HISPlayer - HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) and MPEG-DASH video streaming plugin for Unreal Engine Games and VR/AR apps.

HISPlayerUnreal · April 21, 2023, 3:22pm

The most advanced cross-platform Unreal Engine Media Player

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HISPlayer is the premium multi-platform video streaming player for Unreal Engine. Whether your videos are Local, video on demand (VOD) or Live stream, our Unreal Player SDK will play them across all platforms with the best video quality up to 8K resolution and the most advanced features.

This Unreal Video Player enables HLS & MPEG-DASH streaming inside your Unreal Games and XR apps on Windows, Android, iOS, MacOS, HTML5 / WebGL and VR/AR headsets such as Meta Quest, XREAL, Pico, HTC Vive.

Bring video streaming into Unreal projects

It allows you to include premium 180-degree, 360-degree, 3D stereo, 2D mono video streaming up to 8K resolution inside your Unreal Engine apps. It includes hardware acceleration as well as advanced Adaptive Bitrate (ARB) technology to secure the best video quality. It also supports DRM content protection for premium content and advanced features such as multi-stream, Pixel Streaming, audio PCM Data.

Custom Development

Our Unreal Engine Media Player is completely customizable, allowing you to request any desired functionality. If you require specific, advanced features and premium customer support, please contact us here.

NEW!

HISPlayer Video Upload and Hosting

HISPlayer now includes the option to upload and host your local videos and turn them into HLS/DASH streaming formats. You can stream those video URLs from your HISPlayer account inside your Unreal apps. It is now easier than ever before to include video content inside your Unreal projects. Start your FREE trial here!

End-to-End video streaming and playback solution for Unreal Engine

You will find here a tutorial showing how it works:

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New Features Update:

Vulkan rendering (Android, Meta Quest)
Local Video Playback (Android, Windows)
Android Widevine DRM protection and DRM token support
180º, 360º, 3D stereo, 8K videos on Meta Quest
Vulkan 8K video performance on Meta Quest
Video Platform to Host your videos online

Basic Playback Features:

Open Video Content
Play / Pause
Resume
Stop
Loop
AutoPlay
Mute
Close
Seek / Scrubbing
Volume Control
Get Current Position
Get Total Time

Advanced Features

HTTP Progressive Download MP4
HLS & DASH Video Streaming
Video on demand (VOD)
Live streaming
Advanced ABR control (Adaptive Bitrate)
- Get Track Resolution (Width, Height, Bitrate, Framerate…)
- Get Current Resolution
- Select Resolution
DRM Video Content Protection
- Widevine DRM
Multistream (multiple video streaming from different camera angles)
MultiView
Playback Speed Control
180º, 360º 3D Stereo 8K Videos
VR and 180º, 360º Stereoscopic Video Playback
Windows & MacOS Editor (C++ & Blueprint)
4K, 8K (UHD) Resolution
60 Frames Per Second (FPS)
Rendering Videos on 2D & 3D Objects
Timed Metadata
- ID3 Tag
Pixel Streaming Unreal Engine
Audio PCM data
Vulkan Graphics API / Rendering on Meta Quest
The Video Platform to Host your videos online

Supported Streaming Protocols:

HLS
DASH

Supported Audio Codecs:

Audio Codecs	Windows	Android	Meta Quest	iOS	MacOS	HTML5
AAC

Supported Video Codecs:

Video Codecs	Windows	Android	Meta Quest	iOS	MacOS	HTML5
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)	*

Supported Unreal Rendering Modes:

Texture
UMG UI

Supported Platforms

Platform	Supported Graphics APIs	HLS	DASH	DRM
Windows	DirectX11 / DirectX12
Android	OpenGL ES3, Vulkan
Meta Quest	OpenGL ES3, Vulkan
HTML5 Platform	WebGL 1.0 / WebGL 2.0
iOS	Metal
MacOS	Metal

Supported Development Platforms

Windows
MacOS

Unreal Engine Versions

Platform	UE 4.23	UE 5.0	UE 5.1	UE 5.2	UE 5.3	UE 5.4
Windows
Android
Meta Quest
HTML5 Platform
iOS
MacOS

VR/AR Headsets

Android:

Oculus Rift Go
Oculus Gear VR
Meta Quest Pro
Meta Quest 2
Meta Quest 3
Meta Quest 3S
HTC Vive Focus
HTC Vive Focus Plus
HTC Vive Focus 3
Pico G2 4K
Pico Neo 2
Pico Neo 3
Lenovo Mirage Solo
XREAL

Windows PC

HTC Vive
HTC Vive Pro
HTC Vive Cosmos
Valve Index
Oculus Rift
Oculus Rift S

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HISPlayerUnreal · June 8, 2023, 8:34am

Our Unreal Engine Media Player supports Multistream and Multiview (multiple camera angles).

It allows you to stream any live event from multiple cameras or stream multiple live events simultaneously.
Bring real-time interactivity and streaming for Massive Audiences.

multistream

We are experts in video streaming with more than twenty years of experience working with the world’s most premium video streaming service providers such as AT&T, Sky, Bell Media, British Telecom and others.
We eliminate all Electra media player’s limitation helping developers to easily bring advanced video streaming into Unreal apps.

HISPlayerUnreal · April 24, 2024, 8:23am

Vulkan Rendering

Our Unreal Player SDK is now supporting Vulkan! Specially for devices like Meta Quest, it is a must.
Once again, we solve all the technical challenges that might block your great ideas, get your demo here

Hardware accelerated decoding

HISPlayer’s Unreal Engine Video Player Plugin includes hardware acceleration to provide the best video performance on every device (android, ios, macos, html5, windows, vr headsets)!
In addition, our advanced ABR control (Adaptive Bit Rate) allows an automatic adaptation to the given network conditions to provide the best possible video quality at any time.

HW-acceleration