MediaElement and RTSP

Question

Does MediaElement support RTSP?

I\'ve got a stream going and I\'m able to consume the stream with VLC Player via:

rtsp://192.168.1.17:554/stream

How

Answer 1

VLC has comprehensive support for RTSP (through live555 library), while support in Windows Media Player is limited.

You might want to check this article on MSDN: Supported Media Formats, Protocols, and Log Fields.

Supported Codecs

Below is a rollup list of formats codecs supported by the MediaElement. These encodings are supported regardless of the file name extension.

See also: MediaElement and custom RTSP stream.