raylib-video

A multithreaded and streaming capable pl_mpeg wrapper for Raylib. Plays MPEG1 videofiles.

License

MIT-License

Contains code from https://github.com/mattiasgustavsson/libs/blob/main/thread.h by Mattias Gustavsson (also MIT).

Info

Needs pl_mpeg (https://github.com/phoboslab/pl_mpeg) to be in the include path.

How to use

Check out the header in raylibvideo.h or look into the examples folder.

run

git submodule update --init

Then build

For Windows

• double click "examples/download_video_example.bat" then
• double click "examples/build.bat".

For MinGW

• run "examples/download_video_example.sh" then
• run "examples/build.sh".

API

ray_video_t ray_video_open(const char * path);
ray_video_t ray_video_open_file_handle(FILE * file);
int ray_video_update(ray_video_t *, double deltatime_s);
void ray_video_destroy(ray_video_t *);

• Check with ray_video.ok if the video was correctly loaded
• Update the video with ray_video_update
• Get the new frame over ray_video.texture
• Destroy the object at the end with ray_video_destroy

TODO

• Add seeking API
• Add interface to get the state of the current video
• Add buffering so video frames are getting pre-cached
• Add option to drop frames to stay in sync with video timing on slow rendering
• Add audio support (?)