VLC for Unity now supported on Linux

 (code.videolan.org)

41 points | by martz 3 hours ago

4 comments

  • tmtvl 22 minutes ago
    On a similar note: Godot VLC (<https://github.com/xiSage/godot-vlc>), because let's not pretend we don't remember the Unity terms change controversy.
  • martz 3 hours ago
    Recently added support for Linux to VLC for Unity, with full hardware decoding.

    It uses OpenGL rendering through GLX and EGL, with DMA-BUF texture sharing to pass video frames efficiently to Unity’s renderer.

    Only x86_64 is supported at this time. In the future, I will add ARM64 support as well as Vulkan.

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    • sylware 54 minutes ago
      Don't forget to build 'correct' ELF64 binaries for broad elf(glibc)/linux distro support (-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++, and tight glibc ABI version control with binutils VERSION scripts).

      At least those build options should be default.

    • SurajMishra 58 minutes ago
      Thank you very much.
  • fusslo 28 minutes ago
    Can a unity dev/game dev help elucidate why you'd use vlc in unity?

    For cutscene playback?

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    • harrisoned 20 minutes ago
      For a sandbox game this is very useful, where you can spawn video players in-game. For social games (like VRChat) this is also great since synced video playback is a very popular feature for people to watch content together in VR.
  • ekjhgkejhgk 47 minutes ago
    Blocked because I don't use cookies. Ok, I've always preferred mpv anyway.