Unity Issue Tracker - [WebGL] VideoPlayer is not rendered in WebGL builds when the video is loaded via URL

Fixed in 2020.2

Fixed in 2019.3, 2020.1

Votes

75

Found in

2019.2.0a9

2019.3.0a1

2019.3.0b5

2020.1.0a1

Issue ID

1188316

Regression

Yes

[WebGL] VideoPlayer is not rendered in WebGL builds when the video is loaded via URL

WebGL

Oct 01, 2019

How to reproduce:
1. Open the attached project ("case_1188316-Webgl_bug.zip")
2. Open the repro scene ("SampleScene")
3. Switch build target to WebGL
4. Enter Play Mode and notice that the Video starts playing
5. Exit Play Mode
6. Make a WebGL build and run it

Expected results: Video starts playing in the build the same way as in the Editor
Actual results: VideoPlayer window stays completely black, warnings are thrown in the browser's console ("Error: WebGL warning: texSubImage2D: Source must not be null.")

Reproducible with: 2019.2.0a9, 2019.2.8f1, 2019.3.0b6, 2020.1.0a7
Not reproducible with: 2017.4.33f1, 2018.4.10f1, 2019.2.0a6
Couldn't test with 2019.2.0a7, 2019.2.0a8 ("RuntimeError: memory access out of bound" error is thrown on WebGL builds)

Reproduced with browsers: Chrome (77.0.3865.90), Firefox (69.0.2) Opera (63.0.3368.107)
Not reproduced in Edge (44.18362.329.0)

Resolution Note (fix version 2020.2):

Fixed in 2020.2.0a12
Resolution Note (fix version 2020.1):

Fixed in 2020.1.0b9 (3745)
Resolution Note (fix version 2019.3):

Fixed in 2019.3.15f1

Comments (42)

xobobo

Feb 27, 2021 00:52

still not working with 3.15
iasarmientoj

Feb 18, 2021 20:47

The only way I was able to play the unity webgl video on an iPhone was using this browser: https://apps. apple. com/us/app/webxr-viewer/id1295998056 although I know this does not fix the real problem.
Lantosse

Nov 20, 2020 15:36

Still not working on 2020.2.0b11. Tried both render texture, material rendering, far and near plane rendering.
dkardell_gw

Nov 20, 2020 01:49

Still not working here on Mac Big Sur and 2020.1.14f1. Anyone find work around?
bloodsabertooth

Oct 21, 2020 05:54

Issue still here 2020. Webgl videos loading from URL not working on ios devices.
Virat-Gangurde

Aug 05, 2020 05:28

Video rendering in WebGL build issue resolved at my end. This work in Unity 2019.4 LTS versions.
inkletom

Jul 29, 2020 15:26

On 2020.1.0 I'm still seeing "WebGL: INVALID_VALUE: tex(Sub)Image2D: video visible size is empty"
PeteS

Jul 21, 2020 16:09

URL video stream is still not working on ios 13 webgl for me even in 2020.2.0a18.
Videos stream plays in firefox chrome, (chrome android) safari edge browsers.
I copied over the "video.js" from 2020.2.0a18 to currently used 2014.4.4f1
ProgramFiles\Unity\Hub\Editor\2019.4.4f1\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\WebGLSupport\BuildTools\lib
I added on line 11 after video.src = str;
video.preload = 'auto';
video.autoload = true;
This got rid of the "WebGL: INVALID_VALUE: tex(Sub)Image2D" error for me. not a full solution but a start
Virat-Gangurde

Jul 09, 2020 08:50

Problem reproducing with 2019.3.15f1 Unity version. Kindly do need to check to Unity again.
threattec

Jun 25, 2020 16:34

Ok, so I was having the same issue of the video audio playing but screen was just black when running webgl. Solution for me was to not use the rendertexture method and instead use the VideoRenderMode.MaterialOverride instead. Not sure why this works and just targeting a rendertexture does not since it technically creates a rendertexture at runtime. But at least for my setup it works. Hope this helps others there.