# RTSP is presentation layer protocol or Application layer protocol?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-is-presentation-layer-protocol-or-application-layer-protocol/94226>\
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**Tags:** transcoder, encoder\
**Created:** [November 28, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-is-presentation-layer-protocol-or-application-layer-protocol/94226 "2021-11-28T04:09:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dhaval\_Rajput](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@Dhaval\_Rajput](https://community.wowza.com/u/Dhaval_Rajput)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-is-presentation-layer-protocol-or-application-layer-protocol/94226/1 "2021-11-28T04:09:51Z")

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As per blogs of Wowza,there are 2 contradictory statementes given of RTSP,  
RTSP is an application-layer protocol used for commanding streaming media servers via pause and play capabilities ( [https://www.wowza.com/blog/rtsp-the-real-time-streaming-protocol-explained](https://www.wowza.com/blog/rtsp-the-real-time-streaming-protocol-explained))

whereas in this blog is is stating that it is a presentation layer protocol ([https://www.wowza.com/blog/streaming-protocols#rtsp](https://www.wowza.com/blog/streaming-protocols#rtsp))

Please clarify it works on which layer ?