e6d22a3..191cbcd9 100644
--- a/src/controller/controller_connectors.cpp
+++ b/src/controller/controller_connectors.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ namespace Controller {
       
       #define connCapa capabilities["connectors"][connName]
       
-      if (connCapa.isMember("socket")){
+      if (connCapa.isMember("socket") || (connCapa.isMember("deps") && connCapa["deps"].asStringRef() == "HTTP")){
         ( *ait)["online"] = "Enabled";
         continue;
       }
diff --git a/src/connectors/embed.js b/src/embed.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/connectors/embed.js
rename to src/embed.js
diff --git a/src/connectors/icon.h b/src/icon.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/connectors/icon.h
rename to src/icon.h
diff --git a/src/output/mist_out.cpp b/src/output/mist_out.cpp
index b23ff21a..127e4e87 100644
--- a/src/output/mist_out.cpp
+++ b/src/output/mist_out.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
       std::cout << mistOut::capa.toString() << std::endl;
       return -1;
     }
-    conf.serveForkedSocket(spawnForked);
+    if (mistOut::listenMode()){
+      conf.serveForkedSocket(spawnForked);
+    }else{
+      Socket::Connection S(fileno(stdout),fileno(stdin) );
+      mistOut tmp(S);
+      return tmp.run();
+    }
   }
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/output/mist_out_http.cpp b/src/output/mist_out_http.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 56805566..00000000
--- a/src/output/mist_out_http.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#include OUTPUTTYPE
-#include <mist/config.h>
-#include <mist/socket.h>
-
-int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
-  Util::Config conf(argv[0], PACKAGE_VERSION);
-  mistOut::init(&conf);
-
-  mistOut::capa["forward"]["streamname"]["name"] = "Stream";
-  mistOut::capa["forward"]["streamname"]["help"] = "What streamname to serve.";
-  mistOut::capa["forward"]["streamname"]["type"] = "str";
-  mistOut::capa["forward"]["streamname"]["option"] = "--stream";
-  mistOut::capa["forward"]["ip"]["name"] = "IP";
-  mistOut::capa["forward"]["ip"]["help"] = "IP of forwarded connection.";
-  mistOut::capa["forward"]["ip"]["type"] = "str";
-  mistOut::capa["forward"]["ip"]["option"] = "--ip";
-  
-  conf.addOption("streamname",
-                   JSON::fromString("{\"arg\":\"string\",\"short\":\"s\",\"long\":\"stream\",\"help\":\"The name of the stream that this connector will transmit.\"}"));
-  conf.addOption("ip",
-                   JSON::fromString("{\"arg\":\"string\",\"short\":\"i\",\"long\":\"ip\",\"help\":\"Ip addr of connection.\"}"));
-  if (conf.parseArgs(argc, argv)) {
-    if (conf.getBool("json")) {
-      std::cout << mistOut::capa.toString() << std::endl;
-      return -1;
-    }
-    Socket::Connection S(fileno(stdout),fileno(stdin) );
-    mistOut tmp(S);
-    return tmp.run();
-  }
-  return 0;
-}
diff --git a/src/output/output.cpp b/src/output/output.cpp
index 60c6ce3f..a5269742 100644
--- a/src/output/output.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output.cpp
@@ -486,29 +486,33 @@ namespace Mist {
       return false;
     }
   }
+  
+  void Output::requestHandler(){
+    static bool firstData = true;//only the first time, we call onRequest if there's data buffered already.
+    if ((firstData && myConn.Received().size()) || myConn.spool()){
+      firstData = false;
+      DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_DONTEVEN, "onRequest");
+      onRequest();
+    }else{
+      if (!isBlocking && !parseData){
+        Util::sleep(500);
+      }
+    }
+  }
  
   int Output::run() {
-    bool firstData = true;//only the first time, we call OnRequest if there's data buffered already.
     DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_MEDIUM, "MistOut client handler started");
     while (myConn.connected() && (wantRequest || parseData)){
       stats();
       if (wantRequest){
-        if ((firstData && myConn.Received().size()) || myConn.spool()){
-          firstData = false;
-          DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_DONTEVEN, "OnRequest");
-          onRequest();
-        }else{
-          if (!isBlocking && !parseData){
-            Util::sleep(500);
-          }
-        }
+        requestHandler();
       }
       if (parseData){
         if (!isInitialized){
           initialize();
         }
         if ( !sentHeader){
-          DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_DONTEVEN, "SendHeader");
+          DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_DONTEVEN, "sendHeader");
           sendHeader();
         }
         prepareNext();
diff --git a/src/output/output.h b/src/output/output.h
index 48b35e9e..dfacfb90 100644
--- a/src/output/output.h
+++ b/src/output/output.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ namespace Mist {
       void stop();
       void setBlocking(bool blocking);
       void updateMeta();
+      static bool listenMode(){return true;}
       //virtuals. The optional virtuals have default implementations that do as little as possible.
       virtual void sendNext() {}//REQUIRED! Others are optional.
       virtual void prepareNext();
@@ -66,18 +67,19 @@ namespace Mist {
       virtual void initialize();
       virtual void sendHeader();
       virtual void onFail();
+      virtual void requestHandler();
     private://these *should* not be messed with in child classes.
       std::map<unsigned long, unsigned int> currKeyOpen;
       void loadPageForKey(long unsigned int trackId, long long int keyNum);
-      bool isBlocking;///< If true, indicates that myConn is blocking.
       unsigned int lastStats;///<Time of last sending of stats.
-      IPC::sharedClient statsPage;///< Shared memory used for statistics reporting.
       long long unsigned int firstTime;///< Time of first packet after last seek. Used for real-time sending.
       std::map<unsigned long, unsigned long> nxtKeyNum;///< Contains the number of the next key, for page seeking purposes.
       std::set<sortedPageInfo> buffer;///< A sorted list of next-to-be-loaded packets.
       std::map<unsigned long, unsigned long> lastKeyTime;///< Stores the time of the last keyframe, for preventing duplicates
       bool sought;///<If a seek has been done, this is set to true. Used for seeking on prepareNext().
     protected://these are to be messed with by child classes
+      IPC::sharedClient statsPage;///< Shared memory used for statistics reporting.
+      bool isBlocking;///< If true, indicates that myConn is blocking.
       unsigned int crc;///< Checksum, if any, for usage in the stats.
       unsigned int getKeyForTime(long unsigned int trackId, long long timeStamp);
       IPC::sharedPage streamIndex;///< Shared memory used for metadata
diff --git a/src/output/output_hds.cpp b/src/output/output_hds.cpp
index de332c8f..17532076 100644
--- a/src/output/output_hds.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_hds.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #include "output_hds.h"
-#include <mist/defines.h>
-#include <mist/http_parser.h>
 #include <mist/stream.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <mist/amf.h>
@@ -129,30 +127,19 @@ namespace Mist {
     return Result.str();
   } //BuildManifest
   
-  OutHDS::OutHDS(Socket::Connection & conn) : Output(conn) {
+  OutHDS::OutHDS(Socket::Connection & conn) : HTTPOutput(conn) {
     audioTrack = 0;
     playUntil = 0;
-    myConn.setHost(config->getString("ip"));
-    streamName = config->getString("streamname");
   }
 
-  void OutHDS::onFail(){
-    HTTP_S.Clean(); //make sure no parts of old requests are left in any buffers
-    HTTP_S.SetBody("Stream not found. Sorry, we tried.");
-    HTTP_S.SendResponse("404", "Stream not found", myConn);
-    Output::onFail();
-  }
-  
   OutHDS::~OutHDS() {}
   
   void OutHDS::init(Util::Config * cfg){
-    Output::init(cfg);
+    HTTPOutput::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "HDS";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol Adobe-specific dynamic streaming (also known as HDS).";
-    capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
     capa["url_rel"] = "/dynamic/$/manifest.f4m";
     capa["url_prefix"] = "/dynamic/$/";
-    capa["socket"] = "http_hds";
     capa["codecs"][0u][0u].append("H264");
     capa["codecs"][0u][0u].append("H263");
     capa["codecs"][0u][0u].append("VP6");
@@ -171,8 +158,6 @@ namespace Mist {
     capa["methods"][0u]["handler"] = "http";
     capa["methods"][0u]["type"] = "flash/11";
     capa["methods"][0u]["priority"] = 7ll;
-    cfg->addBasicConnectorOptions(capa);
-    config = cfg;
   }
   
   void OutHDS::sendNext(){
@@ -180,106 +165,100 @@ namespace Mist {
       DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_DEVEL, "(%d) Done sending fragment", getpid() );
       stop();
       wantRequest = true;
-      HTTP_S.Chunkify("", 0, myConn);
+      H.Chunkify("", 0, myConn);
       return;
     }
     tag.DTSCLoader(currentPacket, myMeta.tracks[currentPacket.getTrackId()]);
-    HTTP_S.Chunkify(tag.data, tag.len, myConn);
+    H.Chunkify(tag.data, tag.len, myConn);
   }
 
-  void OutHDS::onRequest(){
-    HTTP_R.Clean();
-    while (HTTP_R.Read(myConn)){
-      std::string ua = HTTP_R.GetHeader("User-Agent");
-      crc = checksum::crc32(0, ua.data(), ua.size());
-      DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_DEVEL, "Received request: %s", HTTP_R.getUrl().c_str());
-      if (HTTP_R.url.find(".abst") != std::string::npos){
-        initialize();
-        std::string streamID = HTTP_R.url.substr(streamName.size() + 10);
-        streamID = streamID.substr(0, streamID.find(".abst"));
-        HTTP_S.Clean();
-        HTTP_S.SetBody(dynamicBootstrap(atoll(streamID.c_str())));
-        HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "binary/octet");
-        HTTP_S.SetHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
-        HTTP_S.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
-        HTTP_R.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
-        continue;
+  void OutHDS::onHTTP(){
+
+    if (H.url.find(".abst") != std::string::npos){
+      initialize();
+      std::string streamID = H.url.substr(streamName.size() + 10);
+      streamID = streamID.substr(0, streamID.find(".abst"));
+      H.Clean();
+      H.SetBody(dynamicBootstrap(atoll(streamID.c_str())));
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "binary/octet");
+      H.SetHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      H.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
+      return;
+    }
+    if (H.url.find("f4m") == std::string::npos){
+      initialize();
+      std::string tmp_qual = H.url.substr(H.url.find("/", 10) + 1);
+      unsigned int tid;
+      unsigned int fragNum;
+      tid = atoi(tmp_qual.substr(0, tmp_qual.find("Seg") - 1).c_str());
+      int temp;
+      temp = H.url.find("Seg") + 3;
+      temp = H.url.find("Frag") + 4;
+      fragNum = atoi(H.url.substr(temp).c_str()) - 1;
+      DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_MEDIUM, "Video track %d, fragment %d\n", tid, fragNum);
+      if (!audioTrack){getTracks();}
+      unsigned int mstime = 0;
+      unsigned int mslen = 0;
+      if (fragNum < (unsigned int)myMeta.tracks[tid].missedFrags){
+        H.Clean();
+        H.SetBody("The requested fragment is no longer kept in memory on the server and cannot be served.\n");
+        H.SendResponse("412", "Fragment out of range", myConn);
+        H.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
+        std::cout << "Fragment " << fragNum << " too old" << std::endl;
+        return;
       }
-      if (HTTP_R.url.find("f4m") == std::string::npos){
-        initialize();
-        std::string tmp_qual = HTTP_R.url.substr(HTTP_R.url.find("/", 10) + 1);
-        unsigned int tid;
-        unsigned int fragNum;
-        tid = atoi(tmp_qual.substr(0, tmp_qual.find("Seg") - 1).c_str());
-        int temp;
-        temp = HTTP_R.url.find("Seg") + 3;
-        temp = HTTP_R.url.find("Frag") + 4;
-        fragNum = atoi(HTTP_R.url.substr(temp).c_str()) - 1;
-        DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_MEDIUM, "Video track %d, fragment %d\n", tid, fragNum);
-        if (!audioTrack){getTracks();}
-        unsigned int mstime = 0;
-        unsigned int mslen = 0;
-        if (fragNum < (unsigned int)myMeta.tracks[tid].missedFrags){
-          HTTP_S.Clean();
-          HTTP_S.SetBody("The requested fragment is no longer kept in memory on the server and cannot be served.\n");
-          HTTP_S.SendResponse("412", "Fragment out of range", myConn);
-          HTTP_R.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
-          std::cout << "Fragment " << fragNum << " too old" << std::endl;
-          continue;
-        }
-        if (fragNum > myMeta.tracks[tid].missedFrags + myMeta.tracks[tid].fragments.size() - 1){
-          HTTP_S.Clean();
-          HTTP_S.SetBody("Proxy, re-request this in a second or two.\n");
-          HTTP_S.SendResponse("208", "Ask again later", myConn);
-          HTTP_R.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
-          std::cout << "Fragment after fragment " << fragNum << " not available yet" << std::endl;
-          continue;
-        }
-        mstime = myMeta.tracks[tid].getKey(myMeta.tracks[tid].fragments[fragNum - myMeta.tracks[tid].missedFrags].getNumber()).getTime();
-        mslen = myMeta.tracks[tid].fragments[fragNum - myMeta.tracks[tid].missedFrags].getDuration();
-        
-        selectedTracks.clear();
-        selectedTracks.insert(tid);
-        if (audioTrack){
-          selectedTracks.insert(audioTrack);
-        }
-        seek(mstime);
-        playUntil = mstime + mslen;
-        
-        HTTP_S.Clean();
-        HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/mp4");
-        HTTP_S.StartResponse(HTTP_R, myConn);
-        //send the bootstrap
-        std::string bootstrap = dynamicBootstrap(tid);
-        HTTP_S.Chunkify(bootstrap, myConn);
-        //send a zero-size mdat, meaning it stretches until end of file.
-        HTTP_S.Chunkify("\000\000\000\000mdat", 8, myConn);
-        //send init data, if needed.
-        if (audioTrack > 0 && myMeta.tracks[audioTrack].init != ""){
-          if (tag.DTSCAudioInit(myMeta.tracks[audioTrack])){
-            tag.tagTime(mstime);
-            HTTP_S.Chunkify(tag.data, tag.len, myConn);
-          }
-        }
-        if (tid > 0){
-          if (tag.DTSCVideoInit(myMeta.tracks[tid])){
-            tag.tagTime(mstime);
-            HTTP_S.Chunkify(tag.data, tag.len, myConn);
-          }
-        }
-        parseData = true;
-        wantRequest = false;
-      }else{
-        initialize();
-        std::stringstream tmpstr;
-        myMeta.toPrettyString(tmpstr);
-        HTTP_S.Clean();
-        HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
-        HTTP_S.SetHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
-        HTTP_S.SetBody(dynamicIndex());
-        HTTP_S.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      if (fragNum > myMeta.tracks[tid].missedFrags + myMeta.tracks[tid].fragments.size() - 1){
+        H.Clean();
+        H.SetBody("Proxy, re-request this in a second or two.\n");
+        H.SendResponse("208", "Ask again later", myConn);
+        H.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
+        std::cout << "Fragment after fragment " << fragNum << " not available yet" << std::endl;
+        return;
       }
-      HTTP_R.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
+      mstime = myMeta.tracks[tid].getKey(myMeta.tracks[tid].fragments[fragNum - myMeta.tracks[tid].missedFrags].getNumber()).getTime();
+      mslen = myMeta.tracks[tid].fragments[fragNum - myMeta.tracks[tid].missedFrags].getDuration();
+      
+      selectedTracks.clear();
+      selectedTracks.insert(tid);
+      if (audioTrack){
+        selectedTracks.insert(audioTrack);
+      }
+      seek(mstime);
+      playUntil = mstime + mslen;
+      
+      H.Clean();
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/mp4");
+      H.StartResponse(H, myConn);
+      //send the bootstrap
+      std::string bootstrap = dynamicBootstrap(tid);
+      H.Chunkify(bootstrap, myConn);
+      //send a zero-size mdat, meaning it stretches until end of file.
+      H.Chunkify("\000\000\000\000mdat", 8, myConn);
+      //send init data, if needed.
+      if (audioTrack > 0 && myMeta.tracks[audioTrack].init != ""){
+        if (tag.DTSCAudioInit(myMeta.tracks[audioTrack])){
+          tag.tagTime(mstime);
+          H.Chunkify(tag.data, tag.len, myConn);
+        }
+      }
+      if (tid > 0){
+        if (tag.DTSCVideoInit(myMeta.tracks[tid])){
+          tag.tagTime(mstime);
+          H.Chunkify(tag.data, tag.len, myConn);
+        }
+      }
+      parseData = true;
+      wantRequest = false;
+    }else{
+      initialize();
+      std::stringstream tmpstr;
+      myMeta.toPrettyString(tmpstr);
+      H.Clean();
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
+      H.SetHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
+      H.SetBody(dynamicIndex());
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/output/output_hds.h b/src/output/output_hds.h
index 89732e3b..5e2b1f31 100644
--- a/src/output/output_hds.h
+++ b/src/output/output_hds.h
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-#include "output.h"
-#include <mist/http_parser.h>
+#include "output_http.h"
 #include <mist/ts_packet.h>
 #include <mist/mp4.h>
 #include <mist/mp4_generic.h>
 
 namespace Mist {
-  class OutHDS : public Output {
+  class OutHDS : public HTTPOutput {
     public:
       OutHDS(Socket::Connection & conn);
       ~OutHDS();
       static void init(Util::Config * cfg);
-      
-      void onRequest();
-      void onFail();
+      void onHTTP();
       void sendNext();
     protected:
       void getTracks();
       std::string dynamicBootstrap(int tid);
       std::string dynamicIndex();
-      HTTP::Parser HTTP_S;
-      HTTP::Parser HTTP_R;
       std::set<int> videoTracks;///<< Holds valid video tracks for playback
       long long int audioTrack;///<< Holds audio track ID for playback
       long long unsigned int playUntil;
diff --git a/src/output/output_hls.cpp b/src/output/output_hls.cpp
index 42e0915d..a163fa1e 100644
--- a/src/output/output_hls.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_hls.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #include "output_hls.h"
-#include <mist/defines.h>
-#include <mist/http_parser.h>
 #include <mist/stream.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -92,39 +90,26 @@ namespace Mist {
   } //liveIndex
   
   
-  OutHLS::OutHLS(Socket::Connection & conn) : Output(conn) {
+  OutHLS::OutHLS(Socket::Connection & conn) : HTTPOutput(conn) {
     haveAvcc = false;
     realTime = 0;
-    myConn.setHost(config->getString("ip"));
     myConn.setBlocking(true);
-    streamName = config->getString("streamname");
   }
   
   OutHLS::~OutHLS() {}
-
-  void OutHLS::onFail(){
-    HTTP_S.Clean(); //make sure no parts of old requests are left in any buffers
-    HTTP_S.SetBody("Stream not found. Sorry, we tried.");
-    HTTP_S.SendResponse("404", "Stream not found", myConn);
-    Output::onFail();
-  }
   
   void OutHLS::init(Util::Config * cfg){
-    Output::init(cfg);
+    HTTPOutput::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "HLS";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol Apple-specific streaming (also known as HLS).";
-    capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
     capa["url_rel"] = "/hls/$/index.m3u8";
     capa["url_prefix"] = "/hls/$/";
-    capa["socket"] = "http_hls";
     capa["codecs"][0u][0u].append("H264");
     capa["codecs"][0u][1u].append("AAC");
     capa["codecs"][0u][1u].append("MP3");
     capa["methods"][0u]["handler"] = "http";
     capa["methods"][0u]["type"] = "html5/application/vnd.apple.mpegurl";
     capa["methods"][0u]["priority"] = 9ll;
-    cfg->addBasicConnectorOptions(capa);
-    config = cfg;
   }
   
   ///this function generates the PMT packet
@@ -157,17 +142,15 @@ namespace Mist {
     PMT.calcCRC();
     return PMT.getStrBuf();
   }
-  
+
   void OutHLS::fillPacket(bool & first, const char * data, size_t dataLen, char & ContCounter){
-    
     if (!PackData.BytesFree()){
       if (PacketNumber % 42 == 0){
-        HTTP_S.Chunkify(TS::PAT, 188, myConn);
-        std::string PMT = createPMT();
-        HTTP_S.Chunkify(PMT, myConn);
+        H.Chunkify(TS::PAT, 188, myConn);
+        H.Chunkify(createPMT().c_str(), 188, myConn);
         PacketNumber += 2;
       }
-      HTTP_S.Chunkify(PackData.ToString(), 188, myConn);
+      H.Chunkify(PackData.ToString(), 188, myConn);
       PacketNumber ++;
       PackData.Clear();
     }
@@ -197,7 +180,6 @@ namespace Mist {
   
   void OutHLS::sendNext(){
     bool first = true;
-    char * ContCounter = 0;
     char * dataPointer = 0;
     unsigned int dataLen = 0;
     currentPacket.getString("data", dataPointer, dataLen); //data
@@ -206,8 +188,8 @@ namespace Mist {
       stop();
       wantRequest = true;
       parseData = false;
-      HTTP_S.Chunkify("", 0, myConn);
-      HTTP_S.Clean();
+      H.Chunkify("", 0, myConn);
+      H.Clean();
       return;
     }
 
@@ -256,7 +238,6 @@ namespace Mist {
       fillPacket(first, bs.data(), bs.size(), AudioCounter);
       bs = TS::GetAudioHeader(dataLen, myMeta.tracks[currentPacket.getTrackId()].init);      
       fillPacket(first, bs.data(), bs.size(), AudioCounter);
-      ContCounter = &AudioCounter;
       fillPacket(first, dataPointer,dataLen, AudioCounter);
       if (PackData.BytesFree() < 184){
         PackData.AddStuffing();
@@ -284,100 +265,78 @@ namespace Mist {
     return 0;
   }
 
-  void OutHLS::onRequest(){
-    while (HTTP_R.Read(myConn)){
-      std::string ua = HTTP_R.GetHeader("User-Agent");
-      crc = checksum::crc32(0, ua.data(), ua.size());
-      DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_MEDIUM, "Received request: %s", HTTP_R.getUrl().c_str());
-      if (HTTP_R.url == "/crossdomain.xml"){
-        HTTP_S.Clean();
-        HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
-        HTTP_S.SetHeader("Server", "mistserver/" PACKAGE_VERSION "/" + Util::Config::libver);
-        HTTP_S.SetBody("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM \"http://www.adobe.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd\"><cross-domain-policy><allow-access-from domain=\"*\" /><site-control permitted-cross-domain-policies=\"all\"/></cross-domain-policy>");
-        HTTP_S.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
-        HTTP_R.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
-        continue;
-      } //crossdomain.xml
-      
-      if (HTTP_R.url.find("hls") == std::string::npos){
-        myConn.close();
-        continue;
-      }
-      
-      AppleCompat = (HTTP_R.GetHeader("User-Agent").find("Apple") != std::string::npos);
-      initialize();
-      if (HTTP_R.url.find(".m3u") == std::string::npos){
-        std::string tmpStr = HTTP_R.getUrl().substr(5+streamName.size());
-        long long unsigned int from;
-        if (sscanf(tmpStr.c_str(), "/%u_%u/%llu_%llu.ts", &vidTrack, &audTrack, &from, &until) != 4){
-          if (sscanf(tmpStr.c_str(), "/%u/%llu_%llu.ts", &vidTrack, &from, &until) != 3){
-            DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_MEDIUM, "Could not parse URL: %s", HTTP_R.getUrl().c_str());
-            HTTP_S.Clean();
-            HTTP_S.SetBody("The HLS URL wasn't understood - what did you want, exactly?\n");
-            myConn.SendNow(HTTP_S.BuildResponse("404", "URL mismatch"));
-            HTTP_R.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
-            continue;
-          }else{
-            selectedTracks.clear();
-            selectedTracks.insert(vidTrack);
-          }
+  void OutHLS::onHTTP(){
+    AppleCompat = (H.GetHeader("User-Agent").find("Apple") != std::string::npos);
+    initialize();
+    if (H.url.find(".m3u") == std::string::npos){
+      std::string tmpStr = H.getUrl().substr(5+streamName.size());
+      long long unsigned int from;
+      if (sscanf(tmpStr.c_str(), "/%u_%u/%llu_%llu.ts", &vidTrack, &audTrack, &from, &until) != 4){
+        if (sscanf(tmpStr.c_str(), "/%u/%llu_%llu.ts", &vidTrack, &from, &until) != 3){
+          DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_MEDIUM, "Could not parse URL: %s", H.getUrl().c_str());
+          H.Clean();
+          H.SetBody("The HLS URL wasn't understood - what did you want, exactly?\n");
+          myConn.SendNow(H.BuildResponse("404", "URL mismatch"));
+          H.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
+          return;
         }else{
           selectedTracks.clear();
           selectedTracks.insert(vidTrack);
-          selectedTracks.insert(audTrack);
         }
-        
-        if (myMeta.live){
-          /// \todo Detection of out-of-range parts.
-          int seekable = canSeekms(from);
-          if (seekable < 0){
-            HTTP_S.Clean();
-            HTTP_S.SetBody("The requested fragment is no longer kept in memory on the server and cannot be served.\n");
-            myConn.SendNow(HTTP_S.BuildResponse("412", "Fragment out of range"));
-            HTTP_R.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
-            DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_WARN, "Fragment @ %llu too old", from);
-            continue;
-          }
-          if (seekable > 0){
-            HTTP_S.Clean();
-            HTTP_S.SetBody("Proxy, re-request this in a second or two.\n");
-            myConn.SendNow(HTTP_S.BuildResponse("208", "Ask again later"));
-            HTTP_R.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
-            DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_WARN, "Fragment @ %llu not available yet", from);
-            continue;
-          }
-        }
-        
-        seek(from);
-        lastVid = from * 90;
-        
-        HTTP_S.Clean();
-        HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/mp2t");
-        HTTP_S.StartResponse(HTTP_R, myConn);
-        PacketNumber = 0;
-        parseData = true;
-        wantRequest = false;
       }else{
-        initialize();
-        std::string request = HTTP_R.url.substr(HTTP_R.url.find("/", 5) + 1);
-        HTTP_S.Clean();
-        if (HTTP_R.url.find(".m3u8") != std::string::npos){
-          HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "audio/x-mpegurl");
-        }else{
-          HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "audio/mpegurl");
-        }
-        HTTP_S.SetHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
-        std::string manifest;
-        if (request.find("/") == std::string::npos){
-          manifest = liveIndex();
-        }else{
-          int selectId = atoi(request.substr(0,request.find("/")).c_str());
-          manifest = liveIndex(selectId);
-        }
-        HTTP_S.SetBody(manifest);
-        HTTP_S.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+        selectedTracks.clear();
+        selectedTracks.insert(vidTrack);
+        selectedTracks.insert(audTrack);
       }
-      HTTP_R.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
+      
+      if (myMeta.live){
+        /// \todo Detection of out-of-range parts.
+        int seekable = canSeekms(from);
+        if (seekable < 0){
+          H.Clean();
+          H.SetBody("The requested fragment is no longer kept in memory on the server and cannot be served.\n");
+          myConn.SendNow(H.BuildResponse("412", "Fragment out of range"));
+          H.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
+          DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_WARN, "Fragment @ %llu too old", from);
+          return;
+        }
+        if (seekable > 0){
+          H.Clean();
+          H.SetBody("Proxy, re-request this in a second or two.\n");
+          myConn.SendNow(H.BuildResponse("208", "Ask again later"));
+          H.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
+          DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_WARN, "Fragment @ %llu not available yet", from);
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+      
+      seek(from);
+      lastVid = from * 90;
+      
+      H.StartResponse(H, myConn);
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/mp2t");
+      PacketNumber = 0;
+      parseData = true;
+      wantRequest = false;
+    }else{
+      initialize();
+      std::string request = H.url.substr(H.url.find("/", 5) + 1);
+      H.Clean();
+      if (H.url.find(".m3u8") != std::string::npos){
+        H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "audio/x-mpegurl");
+      }else{
+        H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "audio/mpegurl");
+      }
+      H.SetHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
+      std::string manifest;
+      if (request.find("/") == std::string::npos){
+        manifest = liveIndex();
+      }else{
+        int selectId = atoi(request.substr(0,request.find("/")).c_str());
+        manifest = liveIndex(selectId);
+      }
+      H.SetBody(manifest);
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/output/output_hls.h b/src/output/output_hls.h
index 900f3fd3..b28bef09 100644
--- a/src/output/output_hls.h
+++ b/src/output/output_hls.h
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
-#include "output.h"
-#include <mist/http_parser.h>
+#include "output_http.h"
 #include <mist/ts_packet.h>
 #include <mist/mp4.h>
 #include <mist/mp4_generic.h>
 
 namespace Mist {
-  class OutHLS : public Output {
+  class OutHLS : public HTTPOutput {
     public:
       OutHLS(Socket::Connection & conn);
       ~OutHLS();
       static void init(Util::Config * cfg);
-      void onRequest();
-      void onFail();
+      void onHTTP();
       void sendNext();
     protected:
-      HTTP::Parser HTTP_S;
-      HTTP::Parser HTTP_R;
       std::string createPMT();
       void fillPacket(bool & first, const char * data, size_t dataLen, char & ContCounter);
       std::string liveIndex();
diff --git a/src/output/output_hss.cpp b/src/output/output_hss.cpp
index 605e4b84..c91f5172 100644
--- a/src/output/output_hss.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_hss.cpp
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 #include <mist/checksum.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-
-
 ///\todo Maybe move to util?
 long long unsigned int binToInt(std::string & binary) {
   long long int result = 0;
@@ -45,22 +43,15 @@ std::string toUTF16(std::string original) {
 
 
 namespace Mist {
-  OutHSS::OutHSS(Socket::Connection & conn) : Output(conn) { 
-    realTime = 0;
-    myConn.setHost(config->getString("ip"));
-    streamName = config->getString("streamname");
-  }
-
-  OutHSS::~OutHSS() {}
+  OutHSS::OutHSS(Socket::Connection & conn) : HTTPOutput(conn){realTime = 0;}
+  OutHSS::~OutHSS(){}
 
   void OutHSS::init(Util::Config * cfg) {
-    Output::init(cfg);
+    HTTPOutput::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "HSS";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol Microsoft-specific smooth streaming through silverlight (also known as HSS).";
-    capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
     capa["url_rel"] = "/smooth/$.ism/Manifest";
     capa["url_prefix"] = "/smooth/$.ism/";
-    capa["socket"] = "http_hss";
     capa["codecs"][0u][0u].append("H264");
     capa["codecs"][0u][1u].append("AAC");
     capa["methods"][0u]["handler"] = "http";
@@ -71,31 +62,22 @@ namespace Mist {
     capa["methods"][1u]["type"] = "silverlight";
     capa["methods"][1u]["priority"] = 1ll;
     capa["methods"][1u]["nolive"] = 1;
-    cfg->addBasicConnectorOptions(capa);
-    config = cfg;
   }
 
   void OutHSS::sendNext() {
     if (currentPacket.getTime() >= playUntil) {
       stop();
       wantRequest = true;
-      HTTP_S.Chunkify("", 0, myConn);
-      HTTP_R.Clean();
+      H.Chunkify("", 0, myConn);
+      H.Clean();
       return;
     }
     char * dataPointer = 0;
     unsigned int len = 0;
     currentPacket.getString("data", dataPointer, len);
-    HTTP_S.Chunkify(dataPointer, len, myConn);
+    H.Chunkify(dataPointer, len, myConn);
   }
 
-  void OutHSS::onFail(){
-    HTTP_S.Clean(); //make sure no parts of old requests are left in any buffers
-    HTTP_S.SetBody("Stream not found. Sorry, we tried.");
-    HTTP_S.SendResponse("404", "Stream not found", myConn);
-    Output::onFail();
-  }
-  
   int OutHSS::canSeekms(unsigned int ms) {
     //no tracks? Frame too new by definition.
     if (!myMeta.tracks.size()) {
@@ -118,12 +100,11 @@ namespace Mist {
     return 0;
   }
 
-
   void OutHSS::sendHeader() {
     //We have a non-manifest request, parse it.
-    std::string Quality = HTTP_R.url.substr(HTTP_R.url.find("TrackID=", 8) + 8);
+    std::string Quality = H.url.substr(H.url.find("TrackID=", 8) + 8);
     Quality = Quality.substr(0, Quality.find(")"));
-    std::string parseString = HTTP_R.url.substr(HTTP_R.url.find(")/") + 2);
+    std::string parseString = H.url.substr(H.url.find(")/") + 2);
     parseString = parseString.substr(parseString.find("(") + 1);
     long long int seekTime = atoll(parseString.substr(0, parseString.find(")")).c_str()) / 10000;
     unsigned int tid = atoll(Quality.c_str());
@@ -144,20 +125,20 @@ namespace Mist {
         }
       }
       if (seekable < 0){
-        HTTP_S.Clean();
-        HTTP_S.SetBody("The requested fragment is no longer kept in memory on the server and cannot be served.\n");
-        myConn.SendNow(HTTP_S.BuildResponse("412", "Fragment out of range"));
-        HTTP_R.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
+        H.Clean();
+        H.SetBody("The requested fragment is no longer kept in memory on the server and cannot be served.\n");
+        myConn.SendNow(H.BuildResponse("412", "Fragment out of range"));
+        H.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
         std::cout << "Fragment @ " << seekTime << "ms too old (" << myMeta.tracks[tid].firstms << " - " << myMeta.tracks[tid].lastms << " ms)" << std::endl;
         stop();
         wantRequest = true;
         return;
       }
       if (seekable > 0){
-        HTTP_S.Clean();
-        HTTP_S.SetBody("Proxy, re-request this in a second or two.\n");
-        myConn.SendNow(HTTP_S.BuildResponse("208", "Ask again later"));
-        HTTP_R.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
+        H.Clean();
+        H.SetBody("Proxy, re-request this in a second or two.\n");
+        myConn.SendNow(H.BuildResponse("208", "Ask again later"));
+        H.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
         std::cout << "Fragment @ " << seekTime << "ms not available yet (" << myMeta.tracks[tid].firstms << " - " << myMeta.tracks[tid].lastms << " ms)" << std::endl;
         stop();
         wantRequest = true;
@@ -181,10 +162,10 @@ namespace Mist {
         nextIt++;
         if (nextIt == myMeta.tracks[tid].keys.end()) {
           if (myMeta.live) {
-            HTTP_S.Clean();
-            HTTP_S.SetBody("Proxy, re-request this in a second or two.\n");
-            myConn.SendNow(HTTP_S.BuildResponse("208", "Ask again later"));
-            HTTP_R.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
+            H.Clean();
+            H.SetBody("Proxy, re-request this in a second or two.\n");
+            myConn.SendNow(H.BuildResponse("208", "Ask again later"));
+            H.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
             std::cout << "Fragment after fragment @ " << seekTime << " not available yet" << std::endl;
           }
         }
@@ -192,16 +173,16 @@ namespace Mist {
       }
       partOffset += it->getParts();
     }
-    if (HTTP_R.url == "/") {
+    if (H.url == "/") {
       return; //Don't continue, but continue instead.
     }
     /*
     if (myMeta.live) {
       if (mstime == 0 && seekTime > 1){
-        HTTP_S.Clean();
-        HTTP_S.SetBody("The requested fragment is no longer kept in memory on the server and cannot be served.\n");
-        myConn.SendNow(HTTP_S.BuildResponse("412", "Fragment out of range"));
-        HTTP_R.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
+        H.Clean();
+        H.SetBody("The requested fragment is no longer kept in memory on the server and cannot be served.\n");
+        myConn.SendNow(H.BuildResponse("412", "Fragment out of range"));
+        H.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
         std::cout << "Fragment @ " << seekTime << " too old" << std::endl;
         continue;
       }
@@ -289,15 +270,15 @@ namespace Mist {
     traf_box.setContent(trun_box, 1);
     moof_box.setContent(traf_box, 1);
 
-    HTTP_S.Clean();
-    HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/mp4");
-    HTTP_S.StartResponse(HTTP_R, myConn);
-    HTTP_S.Chunkify(moof_box.asBox(), moof_box.boxedSize(), myConn);
+    H.Clean();
+    H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/mp4");
+    H.StartResponse(H, myConn);
+    H.Chunkify(moof_box.asBox(), moof_box.boxedSize(), myConn);
     int size = htonl(keySize + 8);
-    HTTP_S.Chunkify((char *)&size, 4, myConn);
-    HTTP_S.Chunkify("mdat", 4, myConn);
+    H.Chunkify((char *)&size, 4, myConn);
+    H.Chunkify("mdat", 4, myConn);
     sentHeader = true;
-    HTTP_R.Clean();
+    H.Clean();
   }
 
 
@@ -446,25 +427,21 @@ namespace Mist {
   } //smoothIndex
 
 
-  void OutHSS::onRequest() {
-    sentHeader = false;
-    while (HTTP_R.Read(myConn)) {
-      initialize();
-      std::string ua = HTTP_R.GetHeader("User-Agent");
-      crc = checksum::crc32(0, ua.data(), ua.size());
-      if (HTTP_R.url.find("Manifest") != std::string::npos) {
-        //Manifest, direct reply
-        HTTP_S.Clean();
-        HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
-        HTTP_S.SetHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
-        std::string manifest = smoothIndex();
-        HTTP_S.SetBody(manifest);
-        HTTP_S.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
-        HTTP_R.Clean();
-      } else {
-        parseData = true;
-        wantRequest = false;
-      }
+  void OutHSS::onHTTP() {
+    initialize();
+    if (H.url.find("Manifest") != std::string::npos) {
+      //Manifest, direct reply
+      H.Clean();
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
+      H.SetHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
+      std::string manifest = smoothIndex();
+      H.SetBody(manifest);
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      H.Clean();
+    } else {
+      parseData = true;
+      wantRequest = false;
+      sendHeader();
     }
   }
 
@@ -477,6 +454,4 @@ namespace Mist {
     }
   }
 
-
 }
-
diff --git a/src/output/output_hss.h b/src/output/output_hss.h
index 5dea5e01..55c3cb85 100644
--- a/src/output/output_hss.h
+++ b/src/output/output_hss.h
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
-#include "output.h"
+#include "output_http.h"
 #include <mist/http_parser.h>
 
 namespace Mist {
-  class OutHSS : public Output {
+  class OutHSS : public HTTPOutput {
     public:
       OutHSS(Socket::Connection & conn);
       ~OutHSS();
       static void init(Util::Config * cfg);
-      
-      void onRequest();
+      void onHTTP();
       void sendNext();
       void initialize();
-      void onFail();
       void sendHeader();
     protected:
-      HTTP::Parser HTTP_S;
-      HTTP::Parser HTTP_R;
       JSON::Value encryption;
       std::string smoothIndex();
       int canSeekms(unsigned int ms);
diff --git a/src/output/output_http.cpp b/src/output/output_http.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5d2d21a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/output/output_http.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include "output_http.h"
+#include <mist/stream.h>
+#include <mist/checksum.h>
+
+namespace Mist {
+  HTTPOutput::HTTPOutput(Socket::Connection & conn) : Output(conn) {
+    if (config->getString("ip").size()){
+      myConn.setHost(config->getString("ip"));
+    }
+    if (config->getString("streamname").size()){
+      streamName = config->getString("streamname");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  void HTTPOutput::init(Util::Config * cfg){
+    Output::init(cfg);
+    capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
+    capa["forward"]["streamname"]["name"] = "Stream";
+    capa["forward"]["streamname"]["help"] = "What streamname to serve.";
+    capa["forward"]["streamname"]["type"] = "str";
+    capa["forward"]["streamname"]["option"] = "--stream";
+    capa["forward"]["ip"]["name"] = "IP";
+    capa["forward"]["ip"]["help"] = "IP of forwarded connection.";
+    capa["forward"]["ip"]["type"] = "str";
+    capa["forward"]["ip"]["option"] = "--ip";
+    cfg->addOption("streamname", JSON::fromString("{\"arg\":\"string\",\"short\":\"s\",\"long\":\"stream\",\"help\":\"The name of the stream that this connector will transmit.\"}"));
+    cfg->addOption("ip", JSON::fromString("{\"arg\":\"string\",\"short\":\"i\",\"long\":\"ip\",\"help\":\"Ip addr of connection.\"}"));
+    cfg->addBasicConnectorOptions(capa);
+    config = cfg;
+  }
+  
+  void HTTPOutput::onFail(){
+    H.Clean(); //make sure no parts of old requests are left in any buffers
+    H.SetBody("Stream not found. Sorry, we tried.");
+    H.SendResponse("404", "Stream not found", myConn);
+    Output::onFail();
+  }
+  
+  bool isMatch(const std::string & url, const std::string & m, std::string & streamname){
+    size_t found = m.find('$');
+    if (found != std::string::npos){
+      if (m.substr(0, found) == url.substr(0, found) && m.substr(found+1) == url.substr(url.size() - (m.size() - found) + 1)){
+        streamname = url.substr(found, url.size() - m.size() + 1);
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return (url == m);
+  }
+  
+  bool isPrefix(const std::string & url, const std::string & m, std::string & streamname){
+    size_t found = m.find('$');
+    if (found != std::string::npos){
+      size_t found_suf = url.find(m.substr(found+1), found);
+      if (m.substr(0, found) == url.substr(0, found) && found_suf != std::string::npos){
+        streamname = url.substr(found, found_suf - found);
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+  
+  /// - anything else: The request should be dispatched to a connector on the named socket.
+  std::string HTTPOutput::getHandler(){
+    std::string url = H.getUrl();
+    //check the current output first, the most common case
+    if (capa.isMember("url_match") || capa.isMember("url_prefix")){
+      bool match = false;
+      std::string streamname;
+      //if there is a matcher, try to match
+      if (capa.isMember("url_match")){
+        if (capa["url_match"].isArray()){
+          for (JSON::ArrIter it = capa["url_match"].ArrBegin(); it != capa["url_match"].ArrEnd(); ++it){
+            match |= isMatch(url, it->asStringRef(), streamname);
+          }
+        }
+        if (capa["url_match"].isString()){
+          match |= isMatch(url, capa["url_match"].asStringRef(), streamname);
+        }
+      }
+      //if there is a prefix, try to match
+      if (capa.isMember("url_prefix")){
+        if (capa["url_prefix"].isArray()){
+          for (JSON::ArrIter it = capa["url_prefix"].ArrBegin(); it != capa["url_prefix"].ArrEnd(); ++it){
+            match |= isPrefix(url, it->asStringRef(), streamname);
+          }
+        }
+        if (capa["url_prefix"].isString()){
+          match |= isPrefix(url, capa["url_prefix"].asStringRef(), streamname);
+        }
+      }
+      if (match){
+        if (streamname.size()){
+          Util::sanitizeName(streamname);
+          H.SetVar("stream", streamname);
+        }
+        return capa["name"].asStringRef();
+      }
+    }
+    
+    //loop over the connectors
+    IPC::semaphore configLock("!mistConfLock", O_CREAT | O_RDWR, ACCESSPERMS, 1);
+    configLock.wait();
+    IPC::sharedPage serverCfg("!mistConfig", 4*1024*1024);
+    DTSC::Scan capa = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("capabilities").getMember("connectors");
+    unsigned int capa_ctr = capa.getSize();
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < capa_ctr; ++i){
+      DTSC::Scan c = capa.getIndice(i);
+      //if it depends on HTTP and has a match or prefix...
+      if ((c.getMember("name").asString() == "HTTP" || c.getMember("deps").asString() == "HTTP") && (c.getMember("url_match") || c.getMember("url_prefix"))){
+        bool match = false;
+        std::string streamname;
+        //if there is a matcher, try to match
+        if (c.getMember("url_match")){
+          if (c.getMember("url_match").getSize()){
+            for (unsigned int j = 0; j < c.getMember("url_match").getSize(); ++j){
+              match |= isMatch(url, c.getMember("url_match").getIndice(j).asString(), streamname);
+            }
+          }else{
+            match |= isMatch(url, c.getMember("url_match").asString(), streamname);
+          }
+        }
+        //if there is a prefix, try to match
+        if (c.getMember("url_prefix")){
+          if (c.getMember("url_prefix").getSize()){
+            for (unsigned int j = 0; j < c.getMember("url_prefix").getSize(); ++j){
+              match |= isPrefix(url, c.getMember("url_prefix").getIndice(j).asString(), streamname);
+            }
+          }else{
+            match |= isPrefix(url, c.getMember("url_prefix").asString(), streamname);
+          }
+        }
+        if (match){
+          if (streamname.size()){
+            Util::sanitizeName(streamname);
+            H.SetVar("stream", streamname);
+          }
+          configLock.post();
+          configLock.close();
+          return capa.getIndiceName(i);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    configLock.post();
+    configLock.close();
+    return "";
+  }
+  
+  void HTTPOutput::requestHandler(){
+    if (myConn.Received().size() && myConn.spool()){
+      DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_DONTEVEN, "onRequest");
+      onRequest();
+    }else{
+      if (!myConn.Received().size()){
+        if (myConn.peek() && H.Read(myConn)){
+          std::string handler = getHandler();
+          DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_MEDIUM, "Received request: %s => %s (%s)", H.getUrl().c_str(), handler.c_str(), H.GetVar("stream").c_str());
+          if (!handler.size()){
+            H.Clean();
+            H.SetHeader("Server", "mistserver/" PACKAGE_VERSION);
+            H.SetBody("<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Unsupported Media Type</title></head><body><h1>Unsupported Media Type</h1>The server isn't quite sure what you wanted to receive from it.</body></html>");
+            H.SendResponse("415", "Unsupported Media Type", myConn);
+            myConn.close();
+            return;
+          }
+          if (handler != capa["name"].asStringRef() || H.GetVar("stream") != streamName){
+            DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_MEDIUM, "Switching from %s (%s) to %s (%s)", capa["name"].asStringRef().c_str(), streamName.c_str(), handler.c_str(), H.GetVar("stream").c_str());
+            streamName = H.GetVar("stream");
+            playerConn.finish();
+            statsPage.finish();
+            reConnector(handler);
+            H.Clean();
+            if (myConn.connected()){
+              FAIL_MSG("Request failed - no connector started");
+              myConn.close();
+            }
+            return;
+          }else{
+            H.Clean();
+            myConn.Received().clear();
+            myConn.spool();
+            DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_DONTEVEN, "onRequest");
+            onRequest();
+          }
+        }else{
+          H.Clean();
+          if (myConn.Received().size()){
+            myConn.Received().clear();
+            myConn.spool();
+            DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_DONTEVEN, "onRequest");
+            onRequest();
+          }
+        }
+      }else{
+        if (!isBlocking && !parseData){
+          Util::sleep(500);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
+  void HTTPOutput::onRequest(){
+    while (H.Read(myConn)){
+      std::string ua = H.GetHeader("User-Agent");
+      crc = checksum::crc32(0, ua.data(), ua.size());
+      INFO_MSG("Received request %s", H.getUrl().c_str());
+      if (H.GetVar("audio") != ""){
+        selectedTracks.insert(JSON::Value(H.GetVar("audio")).asInt());
+      }
+      if (H.GetVar("video") != ""){
+        selectedTracks.insert(JSON::Value(H.GetVar("video")).asInt());
+      }
+      onHTTP();
+      H.Clean();
+    }
+  }
+  
+  static inline void builPipedPart(JSON::Value & p, char * argarr[], int & argnum, JSON::Value & argset){
+    for (JSON::ObjIter it = argset.ObjBegin(); it != argset.ObjEnd(); ++it){
+      if (it->second.isMember("option") && p.isMember(it->first)){
+        if (it->second.isMember("type")){
+          if (it->second["type"].asStringRef() == "str" && !p[it->first].isString()){
+            p[it->first] = p[it->first].asString();
+          }
+          if ((it->second["type"].asStringRef() == "uint" || it->second["type"].asStringRef() == "int") && !p[it->first].isInt()){
+            p[it->first] = JSON::Value(p[it->first].asInt()).asString();
+          }
+        }
+        if (p[it->first].asStringRef().size() > 0){
+          argarr[argnum++] = (char*)(it->second["option"].c_str());
+          argarr[argnum++] = (char*)(p[it->first].c_str());
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
+  ///\brief Handles requests by starting a corresponding output process.
+  ///\param H The request to be handled
+  ///\param conn The connection to the client that issued the request.
+  ///\param connector The type of connector to be invoked.
+  void HTTPOutput::reConnector(std::string & connector){
+    //taken from CheckProtocols (controller_connectors.cpp)
+    char * argarr[20];
+    for (int i=0; i<20; i++){argarr[i] = 0;}
+    int id = -1;
+    
+    IPC::semaphore configLock("!mistConfLock", O_CREAT | O_RDWR, ACCESSPERMS, 1);
+    configLock.wait();
+    IPC::sharedPage serverCfg("!mistConfig", 4*1024*1024);
+    DTSC::Scan prots = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("config").getMember("protocols");
+    unsigned int prots_ctr = prots.getSize();
+    
+    for (unsigned int i=0; i < prots_ctr; ++i){
+      if (prots.getIndice(i).getMember("connector").asString() == connector) {
+        id =  i;
+        break;    //pick the first protocol in the list that matches the connector 
+      }
+    }
+    if (id == -1) {
+      DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_ERROR, "No connector found for: %s", connector.c_str());
+      configLock.post();
+      configLock.close();
+      return;
+    }
+    
+    DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_HIGH, "Connector found: %s", connector.c_str());
+    //build arguments for starting output process
+    
+    std::string temphost=myConn.getHost();
+    std::string debuglevel = JSON::Value((long long)Util::Config::printDebugLevel).asString();
+    std::string tmparg = Util::getMyPath() + std::string("MistOut") + connector;
+    
+    int argnum = 0;
+    argarr[argnum++] = (char*)tmparg.c_str();
+    JSON::Value p = prots.getIndice(id).asJSON();
+    JSON::Value pipedCapa = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("capabilities").getMember("connectors").getMember(connector).asJSON();
+    configLock.post();
+    configLock.close();
+    argarr[argnum++] = (char*)"-i";
+    argarr[argnum++] = (char*)(temphost.c_str());
+    argarr[argnum++] = (char*)"-s";
+    argarr[argnum++] = (char*)(streamName.c_str());
+    //set the debug level if non-default
+    if (Util::Config::printDebugLevel != DEBUG){
+      argarr[argnum++] = (char*)"--debug";
+      argarr[argnum++] = (char*)(debuglevel.c_str());
+    }
+    if (pipedCapa.isMember("required")){builPipedPart(p, argarr, argnum, pipedCapa["required"]);}
+    if (pipedCapa.isMember("optional")){builPipedPart(p, argarr, argnum, pipedCapa["optional"]);}
+    
+    ///start new/better process
+    execv(argarr[0], argarr);
+  }
+  
+}
diff --git a/src/output/output_http.h b/src/output/output_http.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b8a372c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/output/output_http.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include <mist/defines.h>
+#include <mist/http_parser.h>
+#include "output.h"
+
+namespace Mist {
+
+  class HTTPOutput : public Output {
+    public:
+      HTTPOutput(Socket::Connection & conn);
+      virtual ~HTTPOutput(){};
+      static void init(Util::Config * cfg);
+      void onRequest();
+      void onFail();
+      virtual void onHTTP(){};
+      virtual void requestHandler();
+      static bool listenMode(){return false;}
+      void reConnector(std::string & connector);
+      std::string getHandler();
+  protected:
+      HTTP::Parser H;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/output/output_http_internal.cpp b/src/output/output_http_internal.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..457ddbe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/output/output_http_internal.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,356 @@
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include "output_http_internal.h"
+#include <mist/stream.h>
+
+namespace Mist {
+  OutHTTP::OutHTTP(Socket::Connection & conn) : HTTPOutput(conn){
+    if (myConn.getSocket() >= 0){
+      std::string host = myConn.getHost();
+      dup2(myConn.getSocket(), STDIN_FILENO);
+      dup2(myConn.getSocket(), STDOUT_FILENO);
+      myConn.drop();
+      myConn = Socket::Connection(fileno(stdout),fileno(stdin) );
+      myConn.setHost(host);
+    }
+  }
+  OutHTTP::~OutHTTP() {}
+  
+  bool OutHTTP::listenMode(){
+    INFO_MSG("Listen mode: %s", config->getString("ip").c_str());
+    return !(config->getString("ip").size());
+  }
+  
+  void OutHTTP::init(Util::Config * cfg){
+    HTTPOutput::init(cfg);
+    capa.removeMember("deps");
+    capa["name"] = "HTTP";
+    capa["desc"] = "Generic HTTP handler, required for all other HTTP-based outputs.";
+    capa["url_match"].append("/crossdomain.xml");
+    capa["url_match"].append("/clientaccesspolicy.xml");
+    capa["url_match"].append("/$.html");
+    capa["url_match"].append("/$.ico");
+    capa["url_match"].append("/info_$.js");
+    capa["url_match"].append("/embed_$.js");
+    cfg->addConnectorOptions(8080, capa);
+  }
+  
+  /// Sorts the JSON::Value objects that hold source information by preference.
+  struct sourceCompare {
+    bool operator() (const JSON::Value& lhs, const JSON::Value& rhs) const {
+      //first compare simultaneous tracks
+      if (lhs["simul_tracks"].asInt() > rhs["simul_tracks"].asInt()){
+        //more tracks = higher priority = true.
+        return true;
+      }
+      if (lhs["simul_tracks"].asInt() < rhs["simul_tracks"].asInt()){
+        //less tracks = lower priority = false
+        return false;
+      }
+      //same amount of tracks - compare "hardcoded" priorities
+      if (lhs["priority"].asInt() > rhs["priority"].asInt()){
+        //higher priority = true.
+        return true;
+      }
+      if (lhs["priority"].asInt() < rhs["priority"].asInt()){
+        //lower priority = false
+        return false;
+      }
+      //same priority - compare total matches
+      if (lhs["total_matches"].asInt() > rhs["total_matches"].asInt()){
+        //more matches = higher priority = true.
+        return true;
+      }
+      if (lhs["total_matches"].asInt() < rhs["total_matches"].asInt()){
+        //less matches = lower priority = false
+        return false;
+      }
+      //also same amount of matches? just compare the URL then.
+      return lhs["url"].asStringRef() < rhs["url"].asStringRef();
+    }
+  };
+  
+  void addSource(const std::string & rel, std::set<JSON::Value, sourceCompare> & sources, std::string & host, const std::string & port, JSON::Value & conncapa, unsigned int most_simul, unsigned int total_matches){
+    JSON::Value tmp;
+    tmp["type"] = conncapa["type"];
+    tmp["relurl"] = rel;
+    tmp["priority"] = conncapa["priority"];
+    tmp["simul_tracks"] = most_simul;
+    tmp["total_matches"] = total_matches;
+    tmp["url"] = conncapa["handler"].asStringRef() + "://" + host + ":" + port + rel;
+    sources.insert(tmp);
+  }
+  
+  void addSources(std::string & streamname, const std::string & rel, std::set<JSON::Value, sourceCompare> & sources, std::string & host, const std::string & port, JSON::Value & conncapa, JSON::Value & strmMeta){
+    unsigned int most_simul = 0;
+    unsigned int total_matches = 0;
+    if (conncapa.isMember("codecs") && conncapa["codecs"].size() > 0){
+      for (JSON::ArrIter it = conncapa["codecs"].ArrBegin(); it != conncapa["codecs"].ArrEnd(); it++){
+        unsigned int simul = 0;
+        if ((*it).size() > 0){
+          for (JSON::ArrIter itb = (*it).ArrBegin(); itb != (*it).ArrEnd(); itb++){
+            unsigned int matches = 0;
+            if ((*itb).size() > 0){
+              for (JSON::ArrIter itc = (*itb).ArrBegin(); itc != (*itb).ArrEnd(); itc++){
+                for (JSON::ObjIter trit = strmMeta["tracks"].ObjBegin(); trit != strmMeta["tracks"].ObjEnd(); trit++){
+                  if (trit->second["codec"].asStringRef() == (*itc).asStringRef()){
+                    matches++;
+                    total_matches++;
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+            if (matches){
+              simul++;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        if (simul > most_simul){
+          most_simul = simul;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if (conncapa.isMember("methods") && conncapa["methods"].size() > 0){
+      std::string relurl;
+      size_t found = rel.find('$');
+      if (found != std::string::npos){
+        relurl = rel.substr(0, found) + streamname + rel.substr(found+1);
+      }else{
+        relurl = "/";
+      }
+      for (JSON::ArrIter it = conncapa["methods"].ArrBegin(); it != conncapa["methods"].ArrEnd(); it++){
+        if (!strmMeta.isMember("live") || !it->isMember("nolive")){
+          addSource(relurl, sources, host, port, *it, most_simul, total_matches);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
+  void OutHTTP::onHTTP(){
+    if (H.url == "/crossdomain.xml"){
+      H.Clean();
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
+      H.SetHeader("Server", "mistserver/" PACKAGE_VERSION);
+      H.SetBody("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM \"http://www.adobe.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd\"><cross-domain-policy><allow-access-from domain=\"*\" /><site-control permitted-cross-domain-policies=\"all\"/></cross-domain-policy>");
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      return;
+    } //crossdomain.xml
+    
+    if (H.url == "/clientaccesspolicy.xml"){
+      H.Clean();
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
+      H.SetHeader("Server", "mistserver/" PACKAGE_VERSION);
+      H.SetBody("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><access-policy><cross-domain-access><policy><allow-from http-methods=\"*\" http-request-headers=\"*\"><domain uri=\"*\"/></allow-from><grant-to><resource path=\"/\" include-subpaths=\"true\"/></grant-to></policy></cross-domain-access></access-policy>");
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      return;
+    } //clientaccesspolicy.xml
+    
+    // send logo icon
+    if (H.url.length() > 4 && H.url.substr(H.url.length() - 4, 4) == ".ico"){
+      H.Clean();
+      #include "../icon.h"
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "image/x-icon");
+      H.SetHeader("Server", "mistserver/" PACKAGE_VERSION);
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Length", icon_len);
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      myConn.SendNow((const char*)icon_data, icon_len);
+      return;
+    }
+    
+    // send logo icon
+    if (H.url.length() > 6 && H.url.substr(H.url.length() - 5, 5) == ".html"){
+      H.Clean();
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/html");
+      H.SetHeader("Server", "mistserver/" PACKAGE_VERSION);
+      H.SetBody("<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Stream "+streamName+"</title><style>BODY{color:white;background:black;}</style></head><body><script src=\"embed_"+streamName+".js\"></script></body></html>");
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      return;
+    }
+    
+    // send smil MBR index
+    if (H.url.length() > 6 && H.url.substr(H.url.length() - 5, 5) == ".smil"){
+      std::string host = H.GetHeader("Host");
+      if (host.find(':')){
+        host.resize(host.find(':'));
+      }
+      
+      std::string port, url_rel;
+      
+      IPC::semaphore configLock("!mistConfLock", O_CREAT | O_RDWR, ACCESSPERMS, 1);
+      configLock.wait();
+      IPC::sharedPage serverCfg("!mistConfig", 4*1024*1024);
+      DTSC::Scan prtcls = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("config").getMember("protocols");
+      DTSC::Scan capa = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("capabilities").getMember("connectors").getMember("RTMP");
+      unsigned int pro_cnt = prtcls.getSize();
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pro_cnt; ++i){
+        if (prtcls.getIndice(i).getMember("connector").asString() != "RTMP"){
+          continue;
+        }
+        port = prtcls.getIndice(i).getMember("port").asString();
+        //get the default port if none is set
+        if (!port.size()){
+          port = capa.getMember("optional").getMember("port").getMember("default").asString();
+        }
+        //extract url
+        url_rel = capa.getMember("url_rel").asString();
+        if (url_rel.find('$')){
+          url_rel.resize(url_rel.find('$'));
+        }
+      }
+      
+      std::string trackSources;//this string contains all track sources for MBR smil
+      DTSC::Scan tracks = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("streams").getMember(streamName).getMember("meta").getMember("tracks");
+      unsigned int track_ctr = tracks.getSize();
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < track_ctr; ++i){//for all video tracks
+        DTSC::Scan trk = tracks.getIndice(i);
+        if (trk.getMember("type").asString() == "video"){
+          trackSources += "      <video src='"+ streamName + "?track=" + trk.getMember("trackid").asString() + "' height='" + trk.getMember("height").asString() + "' system-bitrate='" + trk.getMember("bps").asString() + "' width='" + trk.getMember("width").asString() + "' />\n";
+        }
+      }
+      configLock.post();
+      configLock.close();
+      
+      H.Clean();
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/smil");
+      H.SetHeader("Server", "mistserver/" PACKAGE_VERSION "/" + Util::Config::libver);
+      H.SetBody("<smil>\n  <head>\n    <meta base='rtmp://" + host + ":" + port + url_rel + "' />\n  </head>\n  <body>\n    <switch>\n"+trackSources+"    </switch>\n  </body>\n</smil>");
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      return;
+    }
+    
+    if ((H.url.length() > 9 && H.url.substr(0, 6) == "/info_" && H.url.substr(H.url.length() - 3, 3) == ".js") || (H.url.length() > 10 && H.url.substr(0, 7) == "/embed_" && H.url.substr(H.url.length() - 3, 3) == ".js")){
+      std::string response;
+      std::string host = H.GetHeader("Host");
+      if (host.find(':') != std::string::npos){
+        host.resize(host.find(':'));
+      }
+      H.Clean();
+      H.SetHeader("Server", "mistserver/" PACKAGE_VERSION);
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/javascript");
+      response = "// Generating info code for stream " + streamName + "\n\nif (!mistvideo){var mistvideo = {};}\n";
+      JSON::Value json_resp;
+      IPC::semaphore configLock("!mistConfLock", O_CREAT | O_RDWR, ACCESSPERMS, 1);
+      IPC::semaphore metaLocker(std::string("liveMeta@" + streamName).c_str(), O_CREAT | O_RDWR, ACCESSPERMS, 1);
+      bool metaLock = false;
+      configLock.wait();
+      IPC::sharedPage serverCfg("!mistConfig", 4*1024*1024);
+      DTSC::Scan strm = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("streams").getMember(streamName).getMember("meta");
+      IPC::sharedPage streamIndex;
+      if (!strm){
+        configLock.post();
+        //Stream metadata not found - attempt to start it
+        if (Util::startInput(streamName)){
+          streamIndex.init(streamName, 8 * 1024 * 1024);
+          if (streamIndex.mapped){
+            metaLock = true;
+            metaLocker.wait();
+            strm = DTSC::Packet(streamIndex.mapped, streamIndex.len, true).getScan();
+          }
+        }
+        if (!strm){
+          //stream failed to start or isn't configured
+          response += "// Stream isn't configured and/or couldn't be started. Sorry.\n";
+        }
+        configLock.wait();
+      }
+      DTSC::Scan prots = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("config").getMember("protocols");
+      if (strm && prots){
+        DTSC::Scan trcks = strm.getMember("tracks");
+        unsigned int trcks_ctr = trcks.getSize();
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < trcks_ctr; ++i){
+          if (trcks.getIndice(i).getMember("width").asInt() > json_resp["width"].asInt()){
+            json_resp["width"] = trcks.getIndice(i).getMember("width").asInt();
+          }
+          if (trcks.getIndice(i).getMember("height").asInt() > json_resp["height"].asInt()){
+            json_resp["height"] = trcks.getIndice(i).getMember("height").asInt();
+          }
+        }
+        if (json_resp["width"].asInt() < 1 || json_resp["height"].asInt() < 1){
+          json_resp["width"] = 640ll;
+          json_resp["height"] = 480ll;
+        }
+        if (strm.getMember("vod")){
+          json_resp["type"] = "vod";
+        }
+        if (strm.getMember("live")){
+          json_resp["type"] = "live";
+        }
+        
+        // show ALL the meta datas!
+        json_resp["meta"] = strm.asJSON();
+        for (JSON::ObjIter it = json_resp["meta"]["tracks"].ObjBegin(); it != json_resp["meta"]["tracks"].ObjEnd(); ++it){
+          it->second.removeMember("fragments");
+          it->second.removeMember("keys");
+          it->second.removeMember("parts");
+        }
+        
+        //create a set for storing source information
+        std::set<JSON::Value, sourceCompare> sources;
+        
+        //find out which connectors are enabled
+        std::set<std::string> conns;
+        unsigned int prots_ctr = prots.getSize();
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < prots_ctr; ++i){
+          conns.insert(prots.getIndice(i).getMember("connector").asString());
+        }
+        //loop over the connectors.
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < prots_ctr; ++i){
+          std::string cName = prots.getIndice(i).getMember("connector").asString();
+          DTSC::Scan capa = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("capabilities").getMember("connectors").getMember(cName);
+          //if the connector has a port,
+          if (capa.getMember("optional").getMember("port")){
+            //get the default port if none is set
+            std::string port = prots.getIndice(i).getMember("port").asString();
+            if (!port.size()){
+              port = capa.getMember("optional").getMember("port").getMember("default").asString();
+            }
+            //and a URL - then list the URL
+            if (capa.getMember("url_rel")){
+              JSON::Value capa_json = capa.asJSON();
+              addSources(streamName, capa.getMember("url_rel").asString(), sources, host, port, capa_json, json_resp["meta"]);
+            }
+            //check each enabled protocol separately to see if it depends on this connector
+            DTSC::Scan capa_lst = DTSC::Scan(serverCfg.mapped, serverCfg.len).getMember("capabilities").getMember("connectors");
+            unsigned int capa_lst_ctr = capa_lst.getSize();
+            for (unsigned int j = 0; j < capa_lst_ctr; ++j){
+              //if it depends on this connector and has a URL, list it
+              if (conns.count(capa_lst.getIndiceName(j)) && (capa_lst.getIndice(j).getMember("deps").asString() == cName || capa_lst.getIndice(j).getMember("deps").asString() + ".exe" == cName) && capa_lst.getIndice(j).getMember("methods")){
+                JSON::Value capa_json = capa_lst.getIndice(j).asJSON();
+                addSources(streamName, capa_lst.getIndice(j).getMember("url_rel").asString(), sources, host, port, capa_json, json_resp["meta"]);
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        
+        //loop over the added sources, add them to json_resp["sources"]
+        for (std::set<JSON::Value, sourceCompare>::iterator it = sources.begin(); it != sources.end(); it++){
+          if ((*it)["simul_tracks"].asInt() > 0){
+            json_resp["source"].append(*it);
+          }
+        }
+      }else{
+        json_resp["error"] = "The specified stream is not available on this server.";
+      }
+      if (metaLock){
+        metaLocker.post();
+      }
+      
+      configLock.post();
+      configLock.close();
+      #include "../embed.js.h"
+      response += "mistvideo['" + streamName + "'] = " + json_resp.toString() + ";\n";
+      if (H.url.substr(0, 6) != "/info_" && !json_resp.isMember("error")){
+        response.append("\n(");
+        if (embed_js[embed_js_len - 2] == ';'){//check if we have a trailing ;\n or just \n
+          response.append((char*)embed_js, (size_t)embed_js_len - 2); //remove trailing ";\n" from xxd conversion
+        }else{
+          response.append((char*)embed_js, (size_t)embed_js_len - 1); //remove trailing "\n" from xxd conversion
+        }
+        response.append("(\"" + streamName + "\"));\n");
+      }
+      H.SetBody(response);
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      return;
+    } //embed code generator
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/output/output_http_internal.h b/src/output/output_http_internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3154ff72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/output/output_http_internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include "output_http.h"
+
+
+namespace Mist {
+  class OutHTTP : public HTTPOutput {
+    public:
+      OutHTTP(Socket::Connection & conn);
+      ~OutHTTP();
+      static void init(Util::Config * cfg);
+      static bool listenMode();
+      void onHTTP();
+  };
+}
+
+typedef Mist::OutHTTP mistOut;
diff --git a/src/output/output_httpts.cpp b/src/output/output_httpts.cpp
index 3c98d4a4..df15594c 100644
--- a/src/output/output_httpts.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_httpts.cpp
@@ -5,27 +5,17 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 namespace Mist {
-  OutHTTPTS::OutHTTPTS(Socket::Connection & conn) : Output(conn) {
+  OutHTTPTS::OutHTTPTS(Socket::Connection & conn) : HTTPOutput(conn) {
     haveAvcc = false;
-    myConn.setHost(config->getString("ip"));
     myConn.setBlocking(true);
-    streamName = config->getString("streamname");
   }
   
   OutHTTPTS::~OutHTTPTS() {}
 
-  void OutHTTPTS::onFail(){
-    HTTP_S.Clean(); //make sure no parts of old requests are left in any buffers
-    HTTP_S.SetBody("Stream not found. Sorry, we tried.");
-    HTTP_S.SendResponse("404", "Stream not found", myConn);
-    Output::onFail();
-  }
-  
   void OutHTTPTS::init(Util::Config * cfg){
-    Output::init(cfg);
+    HTTPOutput::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "HTTPTS";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol MPEG2/TS pseudostreaming.";
-    capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
     capa["url_rel"] = "/$.ts";
     capa["url_match"] = "/$.ts";
     capa["socket"] = "http_ts";
@@ -35,8 +25,6 @@ namespace Mist {
     capa["methods"][0u]["handler"] = "http";
     capa["methods"][0u]["type"] = "html5/video/mp2t";
     capa["methods"][0u]["priority"] = 1ll;
-    cfg->addBasicConnectorOptions(capa);
-    config = cfg;
   }
   
   ///this function generates the PMT packet
@@ -73,12 +61,12 @@ namespace Mist {
   void OutHTTPTS::fillPacket(bool & first, const char * data, size_t dataLen, char & ContCounter){
     if (!PackData.BytesFree()){
       if (PacketNumber % 42 == 0){
-        HTTP_S.Chunkify(TS::PAT, 188, myConn);
+        H.Chunkify(TS::PAT, 188, myConn);
         std::string PMT = createPMT();
-        HTTP_S.Chunkify(PMT, myConn);
+        H.Chunkify(PMT, myConn);
         PacketNumber += 2;
       }
-      HTTP_S.Chunkify(PackData.ToString(), 188, myConn);
+      H.Chunkify(PackData.ToString(), 188, myConn);
       PacketNumber ++;
       PackData.Clear();
     }
@@ -152,19 +140,15 @@ namespace Mist {
     }
   }
 
-  void OutHTTPTS::onRequest(){
-    while (HTTP_R.Read(myConn)){
-      std::string ua = HTTP_R.GetHeader("User-Agent");
-      crc = checksum::crc32(0, ua.data(), ua.size());
-      DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_MEDIUM, "Received request: %s", HTTP_R.getUrl().c_str());
-      initialize();
-      HTTP_S.Clean();
-      HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/mp2t");
-      HTTP_S.StartResponse(HTTP_R, myConn);
-      PacketNumber = 0;
-      parseData = true;
-      wantRequest = false;
-      HTTP_R.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
-    }
+  void OutHTTPTS::onHTTP(){
+
+    initialize();
+    H.Clean();
+    H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/mp2t");
+    H.StartResponse(H, myConn);
+    PacketNumber = 0;
+    parseData = true;
+    wantRequest = false;
+    H.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/output/output_httpts.h b/src/output/output_httpts.h
index 75530da9..2b73a542 100644
--- a/src/output/output_httpts.h
+++ b/src/output/output_httpts.h
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
-#include "output.h"
+#include "output_http.h"
 #include <mist/http_parser.h>
 #include <mist/ts_packet.h>
 #include <mist/mp4.h>
 #include <mist/mp4_generic.h>
 
 namespace Mist {
-  class OutHTTPTS : public Output {
+  class OutHTTPTS : public HTTPOutput {
     public:
       OutHTTPTS(Socket::Connection & conn);
       ~OutHTTPTS();
       static void init(Util::Config * cfg);
-      void onRequest();
-      void onFail();
+      void onHTTP();
       void sendNext();
     protected:
-      HTTP::Parser HTTP_S;
-      HTTP::Parser HTTP_R;
       std::string createPMT();
       void fillPacket(bool & first, const char * data, size_t dataLen, char & ContCounter);
       int keysToSend;
diff --git a/src/output/output_json.cpp b/src/output/output_json.cpp
index 9632db08..35a69ceb 100644
--- a/src/output/output_json.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_json.cpp
@@ -1,30 +1,18 @@
 #include "output_json.h"
-#include <mist/http_parser.h>
-#include <mist/defines.h>
-#include <mist/checksum.h>
 #include <iomanip>
 
 namespace Mist {
-  OutJSON::OutJSON(Socket::Connection & conn) : Output(conn){
-    realTime = 0;
-    myConn.setHost(config->getString("ip"));
-    streamName = config->getString("streamname");
-  }
-  
+  OutJSON::OutJSON(Socket::Connection & conn) : HTTPOutput(conn){realTime = 0;}
   OutJSON::~OutJSON() {}
   
   void OutJSON::init(Util::Config * cfg){
-    Output::init(cfg);
+    HTTPOutput::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "JSON";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol JSON streaming.";
-    capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
     capa["url_rel"] = "/$.json";
     capa["url_match"] = "/$.json";
     capa["url_handler"] = "http";
     capa["url_type"] = "json";
-    capa["socket"] = "http_json";
-    cfg->addBasicConnectorOptions(capa);
-    config = cfg;
   }
   
   void OutJSON::sendNext(){
@@ -42,11 +30,9 @@ namespace Mist {
   }
 
   void OutJSON::sendHeader(){
-    HTTP::Parser HTTP_S;
-    FLV::Tag tag;
-    HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/javascript");
-    HTTP_S.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
-    myConn.SendNow(HTTP_S.BuildResponse("200", "OK"));
+    H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/javascript");
+    H.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
+    H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
     sentHeader = true;
   }
   
@@ -59,31 +45,20 @@ namespace Mist {
     return false;
   }
 
-  void OutJSON::onRequest(){
-    HTTP::Parser HTTP_R;
-    while (HTTP_R.Read(myConn)){
-      std::string ua = HTTP_R.GetHeader("User-Agent");
-      crc = checksum::crc32(0, ua.data(), ua.size());
-      DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_DEVEL, "Received request %s", HTTP_R.getUrl().c_str());
-      first = true;
-      jsonp = "";
-      if (HTTP_R.GetVar("callback") != ""){
-        jsonp = HTTP_R.GetVar("callback");
+  void OutJSON::onHTTP(){
+    first = true;
+    jsonp = "";
+    if (H.GetVar("callback") != ""){jsonp = H.GetVar("callback");}
+    if (H.GetVar("jsonp") != ""){jsonp = H.GetVar("jsonp");}
+    initialize();
+    for (std::map<int,DTSC::Track>::iterator it = myMeta.tracks.begin(); it != myMeta.tracks.end(); it++){
+      if (it->second.type == "meta" ){
+        selectedTracks.insert(it->first);
       }
-      if (HTTP_R.GetVar("jsonp") != ""){
-        jsonp = HTTP_R.GetVar("jsonp");
-      }
-      initialize();
-      for (std::map<int,DTSC::Track>::iterator it = myMeta.tracks.begin(); it != myMeta.tracks.end(); it++){
-        if (it->second.type == "meta" ){
-          selectedTracks.insert(it->first);
-        }
-      }
-      seek(0);
-      parseData = true;
-      wantRequest = false;
-      HTTP_R.Clean();
     }
+    seek(0);
+    parseData = true;
+    wantRequest = false;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/output/output_json.h b/src/output/output_json.h
index 281a0bc9..29ad92c0 100644
--- a/src/output/output_json.h
+++ b/src/output/output_json.h
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-#include "output.h"
+#include "output_http.h"
 
 
 namespace Mist {
-  class OutJSON : public Output {
+  class OutJSON : public HTTPOutput {
     public:
       OutJSON(Socket::Connection & conn);
       ~OutJSON();
       static void init(Util::Config * cfg);
-      void onRequest();
+      void onHTTP();
       bool onFinish();
       void sendNext();
       void sendHeader();
diff --git a/src/output/output_progressive_flv.cpp b/src/output/output_progressive_flv.cpp
index f33289b5..1000d5ef 100644
--- a/src/output/output_progressive_flv.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_progressive_flv.cpp
@@ -1,24 +1,15 @@
 #include "output_progressive_flv.h"
-#include <mist/checksum.h>
-#include <mist/http_parser.h>
-#include <mist/defines.h>
 
 namespace Mist {
-  OutProgressiveFLV::OutProgressiveFLV(Socket::Connection & conn) : Output(conn) { 
-    myConn.setHost(config->getString("ip"));
-    streamName = config->getString("streamname");
-  }
-  
+  OutProgressiveFLV::OutProgressiveFLV(Socket::Connection & conn) : HTTPOutput(conn){}
   OutProgressiveFLV::~OutProgressiveFLV() {}
   
   void OutProgressiveFLV::init(Util::Config * cfg){
-    Output::init(cfg);
+    HTTPOutput::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "FLV";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol progressive streaming.";
-    capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
     capa["url_rel"] = "/$.flv";
     capa["url_match"] = "/$.flv";
-    capa["socket"] = "http_progressive_flv";
     capa["codecs"][0u][0u].append("H264");
     capa["codecs"][0u][0u].append("H263");
     capa["codecs"][0u][0u].append("VP6");
@@ -37,69 +28,34 @@ namespace Mist {
     capa["methods"][0u]["handler"] = "http";
     capa["methods"][0u]["type"] = "flash/7";
     capa["methods"][0u]["priority"] = 5ll;
-
-    cfg->addBasicConnectorOptions(capa);
-    config = cfg;
   }
   
   void OutProgressiveFLV::sendNext(){
-    FLV::Tag tag;
-    bool tmp = tag.DTSCLoader(currentPacket, myMeta.tracks[currentPacket.getTrackId()]);
-    if (!tmp){
-      DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_DEVEL, "Invalid JSON");
-    }
+    tag.DTSCLoader(currentPacket, myMeta.tracks[currentPacket.getTrackId()]);
     myConn.SendNow(tag.data, tag.len); 
   }
 
   void OutProgressiveFLV::sendHeader(){
-    HTTP::Parser HTTP_S;
-    FLV::Tag tag;
-    HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/x-flv");
-    HTTP_S.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
-    myConn.SendNow(HTTP_S.BuildResponse("200", "OK"));
+    H.Clean();
+    H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/x-flv");
+    H.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
+    H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
     myConn.SendNow(FLV::Header, 13);
     tag.DTSCMetaInit(myMeta, selectedTracks);
     myConn.SendNow(tag.data, tag.len);
-
     for (std::set<long unsigned int>::iterator it = selectedTracks.begin(); it != selectedTracks.end(); it++){
-      if (myMeta.tracks[*it].type == "video"){
-        if (tag.DTSCVideoInit(myMeta.tracks[*it])){
-          myConn.SendNow(tag.data, tag.len);
-        }
+      if (myMeta.tracks[*it].type == "video" && tag.DTSCVideoInit(myMeta.tracks[*it])){
+        myConn.SendNow(tag.data, tag.len);
       }
-      if (myMeta.tracks[*it].type == "audio"){
-        if (tag.DTSCAudioInit(myMeta.tracks[*it])){
-          myConn.SendNow(tag.data, tag.len);
-        }
+      if (myMeta.tracks[*it].type == "audio" && tag.DTSCAudioInit(myMeta.tracks[*it])){
+        myConn.SendNow(tag.data, tag.len);
       }
     }
     sentHeader = true;
   }
 
-  void OutProgressiveFLV::onFail(){
-    HTTP::Parser HTTP_S;
-    HTTP_S.Clean(); //make sure no parts of old requests are left in any buffers
-    HTTP_S.SetBody("Stream not found. Sorry, we tried.");
-    HTTP_S.SendResponse("404", "Stream not found", myConn);
-    Output::onFail();
+  void OutProgressiveFLV::onHTTP(){
+    parseData = true;
+    wantRequest = false;
   }
-  
-  void OutProgressiveFLV::onRequest(){
-    HTTP::Parser HTTP_R;
-    while (HTTP_R.Read(myConn)){
-      std::string ua = HTTP_R.GetHeader("User-Agent");
-      crc = checksum::crc32(0, ua.data(), ua.size());
-      DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_DEVEL, "Received request %s", HTTP_R.getUrl().c_str());
-      if (HTTP_R.GetVar("audio") != ""){
-        selectedTracks.insert(JSON::Value(HTTP_R.GetVar("audio")).asInt());
-      }
-      if (HTTP_R.GetVar("video") != ""){
-        selectedTracks.insert(JSON::Value(HTTP_R.GetVar("video")).asInt());
-      }
-      parseData = true;
-      wantRequest = false;
-      HTTP_R.Clean();
-    }
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/output/output_progressive_flv.h b/src/output/output_progressive_flv.h
index aee4d066..12cdee95 100644
--- a/src/output/output_progressive_flv.h
+++ b/src/output/output_progressive_flv.h
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-#include "output.h"
+#include "output_http.h"
 
 
 namespace Mist {
-  class OutProgressiveFLV : public Output {
+  class OutProgressiveFLV : public HTTPOutput {
     public:
       OutProgressiveFLV(Socket::Connection & conn);
       ~OutProgressiveFLV();
       static void init(Util::Config * cfg);
-      void onRequest();
+      void onHTTP();
       void sendNext();
-      void onFail();
       void sendHeader();
-    protected:
+    private:
+      FLV::Tag tag;
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/output/output_progressive_mp3.cpp b/src/output/output_progressive_mp3.cpp
index fe7dbc69..fd2cd390 100644
--- a/src/output/output_progressive_mp3.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_progressive_mp3.cpp
@@ -1,31 +1,19 @@
 #include "output_progressive_mp3.h"
-#include <mist/http_parser.h>
-#include <mist/defines.h>
-#include <mist/checksum.h>
 
 namespace Mist {
-  OutProgressiveMP3::OutProgressiveMP3(Socket::Connection & conn) : Output(conn) {
-    myConn.setHost(config->getString("ip"));
-    streamName = config->getString("streamname");  
-  }
-  
-  OutProgressiveMP3::~OutProgressiveMP3() {}
+  OutProgressiveMP3::OutProgressiveMP3(Socket::Connection & conn) : HTTPOutput(conn){}
+  OutProgressiveMP3::~OutProgressiveMP3(){}
   
   void OutProgressiveMP3::init(Util::Config * cfg){
-    Output::init(cfg);
+    HTTPOutput::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "MP3";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol progressive streaming.";
-    capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
     capa["url_rel"] = "/$.mp3";
     capa["url_match"] = "/$.mp3";
-    capa["socket"] = "http_progressive_mp3";
     capa["codecs"][0u][0u].append("MP3");
     capa["methods"][0u]["handler"] = "http";
     capa["methods"][0u]["type"] = "html5/audio/mp3";
     capa["methods"][0u]["priority"] = 8ll;
-
-    cfg->addBasicConnectorOptions(capa);
-    config = cfg;
   }
   
   void OutProgressiveMP3::sendNext(){
@@ -36,35 +24,15 @@ namespace Mist {
   }
 
   void OutProgressiveMP3::sendHeader(){
-    HTTP::Parser HTTP_S;
-    FLV::Tag tag;
-    HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "audio/mpeg");
-    HTTP_S.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
-    myConn.SendNow(HTTP_S.BuildResponse("200", "OK"));
+    H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "audio/mpeg");
+    H.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
+    H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
     sentHeader = true;
   }
 
-  void OutProgressiveMP3::onFail(){
-    HTTP::Parser HTTP_S;
-    HTTP_S.Clean(); //make sure no parts of old requests are left in any buffers
-    HTTP_S.SetBody("Stream not found. Sorry, we tried.");
-    HTTP_S.SendResponse("404", "Stream not found", myConn);
-    Output::onFail();
-  }
-  
-  void OutProgressiveMP3::onRequest(){
-    HTTP::Parser HTTP_R;
-    while (HTTP_R.Read(myConn)){
-      std::string ua = HTTP_R.GetHeader("User-Agent");
-      crc = checksum::crc32(0, ua.data(), ua.size());
-      DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_DEVEL, "Received request %s", HTTP_R.getUrl().c_str());
-      if (HTTP_R.GetVar("audio") != ""){
-        selectedTracks.insert(JSON::Value(HTTP_R.GetVar("audio")).asInt());
-      }
-      parseData = true;
-      wantRequest = false;
-      HTTP_R.Clean();
-    }
+  void OutProgressiveMP3::onHTTP(){
+    parseData = true;
+    wantRequest = false;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/output/output_progressive_mp3.h b/src/output/output_progressive_mp3.h
index b7cb5a19..9afe9ec6 100644
--- a/src/output/output_progressive_mp3.h
+++ b/src/output/output_progressive_mp3.h
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
-#include "output.h"
+#include "output_http.h"
 
 
 namespace Mist {
-  class OutProgressiveMP3 : public Output {
+  class OutProgressiveMP3 : public HTTPOutput {
     public:
       OutProgressiveMP3(Socket::Connection & conn);
       ~OutProgressiveMP3();
       static void init(Util::Config * cfg);
-      void onRequest();
+      void onHTTP();
       void sendNext();
-      void onFail();
       void sendHeader();
-    protected:
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/output/output_progressive_mp4.cpp b/src/output/output_progressive_mp4.cpp
index 4ea5b2d7..0d01d228 100644
--- a/src/output/output_progressive_mp4.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_progressive_mp4.cpp
@@ -5,21 +5,15 @@
 #include <mist/checksum.h>
 
 namespace Mist {
-  OutProgressiveMP4::OutProgressiveMP4(Socket::Connection & conn) : Output(conn) {
-    myConn.setHost(config->getString("ip"));
-    streamName = config->getString("streamname");
-  }
-  
+  OutProgressiveMP4::OutProgressiveMP4(Socket::Connection & conn) : HTTPOutput(conn){}
   OutProgressiveMP4::~OutProgressiveMP4() {}
   
   void OutProgressiveMP4::init(Util::Config * cfg){
-    Output::init(cfg);
+    HTTPOutput::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "MP4";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol progressive streaming.";
-    capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
     capa["url_rel"] = "/$.mp4";
     capa["url_match"] = "/$.mp4";
-    capa["socket"] = "http_progressive_mp4";
     capa["codecs"][0u][0u].append("H264");
     capa["codecs"][0u][1u].append("AAC");
     capa["codecs"][0u][1u].append("MP3");
@@ -27,10 +21,6 @@ namespace Mist {
     capa["methods"][0u]["type"] = "html5/video/mp4";
     capa["methods"][0u]["priority"] = 8ll;
     capa["methods"][0u]["nolive"] = 1;
-
-
-    cfg->addBasicConnectorOptions(capa);
-    config = cfg;
   }
   
   std::string OutProgressiveMP4::DTSCMeta2MP4Header(long long & size){
@@ -420,39 +410,75 @@ namespace Mist {
     }
   }
   
-  void OutProgressiveMP4::onRequest(){
-    if (HTTP_R.Read(myConn)){
-      std::string ua = HTTP_R.GetHeader("User-Agent");
-      crc = checksum::crc32(0, ua.data(), ua.size());
-      DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_MEDIUM, "Received request: %s", HTTP_R.getUrl().c_str());
-      if (HTTP_R.GetVar("audio") != ""){
-        selectedTracks.insert(JSON::Value(HTTP_R.GetVar("audio")).asInt());
-      }
-      if (HTTP_R.GetVar("video") != ""){
-        selectedTracks.insert(JSON::Value(HTTP_R.GetVar("video")).asInt());
-      }
-
-      parseData = true;
-      wantRequest = false;
-      sentHeader = false;
+  void OutProgressiveMP4::onHTTP(){
+    initialize();
+    parseData = true;
+    wantRequest = false;
+    sentHeader = false;
+    fileSize = 0;
+    std::string headerData = DTSCMeta2MP4Header(fileSize);
+    byteStart = 0;
+    byteEnd = fileSize - 1;
+    seekPoint = 0;
+    char rangeType = ' ';
+    currPos = 0;
+    sortSet.clear();
+    for (std::set<long unsigned int>::iterator subIt = selectedTracks.begin(); subIt != selectedTracks.end(); subIt++) {
+      keyPart temp;
+      temp.trackID = *subIt;
+      temp.time = myMeta.tracks[*subIt].firstms;//timeplace of frame
+      temp.endTime = myMeta.tracks[*subIt].firstms + myMeta.tracks[*subIt].parts[0].getDuration();
+      temp.size = myMeta.tracks[*subIt].parts[0].getSize();//bytesize of frame (alle parts all together)
+      temp.index = 0;
+      sortSet.insert(temp);
     }
-  }
-  
-  /*
-  bool OutProgressiveMP4::onFinish(){
-    //HTTP_S.Chunkify("", myConn);
-    HTTP_R.Clean();
-    parseData = false;
-    wantRequest = true;
-    return true;
-  }
-  */
-  
-  void OutProgressiveMP4::onFail(){
-    HTTP_S.Clean(); //make sure no parts of old requests are left in any buffers
-    HTTP_S.SetBody("Stream not found. Sorry, we tried.");
-    HTTP_S.SendResponse("404", "Stream not found", myConn);
-    Output::onFail();
+    if (H.GetHeader("Range") != ""){
+      parseRange(H.GetHeader("Range"), byteStart, byteEnd, seekPoint, headerData.size());
+      rangeType = H.GetHeader("Range")[0];
+    }
+    H.Clean(); //make sure no parts of old requests are left in any buffers
+    H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/MP4"); //Send the correct content-type for MP4 files
+    H.SetHeader("Accept-Ranges", "bytes, parsec");
+    if (rangeType != ' '){
+      if (!byteEnd){
+        if (rangeType == 'p'){
+          H.SetBody("Starsystem not in communications range");
+          H.SendResponse("416", "Starsystem not in communications range", myConn);
+          return;
+        }else{
+          H.SetBody("Requested Range Not Satisfiable");
+          H.SendResponse("416", "Requested Range Not Satisfiable", myConn);
+          return;
+        }
+      }else{
+        std::stringstream rangeReply;
+        rangeReply << "bytes " << byteStart << "-" << byteEnd << "/" << fileSize;
+        H.SetHeader("Content-Length", byteEnd - byteStart + 1);
+        //do not multiplex requests that are > 1MiB
+        if (byteEnd - byteStart + 1 > 1024*1024){
+          H.SetHeader("MistMultiplex", "No");
+        }
+        H.SetHeader("Content-Range", rangeReply.str());
+        /// \todo Switch to chunked?
+        H.SendResponse("206", "Partial content", myConn);
+        //H.StartResponse("206", "Partial content", HTTP_R, conn);
+      }
+    }else{
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Length", byteEnd - byteStart + 1);
+      //do not multiplex requests that aren't ranged
+      H.SetHeader("MistMultiplex", "No");
+      /// \todo Switch to chunked?
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      //HTTP_S.StartResponse(HTTP_R, conn);
+    }
+    leftOver = byteEnd - byteStart + 1;//add one byte, because range "0-0" = 1 byte of data
+    if (byteStart < (long long)headerData.size()){
+      /// \todo Switch to chunked?
+      //H.Chunkify(headerData.data()+byteStart, std::min((long long)headerData.size(), byteEnd) - byteStart, conn);//send MP4 header
+      myConn.SendNow(headerData.data()+byteStart, std::min((long long)headerData.size(), byteEnd) - byteStart);//send MP4 header
+      leftOver -= std::min((long long)headerData.size(), byteEnd) - byteStart;
+    }
+    currPos += headerData.size();//we're now guaranteed to be past the header point, no matter what
   }
   
   void OutProgressiveMP4::sendNext(){
@@ -462,7 +488,7 @@ namespace Mist {
     currentPacket.getString("data", dataPointer, len);
     if ((unsigned long)currentPacket.getTrackId() != sortSet.begin()->trackID || currentPacket.getTime() != sortSet.begin()->time){
       if (perfect){
-        DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_WARN, "Warning: input is inconsistent, playback may not be perfect");
+        DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_WARN, "Warning: input is inconsistent. Expected %lu:%llu but got %ld:%llu", sortSet.begin()->trackID, sortSet.begin()->time, currentPacket.getTrackId(), currentPacket.getTime());
         perfect = false;
       }
     }
@@ -485,7 +511,7 @@ namespace Mist {
     
     if (currPos >= byteStart){
       myConn.SendNow(dataPointer, std::min(leftOver, (long long)len));
-      //HTTP_S.Chunkify(Strm.lastData().data(), Strm.lastData().size(), conn);
+      //H.Chunkify(Strm.lastData().data(), Strm.lastData().size(), conn);
       leftOver -= len;
     }else{
       if (currPos + (long long)len > byteStart){
@@ -503,70 +529,6 @@ namespace Mist {
   }
 
   void OutProgressiveMP4::sendHeader(){
-    fileSize = 0;
-    std::string headerData = DTSCMeta2MP4Header(fileSize);
-    byteStart = 0;
-    byteEnd = fileSize - 1;
-    long long seekPoint = 0;
-    char rangeType = ' ';
-    currPos = 0;
-    sortSet.clear();
-    for (std::set<long unsigned int>::iterator subIt = selectedTracks.begin(); subIt != selectedTracks.end(); subIt++) {
-      keyPart temp;
-      temp.trackID = *subIt;
-      temp.time = myMeta.tracks[*subIt].firstms;//timeplace of frame
-      temp.endTime = myMeta.tracks[*subIt].firstms + myMeta.tracks[*subIt].parts[0].getDuration();
-      temp.size = myMeta.tracks[*subIt].parts[0].getSize();//bytesize of frame (alle parts all together)
-      temp.index = 0;
-      sortSet.insert(temp);
-    }
-    if (HTTP_R.GetHeader("Range") != ""){
-      parseRange(HTTP_R.GetHeader("Range"), byteStart, byteEnd, seekPoint, headerData.size());
-      rangeType = HTTP_R.GetHeader("Range")[0];
-    }
-    HTTP_S.Clean(); //make sure no parts of old requests are left in any buffers
-    HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/MP4"); //Send the correct content-type for MP4 files
-    HTTP_S.SetHeader("Accept-Ranges", "bytes, parsec");
-    if (rangeType != ' '){
-      if (!byteEnd){
-        if (rangeType == 'p'){
-          HTTP_S.SetBody("Starsystem not in communications range");
-          HTTP_S.SendResponse("416", "Starsystem not in communications range", myConn);
-          return;
-        }else{
-          HTTP_S.SetBody("Requested Range Not Satisfiable");
-          HTTP_S.SendResponse("416", "Requested Range Not Satisfiable", myConn);
-          return;
-        }
-      }else{
-        std::stringstream rangeReply;
-        rangeReply << "bytes " << byteStart << "-" << byteEnd << "/" << fileSize;
-        HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Length", byteEnd - byteStart + 1);
-        //do not multiplex requests that are > 1MiB
-        if (byteEnd - byteStart + 1 > 1024*1024){
-          HTTP_S.SetHeader("MistMultiplex", "No");
-        }
-        HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Range", rangeReply.str());
-        /// \todo Switch to chunked?
-        HTTP_S.SendResponse("206", "Partial content", myConn);
-        //HTTP_S.StartResponse("206", "Partial content", HTTP_R, conn);
-      }
-    }else{
-      HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Length", byteEnd - byteStart + 1);
-      //do not multiplex requests that aren't ranged
-      HTTP_S.SetHeader("MistMultiplex", "No");
-      /// \todo Switch to chunked?
-      HTTP_S.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
-      //HTTP_S.StartResponse(HTTP_R, conn);
-    }
-    leftOver = byteEnd - byteStart + 1;//add one byte, because range "0-0" = 1 byte of data
-    if (byteStart < (long long)headerData.size()){
-      /// \todo Switch to chunked?
-      //HTTP_S.Chunkify(headerData.data()+byteStart, std::min((long long)headerData.size(), byteEnd) - byteStart, conn);//send MP4 header
-      myConn.SendNow(headerData.data()+byteStart, std::min((long long)headerData.size(), byteEnd) - byteStart);//send MP4 header
-      leftOver -= std::min((long long)headerData.size(), byteEnd) - byteStart;
-    }
-    currPos += headerData.size();//we're now guaranteed to be past the header point, no matter what
     seek(seekPoint);
     sentHeader = true;
   }
diff --git a/src/output/output_progressive_mp4.h b/src/output/output_progressive_mp4.h
index 41efcd92..e40956ac 100644
--- a/src/output/output_progressive_mp4.h
+++ b/src/output/output_progressive_mp4.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "output.h"
+#include "output_http.h"
 #include <mist/http_parser.h>
 
 namespace Mist {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace Mist {
       long unsigned int index;
   };
   
-  class OutProgressiveMP4 : public Output {
+  class OutProgressiveMP4 : public HTTPOutput {
     public:
       OutProgressiveMP4(Socket::Connection & conn);
       ~OutProgressiveMP4();
@@ -30,20 +30,17 @@ namespace Mist {
       void parseRange(std::string header, long long & byteStart, long long & byteEnd, long long & seekPoint, unsigned int headerSize);
       std::string DTSCMeta2MP4Header(long long & size);
       void findSeekPoint(long long byteStart, long long & seekPoint, unsigned int headerSize);
-      
-      void onRequest();
+      void onHTTP();
       void sendNext();
-      //bool onFinish();
       void sendHeader();
-      void onFail();
     protected:
       long long fileSize;
       long long byteStart;
       long long byteEnd;
       long long leftOver;
       long long currPos;
+      long long seekPoint;
       std::set <keyPart> sortSet;//filling sortset for interleaving parts
-      HTTP::Parser HTTP_R, HTTP_S;
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/output/output_srt.cpp b/src/output/output_srt.cpp
index 825e6ba4..7dfa8b35 100644
--- a/src/output/output_srt.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_srt.cpp
@@ -5,41 +5,21 @@
 #include <iomanip>
 
 namespace Mist {
-  OutProgressiveSRT::OutProgressiveSRT(Socket::Connection & conn) : Output(conn) {
-    realTime = 0;
-    myConn.setHost(config->getString("ip"));
-    streamName = config->getString("streamname");
-  }
-
-  void OutProgressiveSRT::onFail(){
-    HTTP::Parser HTTP_S;
-    HTTP_S.Clean(); //make sure no parts of old requests are left in any buffers
-    HTTP_S.SetBody("Stream not found. Sorry, we tried.");
-    HTTP_S.SendResponse("404", "Stream not found", myConn);
-    Output::onFail();
-  }
-  
+  OutProgressiveSRT::OutProgressiveSRT(Socket::Connection & conn) : HTTPOutput(conn){realTime = 0;}
   OutProgressiveSRT::~OutProgressiveSRT() {}
   
   void OutProgressiveSRT::init(Util::Config * cfg){
-    Output::init(cfg);
+    HTTPOutput::init(cfg);
     capa["name"] = "SRT";
     capa["desc"] = "Enables HTTP protocol subtitle streaming.";
-    capa["deps"] = "HTTP";
     capa["url_rel"] = "/$.srt";
     capa["url_match"] = "/$.srt";
     capa["url_handler"] = "http";
     capa["url_type"] = "subtitle";
-    capa["socket"] = "http_srt";
-    
     capa["codecs"][0u][0u].append("srt");
-    
     capa["methods"][0u]["handler"] = "http";
     capa["methods"][0u]["type"] = "html5/text/plain";
     capa["methods"][0u]["priority"] = 8ll;
-
-    cfg->addBasicConnectorOptions(capa);
-    config = cfg;
   }
   
   void OutProgressiveSRT::sendNext(){
@@ -65,29 +45,20 @@ namespace Mist {
   }
 
   void OutProgressiveSRT::sendHeader(){
-    HTTP::Parser HTTP_S;
-    FLV::Tag tag;
-    HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain");
-    HTTP_S.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
-    myConn.SendNow(HTTP_S.BuildResponse("200", "OK"));
+    H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain");
+    H.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
+    H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
     sentHeader = true;
   }
 
-  void OutProgressiveSRT::onRequest(){
-    HTTP::Parser HTTP_R;
-    while (HTTP_R.Read(myConn)){
-      std::string ua = HTTP_R.GetHeader("User-Agent");
-      crc = checksum::crc32(0, ua.data(), ua.size());
-      DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_DEVEL, "Received request %s", HTTP_R.getUrl().c_str());
-      lastNum = 0;
-      webVTT = (HTTP_R.url.find(".webvtt") != std::string::npos);
-      if (HTTP_R.GetVar("track") != ""){
-        selectedTracks.insert(JSON::Value(HTTP_R.GetVar("track")).asInt());
-      }
-      parseData = true;
-      wantRequest = false;
-      HTTP_R.Clean();
+  void OutProgressiveSRT::onHTTP(){
+    lastNum = 0;
+    webVTT = (H.url.find(".webvtt") != std::string::npos);
+    if (H.GetVar("track") != ""){
+      selectedTracks.insert(JSON::Value(H.GetVar("track")).asInt());
     }
+    parseData = true;
+    wantRequest = false;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/output/output_srt.h b/src/output/output_srt.h
index 06fd8dc9..68ef82c2 100644
--- a/src/output/output_srt.h
+++ b/src/output/output_srt.h
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-#include "output.h"
+#include "output_http.h"
 
 
 namespace Mist {
-  class OutProgressiveSRT : public Output {
+  class OutProgressiveSRT : public HTTPOutput {
     public:
       OutProgressiveSRT(Socket::Connection & conn);
       ~OutProgressiveSRT();
       static void init(Util::Config * cfg);
-      void onRequest();
+      void onHTTP();
       void sendNext();
-      void onFail();
       void sendHeader();
     protected:
       bool webVTT;
diff --git a/src/connectors/xap.h b/src/xap.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/connectors/xap.h
rename to src/xap.h