Textures & Rendering

ProperVideoPlayer writes decoded frames to a RenderTexture exposed through CurrentTexture. Display it with Output Image or bind it to a material.

Use the managed texture#

Leave Target Texture unassigned when the application does not require a specific RenderTexture. The component owns the texture, configures its storage for the active backend, assigns it to Output Image, and releases it when the player is destroyed.

Read the decoded dimensions from VideoWidth and VideoHeight. On the classic WebGL path, the JavaScript backend reallocates the underlying graphics texture to the media dimensions; the Unity RenderTexture descriptor does not necessarily reflect that native storage size.

Supply a RenderTexture#

Assign Target Texture when another system must own the texture. Sizing behavior depends on the active backend:

Assign a different RenderTexture to each player. The component reports an error if it detects that two players share the same texture.

Vertical orientation#

The WebGL backend requires a vertical UV flip. When Output Image is assigned, the component applies the correct RawImage.uvRect automatically. No additional shader logic is required for that path.

For a custom material, apply the flip when RequiresVerticalFlip is true:

var material = renderer.material; // Creates a material instance for this renderer
var flip = player.RequiresVerticalFlip;

material.mainTexture = player.CurrentTexture;
material.mainTextureScale = new Vector2(1f, flip ? -1f : 1f);
material.mainTextureOffset = new Vector2(0f, flip ? 1f : 0f);

This example requires a shader that applies the standard main-texture scale and offset. In a custom shader that does not use _MainTex_ST, invert the V texture coordinate in the shader instead.

Render pipelines#

The runtime output is a standard texture and is not tied to a particular render pipeline. Materials must use a shader compatible with the project's active pipeline and must apply the orientation rule above.