ManagedCodecs.MonoGame 0.9.0

.NET 10.0 This package targets .NET 10.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
dotnet add package ManagedCodecs.MonoGame --version 0.9.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package ManagedCodecs.MonoGame -Version 0.9.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="ManagedCodecs.MonoGame" Version="0.9.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="ManagedCodecs.MonoGame" Version="0.9.0" />
                    


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<PackageReference Include="ManagedCodecs.MonoGame" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add ManagedCodecs.MonoGame --version 0.9.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: ManagedCodecs.MonoGame, 0.9.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package ManagedCodecs.MonoGame@0.9.0
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=ManagedCodecs.MonoGame&version=0.9.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=ManagedCodecs.MonoGame&version=0.9.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

ManagedCodecs.MonoGame

Video for MonoGame games, in pure managed C#: VideoTexture plays an MP4, Matroska, WebM or AVI file (H.264 or MJPEG video, AAC audio) into a Texture2D and a DynamicSoundEffectInstance. No native binaries and no codec of the platform's, so it plays the same everywhere. The decoding runs on a thread of its own (ManagedCodecs.Playback).

using ManagedCodecs.MonoGame;

VideoTexture video;

protected override void LoadContent()
{
    video = new VideoTexture(GraphicsDevice, "Content/intro.mp4");
    video.Play();
}

protected override void Update(GameTime gameTime)
{
    video.Update(gameTime); // the frame due into video.Texture, the audio queued
    if (video.IsFinished) { /* on to the game */ }
    base.Update(gameTime);
}

protected override void Draw(GameTime gameTime)
{
    GraphicsDevice.Clear(Color.Black);
    spriteBatch.Begin(samplerState: SamplerState.LinearClamp);
    video.Draw(spriteBatch, GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Bounds); // letterboxed, aspect ratio and rotation applied
    spriteBatch.End();
    base.Draw(gameTime);
}
  • The clock is the game's: Update moves it by gameTime.ElapsedGameTime while playing, so Pause() stops picture and sound together, and frames due while the game was busy are dropped rather than shown late.
  • Requirements: .NET 10 (the decoders' target) and MonoGame 3.8, any platform package: this one is compiled against MonoGame's API and doesn't bring a platform of its own.
  • Speed: on 4 vCPUs at 2.1 GHz, 1080p24 and 1080p30 keep up, conversion to RGBA included.
  • Options: PlaybackOptions (Loop for a menu's backdrop, Matrix and Range for the colours, DecoderThreads); Volume; Player for the stream's facts and the decoding's timings.
  • Without an audio device the video plays alone. A damaged file plays up to the damage, then ends with the exception in Player.Error.
  • Not a media player: no seeking.

The README has the rest; mcplay, the repository's MonoGame sample, is a Game around it.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net10.0 is compatible.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
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0.9.0 0 11/7/2026