Media Transfer Protocol. Very popular with Android devices since you are not directly exposing the file system. Unlike USBMS where FAT32 is popular since you are exposing the entire block level device, MTP allows any file system and translates a Linux ext4 file system to something that Windows understands. Originally invented by Microsoft as an extension of the PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) for their Zune devices. In theory, it protects the file system from unsafe disconnections, allows file security, etc.
Last edited by DNSB; 02-19-2025 at 06:50 PM.
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