diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index a17296a177..ba30405656 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 fef6d2479a..e88064aeb2 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 @@
 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;
 
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
 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;
@@ -783,8 +785,13 @@ private MediaSource buildMediaSource(Uri uri, String overrideExtension, DrmSessi
         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);
@@ -827,6 +834,9 @@ private MediaSource buildMediaSource(Uri uri, String overrideExtension, DrmSessi
                         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 6a0b198f4e..2b8f1f506b 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerViewManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/brentvatne/exoplayer/ReactExoplayerViewManager.java
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ private boolean startsWithValidScheme(String uriString) {
                 || 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 f173269a45..9bb1f1f671 100644
--- a/examples/basic/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/basic/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -104,6 +104,18 @@ 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 a3b2fa1249..fa87402f7c 100644
--- a/examples/basic/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/examples/basic/android/gradle.properties
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 # 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
+# Default value: -Xmx10248m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 
 # When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
 # This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
diff --git a/src/Video.tsx b/src/Video.tsx
index 41d2aa6497..8e60922f91 100644
--- a/src/Video.tsx
+++ b/src/Video.tsx
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ 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(