Transparent video in StreamingAssets

[dri_richard]

Hi

We’re playing a webm video which includes transparency, and it works great when we import with ‘Keep Alpha’ and transcode, and use it as a VideoClip with the VideoPlayer.

However, in our app we need to download the video and play it from a URL. If I simply put the file in StreamingAssets as a test, it loses the transparency - as expected.

My question - can I replicate the transcoding process that Unity performs, or can I access the transcoded video and copy it?

thanks

[RavenLiquid]

What platform are you talking about? As mentioned here Android does not support native VP8 transparency and transcoding is required.

[dri_richard]

@RavenLiquid

What platform are you talking about? As mentioned here Android does not support native VP8 transparency and transcoding is required.

Yes, the platform is Android and I’m aware of the need to transcode. I want Unity to transcode and play back a video that I put in the StreamingAssets folder.

[czadam]

@dri_richard

Yes, the platform is Android and I’m aware of the need to transcode. I want Unity to transcode and play back a video that I put in the StreamingAssets folder.

I am facing the same issue. Did you managed to solve it somehow?

[mgear]

converting with ffmpeg was mentioned here, maybe that would work?

Settings for importing a video with an alpha channel

Hi iflo! There are surprisingly few movie file formats that can contain alpha and are supported by the native video decoding libraries on the various Unity editor/runtime platforms. Furthermore, to get a full understanding on what to do in order to get clips with transparency in various contexts, you must realize the implication of choosing whether you ask Unity to transcode your clips or not: If you choose to transcode the clip, Unity uses an internal layout that makes transparency work acr…

[swanand_krown]

Hi guys, facing the same issue. Is there a way to transcode the video through c# script?

[Eco-Editor]

Facing the same issue… considering switching to AssetBundle

[Aidan-Wolf]

Update on this?

[Umresh]

Bump. Any update.

[Ikaro881]

i have similar problem and assetbundle not solve at all because lost the transparency