RtspProxy is a proxy server for multimedia streaming services based on the RTSP protocol.
The current version is a complete rewrite from scratch in Java of previous versions based on C++. The goal is to build a robust and scalable system usable in production environment.
The proxy is based on an asynchronous network framework, Apache MINA , which is built on Java NIO. This framework does permit to RtspProxy to handle high loads and concurrent users.
RtspProxy is a proxy server that works with the RTSP protocol in multimedia streaming reproduction. RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) is an emerging protocol for "session initiation" scopes, that has as a purpose the establishment of conditions for an audio-video streaming session.
The streaming data is then sent over other channels using other protocol such as RTP (Real Time Protocol).
Using a RTSP proxy does permits to access multimedia content without the need of being directly connected to the internet, for example being behind a corporate firewall.