Set up your Render Texture to display video

Use a Render TextureA special type of Texture that is created and updated at runtime. To use them, first create a new Render Texture and designate one of your Cameras to render into it. Then you can use the Render Texture in a Material just like a regular Texture. More info
See in Glossary to display your video content on the surface of multiple GameObjectsThe fundamental object in Unity scenes, which can represent characters, props, scenery, cameras, waypoints, and more. A GameObject’s functionality is defined by the Components attached to it. More info
See in Glossary that share the Render Texture or to apply post-processingA process that improves product visuals by applying filters and effects before the image appears on screen. You can use post-processing effects to simulate physical camera and film properties, for example Bloom and Depth of Field. More info post processing, postprocessing, postprocess
See in Glossary effects to the video.

To display your video content on a Render Texture:

1. Prepare your Render Texture for video.
2. Set a Render Texture as your Video Player’s target.

Prepare your Render Texture for video

To optimize your Render Texture for use with video content:

1. Click on your Render Texture to open the InspectorA Unity window that displays information about the currently selected GameObject, asset or project settings, allowing you to inspect and edit the values. More info
   See in Glossary window.
2. Make sure the resolution of the Render Texture matches the resolution of your video content.
3. Set Anti-aliasing to None.
4. Set Color Format to R8G8B8A8_UNORM. If you notice excessive banding with your Render Texture, particularly in dark areas where the color transitions look unnatural, set Color Format to R16G16B16A16_UNORM.
5. Set Depth Stencil Format to None.
6. Disable Mipmap.
7. Set Wrap Mode to Clamp.
8. Set Filter Mode to Point.
9. Disable anisotropic filtering via script: renderTexture.anisoLevel = 0;

When done, your Render Texture is ready for your video content.

Set a Render Texture as your Video Player’s target

To have your video play on your Render Texture, you need to set up your Video Player component to target your Render Texture:

1. Click on the GameObject that contains the Video Player component. The Inspector window opens.
2. Set Render Mode to Render Texture.
3. Assign your Render Texture to Target Texture.

Your Video Player component now targets your optimized Render Texture.

Additional resources

• VideoPlayer API
• Video Player
• Video Player component targets
• Video Player component reference
• Create a Video Player component