- Supported UE version 5.1, 5.0.3, 4.27
- Supported on Windows and Linux
This plugin enable to play real time stream from Millicast in your Unreal Engine game. You can configure your credentials and configure your game logic using unreal object and then render the video in a texture2D.
- VP8 (software decoding)
- VP9 (software decoding)
- H264 is NOT supported, you will get a black screen if you try viewing a stream encoded with H264.
You can install the plugin from the source code. Follow these steps :
- create a project with the UE editor.
- Close the editor
- Go at the root of your project folder (C:\Users\User\Unreal Engine\MyProject)
- Create a new directory "Plugins" and move into it
- Clone the MillicastPlayer repository :
git clone https://github.com/millicast/millicast-player-unreal-engine-plugin.git MillicastPlayer - Open your project with UE
It will prompt you, saying if you want to re-build MillicastPlayer plugin, say yes. You are now in the editor and can build your game using MillicastPlayer.
Note: After you package your game, it is possible that you will get an error when launching the game :
"Plugin MillicastPlayer could not be load because module MillicastPlayer has not been found"
And then the game fails to launch. That is because Unreal has excluded the plugin. If that is the case, create an empty C++ class in your project. This will force Unreal to include the plugin. Then, re-package the game, launch it, and it should be fixed.
You can find the documentation for the plugin here: https://docs.millicast.com/docs/millicast-player-plugin