UE4Plugin: VLCMedia

If I understand this plugin for Unreal Engine 4 correctly, This plugin allows the Unreal Media Browser / Internet Plugin to accept more types of “Streaming Media”. Stuff like LiveStreaming files such as Internet Radio Streamed over Mp3, Etc.

So hear me out, the reason why I’m requesting this is I think it could allow some really creative ideas to blossom in tower unite.

For example, Private Talk Shows for Tower that everyone could access. So for example, Set up a custom private Internet Radio Station encoded to a file the plugin can read, decorate a condo to look like a radio station, and voila, You can host talk shows or your own radio station in tower that people could stream using the media player in their own condo.

Or if we use Lich and the bone zone as an example:
Internet Radio Station to a TV screen or something —> Lich has Mic hooked up to radio stream —> Lich can be Louder (Because Voice chat seems quiet for me, IDK.Also through he wouldn’t be able to use voice chat since then we would be hearing double lich’s) and it could be like a microphone loudspeaker setup thing. Plus, If set up to use something like discord for “Communication” with “guests”. Easy Interviews to hear.

My personal idea that technically anyone who owns a rocksmith guitar to usb cable could do too, is hook up their guitar, and optionally run it through an fx program, stream it over a private radio, and then play it in tower. and use the ingame drums for drums, and tadah. Instant Rock Concert.

Another Use is RTMP Streams too to a private server. You can stream your “Content” Wink Wink Nudge Nudge

Also No, Im not talking about the UnChildFriendly stuff. I’m talking about Personal Video Collection Content (Stuff You Watch on Plex Content).

Anyways, Just an idea. I think it should work as soon as added, but IDK. Might need configuration.

This sounds awesome. Opens up so many more options for the media players.

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I have no clue what this is but, that is why I like it!

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FWIW support for listening to Internet Radio is coming soon

It’s getting harder and harder to watch YouTube in sync because of the number of videos that are throwing out a playback error due to a change of codec, and Pixeltail’s access to YT’s API is probably prohibitively expensive

Playback of sync’d .webm media files is possible but it’s currently capped to 3 hours maximum per video — and the sync isn’t perfect, so if you want to watch a certain high fantasy trilogy about 3ft tall people carrying cursed jewellery to a volcano, it will need to broken up in to segments

Having said that, I do think that somehow bundling/integrating a VLC plugin with TU would give us a tonne more options

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