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Unity Web Player vs Universal Media Server

A side-by-side look at Unity Web Player and Universal Media Server. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Unity Web Player

Unity Web Player

Games

Unity Web Player is a browser plugin that allowed Unity games and applications to run in a web browser. It provided hardware-accelerated 3D graphics, audio, physics, and scripting capabilities via Unity's engine. The Web Player plugin has been deprecated in favor of WebGL publishing.

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Universal Media Server

Universal Media Server

Video & Movies

Universal Media Server is a free open source media server that allows you to stream video, audio and images to devices like smart TVs, gaming consoles, mobile devices and media players. It supports a wide range of media formats and allows transcoding on the fly.

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