# How to stream YouTube video in UE5

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**Category:** Asset Creation\
**Tags:** UE5-0\
**Created:** [April 15, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-stream-youtube-video-in-ue5/529968 "2022-04-15T22:09:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-stream-youtube-video-in-ue5/529968/1 "2022-04-15T22:09:49Z")

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Re [Anyway To Stream YouTube Videos Ingame?](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/anyway-to-stream-youtube-videos-ingame/462382) [Anyway To Stream YouTube Videos Ingame? - #7 by Flip2ide](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/anyway-to-stream-youtube-videos-ingame/462382/7)

Getting this popup following above how to in Unreal Engine 5 / UE5:

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**Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-stream-youtube-video-in-ue5/529968/3 "2022-04-16T09:34:26Z")

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Got it to work following this tutorial

> **[Play a Video Stream](https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.0/en-US/play-a-video-stream-in-unreal-engine/)**
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> Shows how you can stream video from the internet and play it inside a UI element.

and using a YouTube video url obtained by VLC Player. To get the VLC YT URL

- Past the YT URL in VLC by select Media → Open Network Stream
- Then Tool → Media Information, from here copy the location URL.

**However, it appears that these URLs are not static.**

For aligning the virtual texture / material see [How to rotate 90 degrees the Texture Sample?](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-rotate-90-degrees-the-texture-sample/281662/5)  
**Example**

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**Sound**  
It appears that Volume Attenuation of the web movie player is not working in UE 5.0. Related [[UE5.0] Media Player Volume Attenuation not working?](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-media-player-volume-attenuation-not-working/530482)