Beginner Question - Is Unity able to download Video Files from a server and playback after loaded ?

Hello,

i am new to unity, but not to c#. It's a theroetical thing. Is unity able to download from a webserver, especially video files and add them at runtime, after file is loaded ?

I ask this, because streaming is not possible in unity, but it should work, if i manually download the videofiles if needed and playback after its loaded.

Is that possible ?

 

yes, you can do that.

for downloading files,
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/UnityWebRequest.html

then need to check which folder you are saving them,
as some folders are not writable in mobiles..
like https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application-persistentDataPath.html

and video needs to be in a suitable format (if using builtin video player, check alternative video players in asset store)
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Video.VideoPlayer.html

you can play streaming videos too (give it url address to the video),
those asset store video players support more formats, youtube too.

 

thank you very much