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 60ff5a9101..a3493e9525 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
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
       new RtspSessionTiming(/* startTimeMs= */ 0, /* stopTimeMs= */ C.TIME_UNSET);
 
   // We only support npt=xxx-[xxx], but not npt=-xxx. See RFC2326 Section 3.6.
+  // Supports both npt= and npt: identifier.
   private static final Pattern NPT_RANGE_PATTERN =
-      Pattern.compile("npt=([.\\d]+|now)\\s?-\\s?([.\\d]+)?");
+      Pattern.compile("npt[:=]([.\\d]+|now)\\s?-\\s?([.\\d]+)?");
   private static final String START_TIMING_NTP_FORMAT = "npt=%.3f-";
 
   private static final long LIVE_START_TIME = 0;
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 ad7c05fee0..e9ac8cf287 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
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ public class RtspSessionTimingTest {
     assertThat(sessionTiming.isLive()).isFalse();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void parseTiming_withRangeTimingAndColonSeparator() throws Exception {
+    RtspSessionTiming sessionTiming = RtspSessionTiming.parseTiming("npt:0.000-32.054");
+    assertThat(sessionTiming.getDurationMs()).isEqualTo(32054);
+    assertThat(sessionTiming.isLive()).isFalse();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void parseTiming_withInvalidRangeTiming_throwsIllegalArgumentException() {
     assertThrows(