Unity Video

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Unity Video Component

Official tutorial:
https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/topics/graphics/introduction-and-session-goals?playlist=17102

If using Camera planes, has to be in forward Render mode.

For a background video, use Far Plane

For a fullscreen video, use Near plane

Render to Video
Rendering Unity scenes as Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd85DmMr4pU

https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/topics/animation/using-cinemachine-getting-started
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/essentials/cinemachine-79898
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/video/avpro-movie-capture-free-version-97562
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/video/video-capture-75653

OpenGL Issues (Future):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRLnlxuZwS4
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2018/06/13/Cross-Platform-OpenGL-Alternatives.aspx

https://github.com/Chman/Moments

Use the recorded to output to video:

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/essentials/beta-projects/recorder-94079

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc_Ek4mLFIk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi4f8kAFiYs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LaVvGlkBDs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWWGuGbGQAc
https://unity.otoy.com/guides/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wxitgdx-UI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5RTVMBWabg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tcVzlUbNDc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRLnlxuZwS4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUjSby1kyrA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqZT6KOLQxo

https://answers.unity.com/questions/1382677/how-to-export-video-cinemachine-and-timeline-quest.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip44oeqrqws

http://renderheads.com/product/av-pro-movie-capture/

https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/topics/animation/using-cinemachine-getting-started

Play Videos
https://www.studica.com/blog/play-video-unity-2017-tutorial

Only URL videos are support on WebGL
https://forum.unity.com/threads/unity-5-6-0b4-issues-with-video-player-in-webgl.452092/

https://github.com/luzan/UnityVideoPlayer

https://www.quora.com/When-Netflix-streams-movies-are-they-encrypted-and-compressed

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Video.VideoPlayer.html

References:
https://forum.unity.com/threads/is-it-possible-to-load-a-videoclip-from-file.467310/