diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 62b4913a68..33f1165450 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
         ([#56](https://github.com/androidx/media/pull/56)).
     *   Fix RTSP basic authorization header.
         ([#9544](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/9544)).
+    *   Throw checked exception when parsing RTSP timing
+        ([#10165](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/10165)).
 *   Session:
     *   Fix NPE in MediaControllerImplLegacy
         ([#59](https://github.com/androidx/media/pull/59))
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_rtsp/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/rtsp/RtspMessageUtil.java b/libraries/exoplayer_rtsp/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/rtsp/RtspMessageUtil.java
index db1e4116ea..16e5dd7c19 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_rtsp/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/rtsp/RtspMessageUtil.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_rtsp/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/rtsp/RtspMessageUtil.java
@@ -459,6 +459,21 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
         "Invalid WWW-Authenticate header " + headerValue, /* cause= */ null);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Throws {@link ParserException#createForMalformedManifest ParserException} if {@code expression}
+   * evaluates to false.
+   *
+   * @param expression The expression to evaluate.
+   * @param message The error message.
+   * @throws ParserException If {@code expression} is false.
+   */
+  public static void checkManifestExpression(boolean expression, @Nullable String message)
+      throws ParserException {
+    if (!expression) {
+      throw ParserException.createForMalformedManifest(message, /* cause= */ null);
+    }
+  }
+
   private static String getRtspStatusReasonPhrase(int statusCode) {
     switch (statusCode) {
       case 200:
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_rtsp/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/rtsp/RtspSessionTiming.java b/libraries/exoplayer_rtsp/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/rtsp/RtspSessionTiming.java
index a3493e9525..c637bb5ae3 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_rtsp/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/rtsp/RtspSessionTiming.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_rtsp/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/rtsp/RtspSessionTiming.java
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
  */
 package androidx.media3.exoplayer.rtsp;
 
-import static androidx.media3.common.util.Assertions.checkArgument;
-import static androidx.media3.common.util.Assertions.checkNotNull;
+import static androidx.media3.common.util.Util.castNonNull;
+import static androidx.media3.exoplayer.rtsp.RtspMessageUtil.checkManifestExpression;
 
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.media3.common.C;
@@ -50,10 +50,11 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
     long startTimeMs;
     long stopTimeMs;
     Matcher matcher = NPT_RANGE_PATTERN.matcher(sdpRangeAttribute);
-    checkArgument(matcher.matches());
+    checkManifestExpression(matcher.matches(), /* message= */ sdpRangeAttribute);
 
-    String startTimeString = checkNotNull(matcher.group(1));
-    if (startTimeString.equals("now")) {
+    @Nullable String startTimeString = matcher.group(1);
+    checkManifestExpression(startTimeString != null, /* message= */ sdpRangeAttribute);
+    if (castNonNull(startTimeString).equals("now")) {
       startTimeMs = LIVE_START_TIME;
     } else {
       startTimeMs = (long) (Float.parseFloat(startTimeString) * C.MILLIS_PER_SECOND);
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
       } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
         throw ParserException.createForMalformedManifest(stopTimeString, e);
       }
-      checkArgument(stopTimeMs > startTimeMs);
+      checkManifestExpression(stopTimeMs >= startTimeMs, /* message= */ sdpRangeAttribute);
     } else {
       stopTimeMs = C.TIME_UNSET;
     }
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_rtsp/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/rtsp/RtspSessionTimingTest.java b/libraries/exoplayer_rtsp/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/rtsp/RtspSessionTimingTest.java
index e9ac8cf287..8a67035e7e 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_rtsp/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/rtsp/RtspSessionTimingTest.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_rtsp/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/rtsp/RtspSessionTimingTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
 
 import androidx.media3.common.C;
+import androidx.media3.common.ParserException;
 import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -62,8 +63,7 @@ public class RtspSessionTimingTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void parseTiming_withInvalidRangeTiming_throwsIllegalArgumentException() {
-    assertThrows(
-        IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> RtspSessionTiming.parseTiming("npt=10.000-2.054"));
+  public void parseTiming_withInvalidRangeTiming_throwsParserException() {
+    assertThrows(ParserException.class, () -> RtspSessionTiming.parseTiming("npt=10.000-2.054"));
   }
 }