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The '''Real Time Streaming Protocol''' ('''RTSP'''), developed by the [[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]] and created in [[1998]] as [[RFC:2326|RFC 2326]], is a [[communications protocol|protocol]] for use in [[streaming media]] systems, which allows a client to remotely control a streaming media server, issuing [[VCR]]-like commands such as "play" and "pause", and allowing time-based access to files on a server.

The sending of streaming data itself is '''not''' part of the RTSP protocol. Most RTSP servers use the standards-based [[Real-time Transport Protocol|RTP]] as the transport protocol for the actual audio/video data. The RTSP server from [[RealNetworks]] also features [[RealNetworks]]' proprietary [[RDT stream transport|RDT]] as the transport protocol.
== Clients ==
* [[GStreamer]]
* [[Media Player Classic]]
* [http://www.mpeg4ip.net/ MPEG4IP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907024147/http://www.mpeg4ip.net/ |date=2008-09-07 }}
* [[MPlayer]]
* [[QuickTime]]
* [http://avi-player.net/ Avi player] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215081037/http://avi-player.net/ |date=2012-02-15 }}
* [[RealPlayer]]
* [[Skype]]
* [[VLC media player]]
* [[Winamp]]
* [[Windows Media Player]]
* [[Xine]]
* [[MythTV]] via Freebox
* [http://gom-player.org/ Gom player] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320232950/http://gom-player.org/ |date=2012-03-20 }}
== Server software ==
* [[QuickTime Streaming Server]]: Apple's closed-source streaming server that ships with [[MacOS|Mac OS X]] Server
* [[Darwin Streaming Server]]: Open-sourced version of Quicktime Streaming Server maintained by Apple
* [[Pvserver|pvServer]]: Formerly called PacketVideo Streaming Server, this is Alcatel-Lucent's streaming server product.
* [[Helix (project)|Helix DNA Server]]: [[RealNetworks]]' streaming server. Comes in both open-source and proprietary flavors.
* [[Live555]]: Open source [[C++]] server and client libraries used in well known clients like [[VLC]] and [[mplayer]].
* [[VideoLAN]]: [[Open source]] media player and streaming server
* [[Windows Media Services]]: [[Microsoft]]'s streaming server included with [[Windows Server]].
* [[VX30]]: Streaming video server and embedded JAVA client from Maui X-Stream.
== Related pages ==
* [[Real-time Transport Protocol]] (RTP)
* [[Fusion RTSP]] solution for [[embedded systems]], e.g. [[IPTV]], [[internet TV]] and mobile internet devices.
== Other websites ==
* [http://www.rtsp.org RTSP.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306002838/http://www.rtsp.org/ |date=2007-03-06 }}, a central information repository about RTSP. 
* [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/QTSS/Concepts/chapter_2_section_14.html Tunneling RTSP and RTP Over HTTP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120114431/http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/QTSS/Concepts/chapter_2_section_14.html |date=2009-01-20 }} A standard solution to help RTSP work through firewalls and web proxies

[[Category:Application layer protocols]]