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

The most advanced cross-platform Unreal Engine Media Player Plugin

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HISPlayer is the premium multi-platform video streaming player for Unreal Engine. No matter if your videos are Local, video on demand (VOD) or Live stream, our Plugin will play them across all platforms with the best video quality and the most advanced features.

This Video Player Plugin enables HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) & MPEG-DASH streaming inside your Unreal Games and Metaverses on Windows, Android, iOS, MacOS, VR/AR Headsets and HTML5 / WebGL platforms.

Work with Media Playback functionality in Unreal Engine.

Bring video streaming into Unreal

Our Plugin will allow you to include premium video content inside your Unreal Engine games, securing the best video quality thanks to our advanced Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) techology. It also supports Widevine DRM content protection and advanced features such as multi-stream, pixel streaming, audio PCM Data for spatial audio and ambisonic sound.

Custom Development

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


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:mega::mega: NEW!: Video Upload and Hosting with HISPlayer :mega::mega:

Need to convert your local video files into HLS and DASH streaming URLs for multi-platform delivery at scale? HISPlayer includes now the option to upload and host your local videos directly from your computer and convert them into HLS/DASH streams that can be played by HISPlayer Unreal Engine Media Player Plugin inside your UE games and applications. Start your FREE trial here!

You will find here a video showing how it works:



New Features Update:

  • Video Caching for HLS, DASH and Progressive Download(mp4) URLs to load and play the video content faster (Android, Android VR Headsets)
  • Vulkan rendering support (Android, Meta Quest / Oculus Quest…)
  • Local Video Playback (Android, Windows)
  • MacOS Media Player Plugin
  • HTML5 Media Player Plugin
  • iOS Media Player Plugin
  • Meta Quest 3 support
  • Android Widevine DRM protection (Digital Rights Management) and DRM token support

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

  • HLS & DASH 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 Protection (Android)
    • Widevine DRM
  • Multistream (embed multiple streams from different cameras inside the game)
  • MultiView
  • Playback Speed Control
  • Video Player 360 (2D, 180, 360, Stereo)
  • Virtual Reality (VR) and 180-degree, 360-degree Stereo Video Playback
  • Windows & MacOS Editor (C++ & Blueprint)
  • 4K (UHD) Resolution
  • 8K (UHD) Resolution
  • 60 Frames Per Second (FPS)
  • Rendering Videos on 2D & 3D Objects
  • Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS)
  • Timed Metadata
    • ID3 Tag
  • Pixel Streaming support
    • Live video streaming inside Pixel Streaming
    • Video on Demand (VOD) inside Pixel Streaming
  • Audio PCM data (interactive and immersive audio solution for media and gaming)
  • Fully compatible with Audiokinetic Wwise audio (enhance audio)
  • Set Max Bitrate
  • Get Available Bitrate
  • Get total duration of a video
  • Get current playback position
  • Vulkan rendering support for very high resolution (Android, Oculus / Meta Quest…)

180 & 360 Videos

  • Render 180 & 360 video
    ** Stereoscopic 180 & 360 VR video
  • 180 & 360 stereo panoramic video Player Plugin for Unreal Engine
  • 360 (2D , 180, 360 stereo, mono) Video Playback
  • 8K 360 and 180 Video

Supported Streaming Protocols:

  • HLS
  • DASH

Supported Audio Codecs:

Audio Codecs Windows Android iOS MacOS HTML5
AAC :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark:

Supported Video Codecs:

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

Supported Unreal Rendering Modes:

  • Texture
  • UMG UI

Supported Platforms

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

Supported Development Platforms

  • Windows
  • MacOS

Unreal Engine Versions

Platform UE 4.23 UE 4.27 UE 5.0 UE 5.1 UE 5.2 UE 5.3
Windows :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark:
Android :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark:
HTML5 Platform :heavy_check_mark:
iOS :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark:
MacOS :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark: :heavy_check_mark:

Extended Reality (XR), Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR) - VR/AR Headsets

Android:

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

Windows PC

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

LIve Video Streaming inside Pixel Streaming
Did you know that our Player SDK for Unreal Engine allows you to include Live Video Streaming inside your Pixel Streaming projects?

We make it possible with both MPEG-DASH and HLS streams, get your demo today!

Real-Time Pixel Streaming


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Related key words:

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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.

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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.

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