What type of files/codecs do VideoFrames support?

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#1

Hello.

I’m trying to test VideoFrames with local videos. So far it has only worked once yesterday with one video.

All I know is that I’m supposed to use .webm files, but apparently it goes even further cause most of them are not working. I also need a specific supported video & audio codec.

Does anyone happen to know what those supported video and audio codecs are? The videos I’m using are 1280 by 720, I get no errors when playing the videos, they just leave me with a blank VideoFrame when played.

(This is the script I use to play the videos, 100% sure that the script itself is not the issue.)

local Test = {};

function Test:Load()
	print("1280 by 720 Videoframe testing.");
	
	local ScreenGui = Instance.new("ScreenGui");
	ScreenGui.Parent = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer.PlayerGui;
	
	local VideoFrame = Instance.new("VideoFrame");
	VideoFrame.Parent = ScreenGui;
	VideoFrame.AnchorPoint = Vector2.new(0.5, 0.5);
	VideoFrame.BorderSizePixel = 0;
	VideoFrame.Position = UDim2.new(0.5, 0, 0.5, 0);
	VideoFrame.Size = UDim2.new(0, 1280, 0, 720);
	VideoFrame.Looped = true;
	VideoFrame.Volume = 1;
	VideoFrame.Video = "rbxassetid://"; 
	VideoFrame:Play();
end;

Test:Load();

return Test;
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#2

Hi Akira,
The current supported video format is vp8/vp9, <= 720p and opus/vorbis audio.
VideoFrame.Video = "rbxassetid://"; should be rbxassetid://$assetId or rbxasset://$assetPath . assetId must be from a valid asset from Roblox. assetPath should be a relative path from the local content folder.
VideoFrame.Volume = 1; would be very quiet. Try 10.
Do you know what is different between the video that works for you and the ones that don’t?

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#3

didn’t know that. One question, when will videos be out to the public? We’ve been waiting for 2 years, yet no update on the matter.

#4

Unfortunately, I don’t have an estimated time of arrival.
We are actively working on it and can promise you that you will not have to wait anywhere near another 2 years for it.
Hang in there a bit longer.

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#5

Hello,

Sorry for the late reply, I wasn’t checking my e-mails. I found out the settings you listed myself. The difference was the webm that weren’t working for me weren’t using vp8/vp9 formats.

Thank you for sharing these with me, as I and a few others couldn’t find this on the documentation or any other forum posts.

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