The
Real-Time Streaming Protocol allows to control multimedia streams
delivered, for example, via RTP. Control includes
absolute positioning within the media stream, recording and possibly
device control.
RTSP is a proposed standard (RTSP Resource Center.
The Internet drafts used to create the RFC are also available in
other formats:
These can also be found in the archive for MMUSIC drafts
The current version of RTSP is based on the original proposal by Anup
Rao and Rob Lanphier and the RTSP' proposal by
Henning Schulzrinne.
Related papers can be found in the IRT research pages on Internet multimedia.
The following ports have been registered
with IANA:
Related Work
FAQ
Implementations
Specification
Slides
Sept. 1997
RealMedia Conference, San Francisco, CA. March 4, 1997.
Internet Engineering Task Force, San Jose, CA. Dec. 9, 1996
MMUSIC BOF, SRI. Nov. 1996
Working Group
Port Numbers
rtsp 554/tcp Real Time Stream Control Protocol
rtsp 554/udp Real Time Stream Control Protocol
rtsp-alt 8554/tcp RTSP Alternate (see port 554)
rtsp-alt 8554/udp RTSP Alternate (see port 554)
Last updated
by Henning Schulzrinne