diff -uN -r mplayer.orig/cfg-common.h mplayer/cfg-common.h
--- mplayer.orig/cfg-common.h	2010-05-28 11:21:47.000000000 +0200
+++ mplayer/cfg-common.h	2010-05-28 13:40:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@
 
 extern int rtspStreamOverTCP;
 extern int rtsp_transport_tcp;
+extern int rtsp_transport_http;
 extern int rtsp_transport_sctp;
 extern int rtsp_port;
 extern char *rtsp_destination;
diff -uN -r mplayer.orig/cfg-common-opts.h mplayer/cfg-common-opts.h
--- mplayer.orig/cfg-common-opts.h	2010-05-28 11:21:47.000000000 +0200
+++ mplayer/cfg-common-opts.h	2010-05-28 13:40:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
 #if defined(CONFIG_LIBNEMESI) || defined(CONFIG_LIVE555)
     // -rtsp-stream-over-tcp option, specifying TCP streaming of RTP/RTCP
     {"rtsp-stream-over-tcp", &rtsp_transport_tcp, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 1, NULL},
+    {"rtsp-stream-over-http", &rtsp_transport_http, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 1, NULL},
 #else
     {"rtsp-stream-over-tcp", "-rtsp-stream-over-tcp requires the \"LIVE555 Streaming Media\" or \"libnemesi\" libraries.\n", CONF_TYPE_PRINT, CONF_NOCFG, 0, 0, NULL},
 #endif /* defined(CONFIG_LIBNEMESI) || defined(CONFIG_LIVE555) */
diff -uN -r mplayer.orig/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 mplayer/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
--- mplayer.orig/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	2010-05-25 11:02:23.000000000 +0200
+++ mplayer/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	2010-05-28 13:40:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -1811,6 +1811,11 @@
 not pass incoming UDP packets (see http://www.live555.com/\:mplayer/).
 .
 .TP
+.B \-rtsp\-stream\-over\-http (LIVE555 only)
+Used with 'rtsp://' URLs to specify that the resulting incoming RTP and RTCP
+packets be streamed over HTTP.
+.
+.TP
 .B \-saveidx <filename>
 Force index rebuilding and dump the index to <filename>.
 Currently this only works with AVI files.
diff -uN -r mplayer.orig/libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp mplayer/libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp
--- mplayer.orig/libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp	2010-02-23 15:31:16.000000000 +0100
+++ mplayer/libmpdemux/demux_rtp.cpp	2010-05-28 13:40:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -112,8 +112,10 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBNEMESI
 extern int rtsp_transport_tcp;
+extern int rtsp_transport_http;
 #else
 int rtsp_transport_tcp = 0;
+int rtsp_transport_http = 0;
 #endif
 
 extern int rtsp_port;
@@ -146,7 +148,11 @@
       char const* url = demuxer->stream->streaming_ctrl->url->url;
       extern int verbose;
       if (strcmp(protocol, "rtsp") == 0) {
-	rtspClient = RTSPClient::createNew(*env, verbose, "MPlayer");
+        if (rtsp_transport_http == 1) {
+          rtsp_transport_http = demuxer->stream->streaming_ctrl->url->port;
+          rtsp_transport_tcp = 1;
+        }
+        rtspClient = RTSPClient::createNew(*env, verbose, "MPlayer", rtsp_transport_http);
 	if (rtspClient == NULL) {
 	  fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create RTSP client: %s\n",
 		  env->getResultMsg());