# Video and cutscenes

> Use Unity’s video system to integrate video into your application.

Use Unity’s video system to integrate video into your application. Video footage can add realism to your game, reduce rendering complexity, or help you integrate content available externally. Unity’s video features include the [Hardware-accelerated and software-based decoding](/engine/6000.3/manual/video/sources/video-files.md) of video sources, [Transparency support](/engine/6000.3/manual/video/sources/transparency.md), multiple [Audio sources](/engine/6000.3/manual/audio/reference/class-audio-source.md), and [Network streaming](https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.renderstreaming@3.1/manual/video-streaming.html).

To use video in Unity, [Import your video sources](/engine/6000.3/manual/video/sources/clips-use.md) and configure them using the [Video Player component](/engine/6000.3/manual/video/player/class.md).

> **Note:**
>
> If you don’t want to use externally pre-rendered video, use the [Timeline package](https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.timeline@latest?/manual/index.html) to create cutscenes and cinematic sequences in Unity.

| **Topic**                                                                                  | **Description**                                                      |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **[Video sources](/engine/6000.3/manual/video/sources.md)**                                | Import and use video sources in your Unity application.              |
| **[Video Player](/engine/6000.3/manual/video/player.md)**                                  | Use the Video Player component to attach video files to GameObjects. |
| **[Video Profiler module](/engine/6000.3/manual/video/profiler-video-profiler-module.md)** | Analyze the performance of video in your application.                |

## Additional resources

* [Video Clip API documentation](/engine/6000.3/script-reference/unityengine/video/videoclip.md)
* [Video Player API documentation](/engine/6000.3/script-reference/unityengine/video/videoplayer.md)
* [Join the conversation on Unity Discussions for Audio and Video](https://discussions.unity.com/lists/audio-video)