WEBGL Doesnt work with H265 Video

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Hello Everyone,

I have been experimenting with WebGL video, as we all know is a tricky matter to get it to work. I work with 360 Video and as I edit the videos myself I normally use the H265 codec for quality/size reasons.

To my surprise, anytime I would place the video in the WEBGL build I was able to hear the audio but wasn’t able to see the picture. I tried many different solutions and then I somehow managed to do make it work by using another video in my collection.

My conclusion is that H265 is not a supported codec from the browser perspective and for this reason, it doesn’t work. If anyone has a different opinion and a potential solution I’ll be happy to hear it, otherwise ill keep using H264 (which is the standard for almost any other video)

thanks!

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Yes, the codecs that can be played depend on the browser.

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You can find the support chart for H.265 here: HEVC/H.265 video format | Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc . At the present time, looks like only Safari supports it. In order to work it via Unity, the H.265 video file should be placed inside the Unity StreamingAssets/ directory.