# Universal source block

Media Blocks SDK .Net

A universal source that decodes video and audio files/network streams and provides uncompressed data to the connected blocks.

Block supports MP4, WebM, AVI, TS, MKV, MP3, AAC, M4A, and many other formats. If FFMPEG redist is available, all decoders available in FFMPEG will also be supported.

# Block info

Name: UniversalSourceBlock.

Pin direction Media type Pins count
Output audio depends from decoder one or more
Output video depends from decoder one or more
Output subtitle depends from decoder one or more

# The sample pipeline 

graph LR;
    UniversalSourceBlock-->VideoRendererBlock;
    UniversalSourceBlock-->AudioRendererBlock;

# Sample code 

var pipeline = new MediaBlocksPipeline();

var fileSource = new UniversalSourceBlock();
fileSource.Filename = "test.mp4";

var videoRenderer = new VideoRendererBlock(pipeline, VideoView1);
pipeline.Connect(fileSource.VideoOutput, videoRenderer.Input);

var audioRenderer = new AudioRendererBlock();
pipeline.Connect(fileSource.AudioOutput, audioRenderer.Input);            

await pipeline.StartAsync();

# Sample applications

# Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android.