diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index a17296a1..ba304056 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-dash:$media3_version"
     // For HLS playback support with ExoPlayer
     implementation "androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-hls:$media3_version"
+
+    implementation "androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-rtsp:$media3_version"
     // For ad insertion using the Interactive Media Ads SDK with ExoPlayer
     if (useExoplayerIMA) {
         implementation "androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-ima:$media3_version"
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java
index eee80fef..c4000f1d 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerView.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.brentvatne.exoplayer;
 import static androidx.media3.common.C.CONTENT_TYPE_DASH;
 import static androidx.media3.common.C.CONTENT_TYPE_HLS;
 import static androidx.media3.common.C.CONTENT_TYPE_OTHER;
+import static androidx.media3.common.C.CONTENT_TYPE_RTSP;
 import static androidx.media3.common.C.CONTENT_TYPE_SS;
 import static androidx.media3.common.C.TIME_END_OF_SOURCE;
 
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ import androidx.media3.exoplayer.hls.HlsMediaSource;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.ima.ImaAdsLoader;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.mediacodec.MediaCodecInfo;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.mediacodec.MediaCodecUtil;
+import androidx.media3.exoplayer.rtsp.RtspMediaSource;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.smoothstreaming.DefaultSsChunkSource;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.smoothstreaming.SsMediaSource;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.source.ClippingMediaSource;
@@ -792,8 +794,13 @@ public class ReactExoplayerView extends FrameLayout implements
         if (uri == null) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Invalid video uri");
         }
-        int type = Util.inferContentType(!TextUtils.isEmpty(overrideExtension) ? "." + overrideExtension
-                : uri.getLastPathSegment());
+        int type;
+        if ("rtsp".equals(overrideExtension)) {
+            type = C.TYPE_RTSP;
+        } else {
+            type = Util.inferContentType(!TextUtils.isEmpty(overrideExtension) ? "." + overrideExtension
+                    : uri.getLastPathSegment());
+        }
         config.setDisableDisconnectError(this.disableDisconnectError);
 
         MediaItem.Builder mediaItemBuilder = new MediaItem.Builder().setUri(uri);
@@ -836,6 +843,9 @@ public class ReactExoplayerView extends FrameLayout implements
                         mediaDataSourceFactory
                 );
                 break;
+            case CONTENT_TYPE_RTSP:
+                mediaSourceFactory = new RtspMediaSource.Factory();
+                break;
             default: {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("Unsupported type: " + type);
             }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerViewManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerViewManager.java
index 0a2adbc5..e3482cda 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerViewManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerViewManager.java
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ public class ReactExoplayerViewManager extends ViewGroupManager<ReactExoplayerVi
                 || lowerCaseUri.startsWith("https://")
                 || lowerCaseUri.startsWith("content://")
                 || lowerCaseUri.startsWith("file://")
+                || lowerCaseUri.startsWith("rtsp://")
                 || lowerCaseUri.startsWith("asset://");
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/basic/android/app/build.gradle b/examples/basic/android/app/build.gradle
index 9966ecc9..f34c5f82 100644
--- a/examples/basic/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/basic/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -106,6 +106,18 @@ android {
     configurations.all {
         resolutionStrategy { force 'androidx.core:core:1.9.0' }
     }
+
+    packagingOptions {
+        exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
+        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
+        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE.txt'
+        exclude 'META-INF/license.txt'
+        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
+        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
+        exclude 'META-INF/notice.txt'
+        exclude 'META-INF/ASL2.0'
+        exclude("META-INF/*.kotlin_module")
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/examples/basic/android/gradle.properties b/examples/basic/android/gradle.properties
index a46a5b90..0e9b37d4 100644
--- a/examples/basic/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/examples/basic/android/gradle.properties
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process.
 # The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
 # Default value: -Xmx512m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=256m
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m
 
 # When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
 # This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
diff --git a/examples/basic/src/VideoPlayer.tsx b/examples/basic/src/VideoPlayer.tsx
index cb92c5fc..25bb87b9 100644
--- a/examples/basic/src/VideoPlayer.tsx
+++ b/examples/basic/src/VideoPlayer.tsx
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ class VideoPlayer extends Component {
           'https://proxy.uat.widevine.com/proxy?provider=widevine_test',
       },
     },
+    {
+      description: 'rtsp big bug bunny',
+      uri: 'rtsp://rtspstream:3cfa3c36a9c00f4aa38f3cd35816b287@zephyr.rtsp.stream/movie',
+      type: 'rtsp',
+    }
   ];
 
   // poster which can be displayed
diff --git a/src/Video.tsx b/src/Video.tsx
index 84e2e883..531d50f7 100644
--- a/src/Video.tsx
+++ b/src/Video.tsx
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ const Video = forwardRef<VideoRef, ReactVideoProps>(
       if (!uri) {
         console.log('Trying to load empty source');
       }
-      const isNetwork = !!(uri && uri.match(/^https?:/));
+      const isNetwork = !!(uri && uri.match(/^(rtp|rtsp|http|https):/));
       const isAsset = !!(
         uri &&
         uri.match(