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RTSP clients

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RTSP clients

supported codecs
videoAV1, VP9, VP8, H265, H264, MPEG-4 Video (H263, Xvid), MPEG-1/2 Video, M-JPEG
audioOpus, MPEG-4 Audio (AAC), MPEG-1/2 Audio (MP3), AC-3, G726, G722, G711 (PCMA, PCMU), LPCM
otherKLV, MPEG-TS, any RTP-compatible codec

RTSP is a protocol that allows to publish and read streams. It supports several underlying transport protocols and encryption (read RTSP-specific features). In order to read a stream with the RTSP protocol, use this URL:

rtsp://localhost:8554/mystream

Some clients that can read with RTSP are FFmpeg, GStreamer and VLC.