Custom Video Players

By default, the Video and VideoRef components use the You.i Platform video player (CYIAbstractVideoPlayer).

To use a custom video player:

1. Ensure the custom video player derives from CYIAbstractVideoPlayer. For details see CYIAbstractVideoPlayer Class Reference.

2. Set the video player factory function from your app’s UserInit() function in <MyApp>/youi/src/App.cpp:

   #include <youireact/VideoPlayerFactory.h>
   // ...
   bool MyApp::UserInit()
   {
       // ...
       yi::react::VideoPlayerFactory::SetFactoryFunction([]
       {
           return std::make_unique<MyVideoPlayer>();
       });
       // ...
   }
   

The VideoPlayerFactory is a global factory that is used by the Video and VideoRef components when a player is to be instantiated.