VLC for Unity now supported on Linux

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tmtvl•about 2 hours 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.

Hendrikto•about 1 hour ago

To everybody else being confused: This is about Unity the game engine, not Unity the desktop environment.

tokai•8 minutes ago

Unity (the DE) was discontinued 9 years ago..

martz•about 5 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.

sylware•about 3 hours 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•about 3 hours ago

Thank you very much.

fusslo•about 2 hours ago

Can a unity dev/game dev help elucidate why you'd use vlc in unity?

For cutscene playback?

harrisoned•about 2 hours 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•about 3 hours ago

Blocked because I don't use cookies. Ok, I've always preferred mpv anyway.

VLC for Unity now supported on Linux

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