# Microsoft Media Foundation - RTSP stream

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/microsoft-media-foundation-rtsp-stream/38819>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** media-players-and-devices\
**Created:** [June 12, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/microsoft-media-foundation-rtsp-stream/38819 "2012-06-12T14:19:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Stefan\_Skrobanski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Stefan\_Skrobanski](https://community.wowza.com/u/Stefan_Skrobanski)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/microsoft-media-foundation-rtsp-stream/38819/1 "2012-06-12T14:19:03Z")

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Hi Guys,

I have an existing Microsoft Media Foundation based media player that I would like to accept a Wowza RTSP stream.

Microsoft claims that Media Foundation has support for RTSP out of the box, however we are currently having issues.

Has anyone else had experience with this?

Kind regards,

Stefan

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/microsoft-media-foundation-rtsp-stream/38819/2 "2012-06-12T14:42:11Z")

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What player is it, where can I find it to test?

Richard

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/microsoft-media-foundation-rtsp-stream/38819/3 "2012-06-12T15:56:08Z")

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Stefan,

Windows Media Player is not supported, and I do not know if a Media Foundation player will work. I would try rtsp, cupertino and smooth.

Richard

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**Author:** ![Stefan\_Skrobanski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Stefan\_Skrobanski](https://community.wowza.com/u/Stefan_Skrobanski)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/microsoft-media-foundation-rtsp-stream/38819/4 "2012-06-12T14:55:54Z")

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Hi Richard,

The player is our own proprietary software, and is not currently in the public domain. The question was meant to more as a general query into Media Foundations handling of Wowza RTSP streams.

I should note that we are using H.264/MPEG-4 AVC files.

Regards,

Stefan

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**Author:** ![Stefan\_Skrobanski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Stefan\_Skrobanski](https://community.wowza.com/u/Stefan_Skrobanski)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/microsoft-media-foundation-rtsp-stream/38819/5 "2012-06-12T16:59:00Z")

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Thanks Richard,

After further investigation; it seems that although Microsoft Media Foundation has support for RTSP streams, it only has support for ASF and MP3 packet loads. A workaround would be to create an MP4 media source for RTSP… it looks like I have my work cut out for me.

Regards,

Stefan