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Thanks to xue-fei for identifying the original authors of the CPP code. Please refer to MediaPlayback for a more suitable solution.

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GPUVideoPlayer

Alternative to Unity's VideoPlayer component. Run HEVC/H265 videos with GPU decoding, lower loading times and better performance.

API/Usage

The GPUVideoPlayer class derives from MonoBehaviour and needs to be on the scene. GPUVideoPlayer component also provides some primitive auto play features.

Methods:

• Load(string) : void
  Where the passed parameter is the URL or path of the video
• Play() : bool
  Which plays (or resumes) the video playback and returns a boolean based on whether the command was successful
• Pause() : bool
  Pauses the video and returns if the command was successful
• Stop() : bool
  Stops the video playback and returns if the command was successful
• GetPlaybackRate() : double
  Returns the rate at which the video is being played
• GetDuration() : long
  Returns the length of the video in 1/10^7 seconds
• SeekByRatio(float ratio) : bool
  Sets the position of the video player at ratio completion stage and returns if the attempt was successful
• SeekByTime(long position) : bool
  Sets the position of the video player at position time. position is in 1/10^7 second units

C# Properties:

• MediaTexture
  Returns the Texture2D object that is updated by the plugin with video frames
• MediaDescription
  Returns some information of the video being played. These include the video width, height, duration and whether it can be seeked on.

States and Events:

The states of a GPUVideoPlayer instance is represented using an enum called `GPUVideoPlayer.State' and has the following values:

• Idle
• Loaded
• Failed
• Playing
• Paused
• Stopped
• Ended

The current state can be obtained using GPUVideoPlayer.MediaState which derives from UnityEvent<GPUVideoPlayer.State>

Performance

• GPUVideoPlayer was tested with an 800mb 8192x4096 30FPS H265 MP4 video file. Loading took 195 ms. Video playback was at 30FPS with Unity's framerate at 60.

Getting Started

• A simple video player app with load, pause, stop, 5sec FWD, 5sec BWD is available inside the Demo folder. The demo should be a good example to see how to get started.

Notes

• Currently runs only on Microsoft Windows. Tested on 64 bit OS.
• May require HEVC Video Extensions based on your usage.

Contact

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