Can I create a GUI Texture of a video using a URL

Unity Engine
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Hi All

I have been playing around with the idea of a unity player that will have some videos in the GUI
It looks like the best option for me is a GUITexture
But is it possible to create a GUI textures that will be reading the Video file across the Web, since
my Video maybe changed I i want the GUI to have the latest video

Any ideas on how this could be done

Thanks

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  1. WWW with movie url
  2. assign www.movie to guitexture.texture

thats it

just keep in mind that movie is a Unity pro only feature

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ok thanks for the reply, i will try it

I have just tried the solution given in the answer in the link below

My Steps Are

  1. Create GUITexture (Unity Logo Appears In Center Of Screen)
  2. Add the script in the link above to the GUI Texture (Still See The Logo)
  3. Play The Game (Still See Only The Unity Logo)

Perhaps I am Stupid
Tell Me Otherwise please!

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Resolving the URL may take some time, also the video must be a supported type for Unity.

Did you also check for errors and the current states?

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Im not sure if this is related But, if I try to create a GUITexture using a local video from the project, the following happens

  1. Create a unity GUITexture (unity logo appears on screen)
  2. Drop a video from the project into the inspector of the GUITexture (still the unity logo on screen)
  3. Play the game (still the unity logo on screen, no video)

If however, i play the video in the inspector preview before step 2, then i get the video showing after step 2 and 3
Surely if the video is of an acceptable format, i should not need to preview it

Maybe this is an issue then if using a url for the video, since it is not possible to preview a url video in the inspector

Marrrk
The video for the url is the one in the Unity Documentation, and i have opened it sucesfully in a browser

I do get the Apple beachball for a few minutes, then nothing, or no errors

Thanks