Introducing VLC for Unity - Linux Edition

VLC for Unity 2026-3 is out, and Linux is now officially supported in VLC for Unity! The 2026-3 release brings native Linux x86_64 support to both the Unity Editor and Standalone builds, on X11 and Wayland. It has been tested on Ubuntu and will work with most Linux distributions. This is a first: VLC for Unity is the first cross-platform Unity video plugin to land native Linux support! Native video playback on Linux Under the hood, VLC for Unity uses OpenGL rendering through GLX and EGL, with DMA-BUF texture sharing to pass video frames efficiently to Unity’s renderer. VLC for Unity gives Linux applications and games access to VLC’s extensive playback capabilities through LibVLCSharp and LibVLC. This includes broad codec and container support, high-resolution video and network playback using protocols such as HLS and RTSP. The initial Linux release targets x86_64 and OpenGL. ARM64 and Vulkan support are planned for future releases.