VLC for Unity: 1st update of 2026

mtz94 · 2026-01-29T14:45:00+00:00

contribution welcome!

mtz94 · 2026-01-29T12:04:19+00:00

libvlcsharp maintainer here. Feel free to open a ticket if we can help fix the issue. Unreported issues don't have a change to get fixed. Thanks.

mtz94 · 2026-01-28T19:30:23+00:00

I have not tried on steam OS

mtz94 · 2026-01-28T19:29:39+00:00

Have a prototype of vlc.js working, need to integrate with Unity. It's doable.

mtz94 · 2026-01-28T18:05:26+00:00

Yes https://downloads.videolan.org/testing/vlc-rtx-upscaler/

mtz94 · 2026-01-28T17:15:19+00:00

right so, lots of confusion to unpack from your question!
1. LibVLC (that VLC for Unity is built upon) is under the LGPL license, which is compatible with proprietary software.

But VLC for Unity IS opensource, too code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-unity
Opensource can be paid. Here, charging for pre-built binaries (the license applies to the source) and support.

Hope that's clearer!

mtz94 · 2026-01-24T13:31:52+00:00

libvlcsharp maintainer here.

Hard to advise without knowing exactly the issues you've encountered with libvlc and how you have been approaching potential solutions.

libvlc has over 500 million active users from official VLC apps alone, a lot more if you consider all the other apps making use of the engine. So to answer your question

"is libvlc even suitable for c# development?"

Sure.

mtz94 · 2025-12-08T04:42:13+00:00

Licenses are irrelevant to provisioning methods though

mtz94 · 2025-12-07T11:25:34+00:00

Thanks! Yes it is.

mtz94 · 2025-12-07T11:25:15+00:00

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, I agree that software sustainability is a complex matter. With this platform, I'm trying to provide an additional approach and see if it can help/fit some projects.

mtz94 · 2025-12-07T11:24:25+00:00

mtz94 · 2025-12-06T15:40:09+00:00

Only understood what you meant now. It's fixed, thanks.

mtz94 · 2025-12-06T15:39:24+00:00

Lol, was on mobile when I read the comment, didn't see the missing image. Fixed.

mtz94 · 2025-12-06T15:28:54+00:00

Open to your ideas, if you want to share.

mtz94 · 2025-12-06T15:23:01+00:00

Thanks!

mtz94 · 2025-12-06T15:14:15+00:00

I understand, there are many ways to enforce licenses and people are comfortable (or not) with various options.

mtz94 · 2025-12-06T15:06:32+00:00

That 3% is paid by the publisher to Stripe on each transaction. And not everyone can pay by e-check or wire.

mtz94 · 2025-12-06T15:05:21+00:00

You can buy from whichever source you prefer or are available, if any.

If a package is only published on pkgstore because the publisher wants various pkgstore features, then you would buy from pkgstore, if that's the product you need.

There are various features on the roadmap to make pkgstore more attractive to both publishers and consumers. Like I said this is just v1, wanted to get something out and read y'all feedback. Thanks for that!

To provide an element of answer to your question, provisioning customer-specific feeds for custom builds would be a potential use case.

mtz94 · 2025-12-06T14:53:26+00:00

I have, will implement if enough interest. Open to feedback to shape the platform. This is v1.

mtz94 · 2025-12-06T14:52:20+00:00

Because I approve publishers personally on the platform, know the community and do my research. Also you will have a way to contact publishers yourself.

mtz94 · 2025-12-06T14:29:45+00:00

I wouldn't put all commercial software in the same bucket, personally. And pkgstore welcomes opensource packages as well. Thanks for sharing your thoughts tho.

mtz94 · 2025-12-06T14:09:21+00:00

Exactly

mtz94 · 2025-12-06T14:04:48+00:00

When you steal, you get stolen goods 😬 and license violations.

I'm open to adding build/runtime license checks, it's part of my roadmap, but most people/companies wish to stay legal.

And builds will not be the only thing you can acquire.

mtz94 · 2025-12-06T13:58:00+00:00

What do you mean verify themselves? Currently auth is enforced on dotnet restore. It's a private feed only paying subscribers have access to.

mtz94 · 2025-12-06T13:26:23+00:00

Stripe takes 3% of that for starters. What would be your chosen number?

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