Video players

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Video players are prefabs in VRChat worlds, using Udon, that allow users to share, or stream video content simultaneously. VRChat officially uses two types of video players in their SDK, VRCAVProVideoPlayer, and VRCUnityVideoPlayer. However, there are different community-created video player prefabs, with different user interfaces, and preferences. All video players utilize world audio, and most video players have a volume slider on the user interface.

Video compatibility

Using VRChat's default settings, video players can play videos from their list of trusted sources, such as YouTube and Twitch. However, by toggling "Allow Untrusted URLs" in your settings, videos from most sources should be able to play and be watched, and as long as it's a supported video format, or stream codec, by the player.

Playing videos not from the video player allowlist in Public instances may be limited, unless the world creator has that domain or host whitelisted.

Video codecs and containers

If hosting video yourself, VRChat may or may not be able to play various filetypes, depending on the user's platform. This also varies depending on whether the player is using AVPro or Unity video player.

(This table is a work in progress, please fill in other platforms as you're able. Platform compatibility can be tested within this community world.)

			Win 10		Win 11		Steam Deck		Quest 2		Quest 3		Android		iOS
Video	Audio	Container	AVPro	Unity	AVPro	Unity	AVPro	Unity	AVPro	Unity	AVPro	Unity	AVPro	Unity	AVPro	Unity
H.264	AAC	MP4	?	?	✅	✅	✅	✅	?	?	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
H.265	AAC	MP4	?	?	✅	✅	✅	✅	?	?	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
VP8	Vorbis	WebM	?	?	✅	✅	✅	✅	?	?	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅
VP9	Vorbis	WebM	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	?	?	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
VP9	Vorbis	MKV	?	?	✅	❌	✅	✅	?	?	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
AV1	AAC	MP4	?	?	✅	✅	✅	✅	?	?	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
AV1	AAC	MKV	?	?	✅	✅	✅	✅	?	?	?	?	✅	✅	?	?
AV1	Vorbis	WebM	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	?	?	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
AV1	Vorbis	MKV	?	?	✅	❌	✅	✅	?	?	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
AV1	Vorbis	MP4	?	?	❌	❌	✅	✅	?	?	?	?	❌	✅	?	?
AV1	Opus	MKV	?	?	✅	✅	✅	✅	?	?	?	?	✅	✅	?	?
AV1	Opus	MP4	?	?	❌	❌	✅	✅	?	?	?	?	✅	✅	?	?
-	AAC	M4A	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌
-	AAC	MP4	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌
-	FLAC	FLAC	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌
-	FLAC	MP4	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌
-	MP3	MP3	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌
-	MP3	MP4	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
-	Vorbis	OGG	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
-	Vorbis	MKV	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
-	Vorbis	WEBM	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	?	?	?	?	✅	❌	?	?
-	Opus	OPUS	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	?	?	?	?	✅	❌	?	?
-	Opus	WebM	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	?	?	?	?	✅	❌	?	?
-	Opus	MP4	?	?	❌	❌	✅	❌	?	?	?	?	✅	❌	?	?
-	MP3	PLS	?	?	❌	❌	❌	❌	?	?	?	?	❌	❌	?	?
-	AAC	PLS	?	?	❌	❌	❌	❌	?	?	?	?	❌	❌	?	?
-	MP3	M3U	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	?	?	?	?	❌	❌	?	?
-	AAC	M3U	?	?	✅	❌	✅	❌	?	?	?	?	❌	❌	?	?

In the SDK

You can add video players to your VRChat world with the SDK's VRCAVProVideoPlayer or VRCUnityVideoPlayer. The easiest way to put a Video Player in your Udon world is by using one of the Prefabs, which you can find in: Packages/VRChat SDK - Worlds/Samples/UdonExampleScene/Prefabs/VideoPlayers.

Official resources

• Video Players on creators.vrchat.com
• Video Player Allowlist on creators.vrchat.com
• Udon Video Sync Player on creators.vrchat.com

See also

• Trusted URLs
• Udon