# Iced Video Player Widget
Composable component to play videos in any Iced application built on the excellent GStreamer library.
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## Overview
In general, this supports anything that [`gstreamer/playbin`](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/playback/playbin.html?gi-language=c) supports.
Features:
- Load video files from any file path **or URL** (support for streaming over network).
- Video buffering when streaming on a network.
- Audio support.
- Programmatic control.
- Capture thumbnails from a set of timestamps.
- Good performance (i.e., comparable to other video players). GStreamer (with the right plugins) will perform hardware-accelerated decoding, and the color space (YUV to RGB) is converted on the GPU whilst rendering the frame.
Limitations (hopefully to be fixed):
- GStreamer is a bit annoying to set up on Windows.
The player **does not** come with any surrounding GUI controls, but they should be quite easy to implement should you need them.
See the "minimal" example for a demonstration on how you could implement pausing, looping, and seeking.
## Example Usage
```rust
use iced_video_player::{Video, VideoPlayer};
fn main() -> iced::Result {
iced::run("Video Player", (), App::view)
}
struct App {
video: Video,
}
impl Default for App {
fn default() -> Self {
App {
video: Video::new(&url::Url::parse("file:///C:/my_video.mp4").unwrap()).unwrap(),
}
}
}
impl App {
fn view(&self) -> iced::Element<()> {
VideoPlayer::new(&self.video).into()
}
}
```
## Building
Follow the [GStreamer build instructions](https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs#installation). This should be able to compile on MSVC, MinGW, Linux, and MacOS.
## License
Licensed under either
- [Apache 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.