# Streamedian/html5_rtsp_player

Play RTSP stream from IP camera in browser in this HTML5 player without plugins

Repository: https://github.com/Streamedian/html5_rtsp_player
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/html5_rtsp_player
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: aac, h264, html5, ip-cameras, javascript, mp4, mse, nvr, rtsp, rtsp-client, rtsp-player, sdp, stream, video, webscocket, angular, react
Last push: 2024-01-18T07:32:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3822, "days_push": 958, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2733, forks 603 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:16.123815+00:00)

## What it is
Streamedian is a JavaScript library implementing an RTSP client that plays IP camera streams directly in the browser over a standard HTML5 <video> element using Media Source Extensions. It muxes RTP H264/AAC payloads into MP4 fragments in the browser, relying on a lightweight server-side WebSocket proxy to retransmit RTSP streams without transcoding.

## Use cases
- play rtsp ip camera stream in browser
- view cctv cameras on a web page without plugins
- embed rtsp stream in html5 video element
- low latency camera monitoring without transcoding server
- watch nvr streams in chrome or firefox
- javascript rtsp client for web dashboard

## When to choose
- you need to display RTSP IP camera feeds in modern desktop or Android browsers
- you want to avoid heavy transcoding servers and preserve full video quality
- your streams use H264 video and AAC audio
- you can run a small WebSocket proxy alongside your web server

## When to avoid
- you need iOS Safari or Internet Explorer support
- your streams use codecs other than H264/AAC
- you need HLS, MPEG-DASH, or WebRTC playback instead of RTSP
- you cannot deploy any server-side WebSocket proxy component

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, http-client, websocket
- domain: web-development, media
- platform: browser
- tags: rtsp, html5-video, mse, ip-camera, h264, aac, streaming, websocket-proxy, video, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- Streamedian/html5_rtsp_player (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:16.123815+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:14:29.523260+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Streamedian/html5_rtsp_player (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:16.123815+00:00, sha c162151a0f2c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.