Video Player - How can I improve video quality?

[Hi_ImTemmy]

Hello,

I’m playing an MP4 using the video player component and a render texture.

The problem is the video when played through Unity is much poorer quality compared to if the same video file is played in VLC.

This is the video file played in VLC. Everything looks great!:

And this is what it looks like played in Unity. Notice the colour banding on the background:

My setup so far is an imported MP4 which feeds a render texture. The video itself is H.264 baseline profile. The size of the render texture matches the resolution of the video.

How can I improve the quality of the playback in Unity? Thanks!

[Hi_ImTemmy]

A little big of playing around suggests this is likely due to the use of the render texture.

With the render mode set to use a render texture:

With the render mode set to ‘Camera Near Plane’: