Configure RTSP Proxy

Policy ID: ConfigureRTSPProxySettings
Scope: User Configuration
Supported on: Windows Media Player 9 Series and later.
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: Windows Components › Windows Media Player › Networking

Description

This policy setting allows you to specify the RTSP proxy settings for Windows Media Player.

If you enable this policy setting, select one of the following proxy types:

- Autodetect: the proxy settings are automatically detected.
- Custom: unique proxy settings are used.

If the Custom proxy type is selected, the rest of the options on the Setting tab must be specified; otherwise, the default settings are used. The options are ignored if Autodetect is selected.

The Configure button on the Network tab in the Player is not available and the protocol cannot be configured. If the "Hide network tab" policy setting is also enabled, the entire Network tab is hidden.

If you disable this policy setting, the RTSP proxy server cannot be used and users cannot change the RTSP proxy settings.

If you do not configure this policy setting, users can configure the RTSP proxy settings.

Options

The empty box and the checked box tell the checkbox items of the Group Policy editor apart (a checked box is an item that is selected by default).

Proxy type
- Autodetect
- Custom
The following options apply only to custom proxies.
Proxy address
Proxy port
Bypass proxy for local addresses
Do not use proxy server for addresses beginning with

Registry

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer\Protocols\RTSP View registry values

ProxyPolicyREG_DWORD
ProxyTypeREG_DWORD
ProxyAddressREG_SZ
ProxyPortREG_DWORD
BypassProxyLocalREG_DWORD
ExludeFromProxyREG_SZ

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