[RELEASED] VLC Player for Unity (New: Youtube Streaming!)

Hi！When I enter a RTMP URL on the demo's video path, I can play videos on my PC, but not completely match the interface, and when I use it in Gear VR, I see no response to the black screen. I wonder if I can use VLC in Gear VR? And can be expanded or developed on a VLC basis?
Thanks!

 

Hi! This wont work on the gear VR, since it is android.

 

Would it be possible to add support for layering items over the panel that is playing the video?

 

Hey Holzay,

I read about implementing videos with the VLC Addon for Unity in your forum thread.

I downloaded and installed the Addon in Unity, but don't know how to access or rather include it into a project.

I cannot even find the VLC addon within the 'Asset Search'.

My task is to implement a RTPS Stream from an IP camera and I am getting frustrated and feeling forlorn because of not finding any solutions for this

Maybe you have some tips for me,

best regards, Franz

 

Hey Franz,

after importing the plugin (open the asset store window in unity and navigate to it), simply read through the documentation / readme for the required project settings etc., then open one of the demoscenes, put in the rtsp url from your cam and you should be good to go.

Best regards

 

Hi,

Is it possible to have multiple video streams?
When I try I get the same stream played across the three I've setup even with different URLS.

EDIT: Resolved this. Changing the Ports to be unique worked.

 

Hey!
Glad to see that you found the solution.

In case anyone else encounters this, these steps are required for playback of multiple videos at the same time:

• Multiple instances of PlayVLC.cs script
• Multiple UI Panels connected to the scripts to render on
• Each PlayVLC.cs should have a unique port, so that each instance can deliver the commands to the right vi

 

Hi chassets !

I'm working on a project with VLC for Unity and all the videos there are playing in 360p (360 degree videos for VR) is there a way to control the resolution maybe? Or to set a default resolution for the videos to be played?

Thanks

 

Hi. For playback, the video resolution is used. I havent seen that VLC would use a lower res for playback, yet. What exactly are you playing?

 

For example a video like this:

 

Ok, when playing youtube, everything is handled by VLC internally, just as if you'd play it in an installed one. Have you tried replacing the VLC version with a newer VLC3? Can't test at the moment, since I'm not at home.

 

Seems that VLC only supports 720p streams for youtube. Here's a workaround to get access to the highdef video streams https://www.h3xed.com/blogmedia/youtube-info.php
Enter the YT url there and try the links, worked for me in an installed VLC, so it should work with the plugin.

 

Hi!
Is it possible to stream two webcams (Brio 4k) via USB in Full HD and with 60 fps with the plugin? Would be great! I tried it with the Unity-WebcamTexture, but it's pretty laggy...
Thanks for your help,
Jasmin

 

Hi,

Try to open the stream by url in an installed vlc, if it works it'll work with the plugin.

Best regards

 

Hello Christian,

I bought your VLC plugin to use with the Texture2D streaming. I'm having a problem though. Here is the relevant section of the call stack:

DllNotFoundException: GstUnityBridge
GStreamer.Ref () (at Assets/VLCTextureStream/VLC for Unity/Scripts/GStreamer.cs:62)
VLCtoGSTextureStream.Initialize () (at Assets/VLCTextureStream/VLC for Unity/Scripts/VLCtoGSTextureStream.cs:116)
VLCtoGSTextureStream.TextureStreamPlay () (at Assets/VLCTextureStream/VLC for Unity/Scripts/VLCtoGSTextureStream.cs:232)

In the readme, you mention that if there is an issue, downloading this and adding it should solve it.

However, when I go there, I get "file not found" and when I try to get to your website it says "down for maintenance"

Can you help me access this file? Maybe it should go somewhere more reliable?

Also, the instructions say you need to force unity to run in DirectX 9 mode to use this in the editor, but DX9 is no longer in unity. The -force-d3d9 doesn't work anymore. Is there any way you can give us a solution that will work in-editor?

-A

 

Ok... so I moved the contents of the "Plugins" folder of the VLCTextureStream plugin into the "Plugins" folder at the root of the project and the DllNotFoundException went away, so perhaps it was just a matter of the directory structure.

Now when I click the "load video" button in the demo scene, VLC opens up the youtube URL (in front of the Unity Editor) and the Quad in the scene remains gray. I assume this is because Unity is running in DX11 mode. So I tried making a build, which the readme advises will always work, but as soon as I press the "load video" button in the build, I get a crash dialog box. VLC also opens the video in front of the game window.

Is there any workaround for the DX9 issue or if I want to use this, will I have to go back to Unity 2017.2 (the last version that has DX9)?

 

Also just gave it a show in Unity 2017.1.1 in forced DX9 mode and the quad remained grey :/

 

Hi!

If your require support, best use the contact form or support email, I don't check this thread more than once in 1 or 2 days - so this would be much faster.

Seems there was a old readme in the texture stream zip folder, sorry. In the readme of the asset store package and on the asset store page is the proper readme. Sorry! Already fixed this.


Please note, as it says in the description, that the extension is seperate, free and not part of the asset store package, and I cannot give any warranties for it. However I have used it myself a couple of times as did others, so let me try to help:


1) You need to match the existing folder structure of the project, when you copy the extension into it. In assets, there must be 3 folders (Plugins, StreamingAssets, and VLC for Unity) in which the extension integrates, simply copy the plugins folder and VLC for Unity folder from the extension into the assets directory.


2) I only have unity 2017.1 as latest version here, and internet at my current location is super slow. maybe unity changed something neccessary for playback after this version that I am not aware of. Set DX9 in player settings (uncheck Auto Graphics API and move DX9 up) for playback in editor.

3) Use the standard settings and add a YT url for testing, works for me:



Hope this helps, best regards
CH

PS: Could you please remove the link that is not working from your post? Thanks a ton.

 

if vlc is equipped with youtube streaming function, i think it will be more powerful than Brorsoft 8k video player. anyway, i still use Brorsoft 8k video player now. useful.

 

hi, do you know if it's also compatible with Hololens?

 

No, sorry. Only win standalone, as it says in the description.

Best regards

 

Hi. I have questions. Is there UWP compatibility? Is there streaming HSL or RTSP support?

 

As mentioned in the post directly above, only win standalone is supported.
You can stream what the used vlc version in the plugin can open, you can upgrade the used vlc version easily.

Best regards

 

GetCurrentMonitorDesktopResolution in the PlayVlc script returns a null reference or InvalidCastException error. After running the Unity Editor, playing the video, then stopping and playing the Unity Editor again, the Unity Editor exits

 

I already replied to you per mail

 

Hi @chassets,

Do you happen to know the level of latency with your asset? I am looking for something that will be <50ms is your asset capable of doing that?

Thanks in advance.

 

Hi @chassets ,

I want to stream a 360 camera to custom RTMP server.
I have tried your Demo version and it can normally catch RTMP stream from a normal GoProHero8.
Can VLC Player for Unity (windows) catch the RTMP stream of the 360 camera and display it in a texture?
I only ask you because I don't currently have the 360 camera to test it myself.

Thank you in advance,
Dimitris

 

i want play security camera in HoloLens 2 , how can i do that?
even if i want play through rtsp ,but no uwp compatibility vlc plugin, qwq ~
so have you solve this problem now ,need you help ,thank you

 

Sorry, this plugin is no longer available.

 

Hello, I am tring a sample scene but I only get green texture when playing video, am I missing something?

 

did you every get an answer? I am trying to do the same thing.