nexplayer / nexplayer_unity_plugin

Stream videos in HLS & DASH formats into Unity apps including Widevine DRM protection.

NexPlayer™ for Unity is a cross-platform video streaming player for Unity games and apps that supports both regular and 360 video playback on Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch™, Xbox One S/X, Xbox Series X/S, VR Headsets, UWP(Universal Windows Platform) HoloLens and WebGL. NexPlayer's Unity video plugin is the only player supporting Widevine DRM-protected HLS & DASH streaming on Android & iOS devices.

This repository contains the NexPlayer™ Unity video streaming player plugin features list as well as an installation guide. If you want to get a copy of our fully working demo, contact us at our website.

Demo Examples

Our Unity video plugin allows the introduction of new exciting scenes within your Unity projects. With our plugin, you can use in-game actions and objects to modify video content.

Render videos on any Unity GameObject

Multi Streaming

Our Unity Use Cases

Pluto TV: Immersive OTT experience in VR	PartyOn: Immerse in the music metaverse
GREE, Inc.: Virtual cinema platform	WebGL: Browser-based metaverses, blockchain

Table of Contents

• Features

• Supported Platforms

• Demo Installation Guide

Features

The NexPlayer™ for Unity video streaming player plugin contains the latest features. As our Unity video plugin is developed entirely in-house, we can implement any desired functionalities.

We support the following features:

Overview	mp4 download and playback HLS & DASH Streaming with ABR (Adaptive Bitrate) AES-128 HLS Widevine DRM for Streaming and Local Playback for Android & iOS Windows & macOS Editor (Easy to Use) Up to 8K (UHD) Resolution Rendering Videos on 2D & 3D Objects
Basic Features	Auto Playback Play / Pause Seek Audio Volume Adjustment Loop Playback Configurable Aspect Ratio Portrait / Landscape Orientation
Advanced Features	Offline Streaming Playback for HLS & DASH MultiView (Display Multiple Synchronized Streams): Android & iOS only WebVTT Subtitles & CEA-608/708 Closed Captions Multiple Audio & Subtitle Track Selection Spread Video Across Multiple Objects Transparency and Chroma Support Metadata: ID3 tags Audio PCM data AudioSource piping to Unity
360 Video Playback and Virtual Reality (VR)	Touch input which includes movement, and camera rotation Gyroscope input to move the camera Mouse input to move the camera Automatic Ground Leveler to stabilize the video Custom shaders to map 2D, 3D Over/Under and 3D Left/Right 360 videos Compatible with VR libraries for Unity (Google Cardboard, Vive & Oculus)

Supported Platforms

Platform	Supported Graphics APIs	HLS	DASH	Local	Inside App (Streaming Assets)	DRM protection
Android	OpenGLES2, OpenGLES3	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
iOS	Metal	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Windows	DirectX11 / DirectX12	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
macOS	Metal	✔️		✔️	✔️
HTML 5	WebGL 1.0 / WebGL 2.0	✔️	✔️
Nintendo Switch	NVN	✔️	✔️
Xbox	DirectX11 / DirectX12	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
HoloLens	DirectX11 / DirectX12	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
UWP	DirectX11 / DirectX12	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

Demo Installation Guide

Create or open an Unity project and import the NexPlayer™ Unity video streaming player plugin.

Using NexPlayerSimple

NexPlayerSimple is a slimmed down version of our full-featured example player, NexPlayer. You can use it by following these steps:

1. To add video playback to your scene, you will need to add a NexPlayerSimple component to your scene:
   1. Navigate to the NexPlayer menu and click "Create NexPlayer Simple Object"
      

      

   2. This will add a new GameObject (NexPlayerSimple) to your scene, which will contain the NexPlayerSimple component along with the NexPlayerRenderController component.
2. NexPlayerSimple supports any of the three supported RenderModes (RawImage, RenderTexture and Material Override). Using the inspector in the NexPlayerRenderController component, select the desired Render Mode and set the reference to that Render Object.
   

   

Example: Using Raw Image

1. Set the "Starting Render Mode" to Raw Image:
   

   

2. Create a Raw Image in your scene (GameObject → UI → Raw Image) and drag and drop it onto the Raw Image field of the NexPlayerRenderController component:
   

   

3. Start the scene and the video will play on the Raw Image.

Example: Using Material Override

1. Set the "Starting Render Mode" to Material Override:
   

   

2. Create a cube in your scene (GameObject → 3D Object → Cube) and drag and drop it onto the Material Override field of the NexPlayerRenderController component:
   

   

3. Start the scene and the video will play on the cube.

Using NexPlayer

NexPlayer is our full-featured example player. You can use it by following this steps:

1) Play Regular Video

Create the NexPlayer_Manager GameObject by either using the NexPlayer Context Menu at the top or right clicking in the Hierarchy (Object Context Menu).

Create the NexPlayer_UI GameObject using the NexPlayer™ Context Menu.

Set NexPlayer_Manager references to the UI elements by clicking on the button "Set UI References".

Create the NexPlayer Samples Controller GameObject using the NexPlayer™ Context Menu.

Select any of the different samples provided by NexPlayer™.

Finally, Change the NexPlayer™ component inside NexPlayer_Manager with the desired stream settings.

2) Play a 360 Scene

Select the value Nex Player 360 for the Active Sample setting at the Samples Controller GameObject.

3) Load Any NexPlayer™ Sample Demo

Select any of the following samples as the Active Sample setting at the Samples Controller GameObject.

- Raw Image
- Render Texture
- Transparency
- Video Spread
- Material Override
- Multiple Renderers 
- Change Render Mode
- NexPlayer360
- Multistream Raw Image  
- Multistream Render Texture  

Add the Scene to the list and switch to the desired platform.

Platform Build Configuration

The NexPlayer™ Plugin for Unity provides the build configuration window to set the build configuration for each platform in a fast and easy way.

Open the window by clicking in the top context menu NexPlayer/Build Configuration Window.

The window automatically detects and informs of any conflicts regarding the build configuration (graphics API, Internet settings...). The following messages will be shown if the build configuration is correct:

The following warning will be displayed if the build configuration is not correctly configured. The button will change the configuration automatically:

Frequently Asked Questions

To view the FAQ proceed to the Unity Support Page

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