Use Unity’s video system to integrate video into your application. Video footage can add realism to your game, reduce rendering complexity, or help you integrate content available externally. Unity’s video features include the Hardware-accelerated and software-based decoding of video sources, Transparency support, multiple Audio sourcesA component which plays back an Audio Clip in the scene to an audio listener or through an audio mixer. More info
See in Glossary, and Network streaming.
To use video in Unity, Import your video sources and configure them using the Video Player component.
Note: If you don’t want to use externally pre-rendered video, use the Timeline package to create cutscenes and cinematic sequences in Unity.
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Video sources | Import and use video sources in your Unity application. |
| Video Player | Use the Video Player component to attach video files to GameObjectsThe fundamental object in Unity scenes, which can represent characters, props, scenery, cameras, waypoints, and more. A GameObject’s functionality is defined by the Components attached to it. More info See in Glossary. |
| Video Profiler module | Analyze the performance of video in your application. |