# RTSP Protocol

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/rtsp/rtsp-protocol/  
**Provider:** RTSP — https://apis.io/providers/rtsp/  
**Base URL:** rtsp://  
**Documentation:** https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7826

RTSP Protocol is one of 2 APIs that [RTSP](https://apis.io/providers/rtsp/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Streaming, Video, Media, Protocol, and IETF. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) is a stateful protocol defined in RFC 2326 (1.0) and RFC 7826 (2.0). It defines methods including OPTIONS, DESCRIBE, SETUP, PLAY, PAUSE, RECORD, ANNOUNCE, GET_PARAMETER, SET_PARAMETER, and TEARDOWN for controlling streaming media sessions. RTSP URLs follow the rtsp:// scheme. Sessions are established before streaming begins and media is transmitted via RTP/RTCP on separate channels.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7826
- **Specification** — https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2326
- **Specification** — https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7826
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rtsp/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other RTSP APIs (1)

- [RTSP Implementations](https://apis.io/apis/rtsp/rtsp-implementations/)

## Tags

Streaming, Video, Media, Protocol, IETF, RFC

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