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VideoStream
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**Inherits:** :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` **<** :ref:`Reference<class_Reference>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

**Inherited By:** :ref:`VideoStreamGDNative<class_VideoStreamGDNative>`, :ref:`VideoStreamTheora<class_VideoStreamTheora>`, :ref:`VideoStreamWebm<class_VideoStreamWebm>`

Base resource for video streams.

.. rst-class:: classref-introduction-group

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:`VideoPlayer<class_VideoPlayer>`.

.. |virtual| replace:: :abbr:`virtual (This method should typically be overridden by the user to have any effect.)`
.. |const| replace:: :abbr:`const (This method has no side effects. It doesn't modify any of the instance's member variables.)`
.. |vararg| replace:: :abbr:`vararg (This method accepts any number of arguments after the ones described here.)`
.. |static| replace:: :abbr:`static (This method doesn't need an instance to be called, so it can be called directly using the class name.)`