Real Time Streaming Protocol


Real Time Streaming Protocol

(multimedia, networking, protocol)(RTSP) An application layer protocol for controlling delivery of a stream ofreal-time multimedia content. RTSP allows users to startplaying from a certain position. It does not actually deliverthe data, but works alongside existing delivery channels suchas UDP, TCP, or IP multicast.

RTSP was developed by RealNetworks, Netscape Communications, and Columbia University, and is describedin RFC 2326, April 1998. RTSP is an IETF proposedstandard.

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