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VideoStream
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**Inherits:** :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` **<** :ref:`RefCounted<class_RefCounted>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

**Inherited By:** :ref:`VideoStreamTheora<class_VideoStreamTheora>`

Base resource for video streams.

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Description
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Base resource type for all video streams. Classes that derive from **VideoStream** can all be used as resource types to play back videos in :ref:`VideoStreamPlayer<class_VideoStreamPlayer>`.

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Tutorials
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- :doc:`Playing videos <../tutorials/animation/playing_videos>`

- :doc:`Runtime file loading and saving <../tutorials/io/runtime_file_loading_and_saving>`

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Properties
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   | :ref:`String<class_String>` | :ref:`file<class_VideoStream_property_file>` | ``""`` |
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Methods
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   | :ref:`VideoStreamPlayback<class_VideoStreamPlayback>` | :ref:`_instantiate_playback<class_VideoStream_private_method__instantiate_playback>`\ (\ ) |virtual| |
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Property Descriptions
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:ref:`String<class_String>` **file** = ``""`` :ref:`🔗<class_VideoStream_property_file>`

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- |void| **set_file**\ (\ value\: :ref:`String<class_String>`\ )
- :ref:`String<class_String>` **get_file**\ (\ )

The video file path or URI that this **VideoStream** resource handles.

For :ref:`VideoStreamTheora<class_VideoStreamTheora>`, this filename should be an Ogg Theora video file with the ``.ogv`` extension.

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Method Descriptions
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:ref:`VideoStreamPlayback<class_VideoStreamPlayback>` **_instantiate_playback**\ (\ ) |virtual| :ref:`🔗<class_VideoStream_private_method__instantiate_playback>`

Called when the video starts playing, to initialize and return a subclass of :ref:`VideoStreamPlayback<class_VideoStreamPlayback>`.

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