Are editing limitations placed on the VLC for Unity Free Version?

Question

I want to stream a video from YouTube into a Unity application. This seems straightforward enough with the VLC for Unity plugin. I downloaded the free trial version from the video labs website, and tried to simply swap the URL of the Media object in the minimalPlayback.cs script to a YouTube video, but nothing plays. Is there something else I need to configure, or is it a limitation of the free version that it is designed to just show me what is possible without letting me use it in a different way. I'm guessing it is the latter, but I am hoping for some confirmation before buying the full version.

Answer 1

See the docs for YouTube support: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/LibVLCSharp/-/blob/3.x/docs/how_do_I_do_X.md#how-do-i-play-a-youtube-video

Core.Initialize();

using(var libVLC = new LibVLC())
{
    var media = new Media(libVLC, "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", FromType.FromLocation);
    await media.Parse(MediaParseOptions.ParseNetwork);
    using (var mp = new MediaPlayer(media.SubItems.First()))
    {
            var r = mp.Play();
            Console.ReadKey();
    }
}

is it a limitation of the free version

Nope, the only limitation of the free version is that you have the Videolabs logo as a watermark on your frames. That and volunteer-based support.