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[1]. 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[2] 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[note 1] iOS
Codec Container AVPro / Unity AVPro / Unity AVPro / Unity AVPro / Unity AVPro / Unity AVPro / Unity AVPro / Unity
H.264 MP4 ? ✔️/✔️ ✔️/✔️ ? ✔️/✔️ ✔️/✔️ ✔️/✔️
H.265 MP4 ? [note 2] ✔️/✔️ ✔️/✔️ ? ✔️/✔️ ✔️/✔️ ❌[note 3]/❌[note 4]
VP8 WebM ? ✔️/✔️ ✔️/✔️ ? ✔️/✔️ ✔️/✔️ ❌/✔️
VP9 WebM ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ? ✔️/✔️ ✔️/✔️ ❌/❌
VP9 MKV ? ✔️/✔️ ✔️/✔️ ? ✔️/✔️ ✔️/✔️ ❌/❌
AV1 MP4 ? ✔️/✔️ ✔️/✔️ ? ✔️/✔️ ✔️/✔️ ✔️/✔️
AV1 WebM ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ? ✔️/✔️ ✔️/✔️ ❌/❌
AV1 MKV ? ✔️/✔️ ✔️/✔️ ? ✔️/✔️ ✔️/✔️ ❌/❌
Audio Only: AVPro / Unity AVPro / Unity AVPro / Unity AVPro / Unity AVPro / Unity AVPro / Unity AVPro / Unity
AAC M4A ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌
AAC MP4 ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌
FLAC FLAC ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌
FLAC MP4 ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌
MP3 MP3 ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌
MP3 MP4 ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ❌[note 5]/❌
OGG OGG ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ❌[note 6]/❌
OGG MKV ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ? ✔️/❌ ✔️/❌ ❌/❌
  1. ↑ needs always to be served over https
  2. ↑ Requires HEVC Video Extensions to be installed
  3. ↑ sound was played, but screen was staying dark
  4. ↑ video loading was succeed, but there was no sound nor screen content
  5. ↑ loading was not finished in a brief time
  6. ↑ the resource was loaded but played no sound

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Video Players | VRChat Creation on creators.vrchat.com; retrieved December 7, 2024
  2. ↑ Video Player Allowlist on creators.vrchat.com; retrieved December 7, 2024.
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