How to add a video/image sequence to a plane?

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:bust_in_silhouette: Asked By zedsterr

Is there a way to to this? I have a TV in game that needs to play video or an image sequence and I can’t figure out how to set something like this up. I would like to avoid using a tilesheet as that seems limiting for a video. I’m also pretty new with godot and I’ve hear people tell me to use the animatedtexture item, however I can’t find any documentation on setting that up. If anyone could help me with this I will be extremely grateful. thank you in advance!

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:bust_in_silhouette: Reply From: Dlean Jeans

I just put one in a 3D game I’m working on:

VideoPlayer in my 3D game

Create a tree like this:

 ┖╴Sprite3D
    ┖╴Viewport
       ┖╴VideoPlayer

  • Set the Sprite3D texture to a New ViewportTexture then a menu will show up where you’ll select the Viewport.

  • Set the size of the Viewport and VideoPlayer to a size. I chose 560x315 cause it’s a 16:9 resolution that fits my wall. Or just go with the size of the video and scale the Sprite3D or change its Pixel Size.

  • Also turn on Render Target > V Flip of the Viewport.

MAN! You friggin rock. You can’t imagine how many different things I’ve tried. this worked beautifully. Thank you so much. I have a few closing questions and I should be good… In the video player, is there a loop option? And is webm+ogv the only supported format? no worries about the format, that was easy to convert.

zedsterr | 2019-06-11 20:20

There’s no loop option but you can connect the finished signal to the play() function of the VideoPlayer either directly in the editor or in script.

There seems to be a delay which causes a flash before the video is replayed. To workaround this, you can add a ColorRect with black color under the VideoPlayer.

The WebM and OGV are open and free, their licenses work with Godot’s MIT license. Related issue: is there a way for VideoPlayer to play mp4 file.

Dlean Jeans | 2019-06-12 02:54

No worries. I did figure out how to use scripts too now and added one in that loops my video without a flash even. I will post a link up when I’m back at my work computer. This has been an awesome learning experience and I feel like I’m really getting to know the engine better. I can’t wait to learn more!

zedsterr | 2019-06-12 03:00

just registered in this forum so i can upvote your comment. thank u so much

eloisa2007 | 2020-12-22 02:47