Universal source block

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

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

• Simple Player Demo (WPF)

Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android.