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diff --git a/Runtime/Scripts/Video/YuvToRgbConverter.cs b/Runtime/Scripts/Video/YuvToRgbConverter.cs
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index 00000000..32f9072b
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+++ b/Runtime/Scripts/Video/YuvToRgbConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+using System;
+using UnityEngine;
+
+namespace LiveKit
+{
+	// Converts I420 YUV frames to RGBA into an output RenderTexture, via GPU shader or CPU fallback.
+	internal sealed class YuvToRgbConverter : IDisposable
+	{
+		public bool UseGpuShader { get; set; } = true;
+		public RenderTexture Output { get; private set; }
+
+		private Material _yuvToRgbMaterial;
+		private Texture2D _planeY;
+		private Texture2D _planeU;
+		private Texture2D _planeV;
+
+		// Ensure Output exists and matches the given size; returns true if created or resized.
+		public bool EnsureOutput(int width, int height)
+		{
+			var changed = false;
+			if (Output == null || Output.width != width || Output.height != height)
+			{
+				if (Output != null)
+				{
+					Output.Release();
+					UnityEngine.Object.Destroy(Output);
+				}
+				Output = new RenderTexture(width, height, 0, RenderTextureFormat.ARGB32);
+				Output.Create();
+				changed = true;
+			}
+			return changed;
+		}
+
+		// Convert the given buffer to RGBA and write into Output.
+		public void Convert(VideoFrameBuffer buffer)
+		{
+			if (buffer == null || !buffer.IsValid)
+				return;
+
+			int width = (int)buffer.Width;
+			int height = (int)buffer.Height;
+
+			EnsureOutput(width, height);
+
+			if (UseGpuShader)
+			{
+				EnsureGpuMaterial();
+				EnsureYuvPlaneTextures(width, height);
+				UploadYuvPlanes(buffer);
+
+				if (_yuvToRgbMaterial != null)
+				{
+					GpuConvertToRenderTarget();
+					return;
+				}
+				// fall through to CPU if shader missing
+			}
+
+			CpuConvertToRenderTarget(buffer, width, height);
+		}
+
+		// Release all Unity resources (RT, material, textures).
+		public void Dispose()
+		{
+			if (_planeY != null) UnityEngine.Object.Destroy(_planeY);
+			if (_planeU != null) UnityEngine.Object.Destroy(_planeU);
+			if (_planeV != null) UnityEngine.Object.Destroy(_planeV);
+			if (Output != null)
+			{
+				Output.Release();
+				UnityEngine.Object.Destroy(Output);
+			}
+			if (_yuvToRgbMaterial != null) UnityEngine.Object.Destroy(_yuvToRgbMaterial);
+		}
+
+		// Ensure the GPU YUV->RGB material exists.
+		private void EnsureGpuMaterial()
+		{
+			if (_yuvToRgbMaterial == null)
+			{
+				var shader = Shader.Find("Hidden/LiveKit/YUV2RGB");
+				if (shader != null)
+					_yuvToRgbMaterial = new Material(shader);
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Ensure or recreate a plane texture with given format and filter settings.
+		private static void EnsurePlaneTexture(ref Texture2D tex, int width, int height, TextureFormat format, FilterMode filterMode)
+		{
+			if (tex == null || tex.width != width || tex.height != height)
+			{
+				if (tex != null) UnityEngine.Object.Destroy(tex);
+				tex = new Texture2D(width, height, format, false, true);
+				tex.filterMode = filterMode;
+				tex.wrapMode = TextureWrapMode.Clamp;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Ensure Y, U, V plane textures exist with correct dimensions.
+		private void EnsureYuvPlaneTextures(int width, int height)
+		{
+			EnsurePlaneTexture(ref _planeY, width, height, TextureFormat.R8, FilterMode.Bilinear);
+			var chromaW = width / 2;
+			var chromaH = height / 2;
+			EnsurePlaneTexture(ref _planeU, chromaW, chromaH, TextureFormat.R8, FilterMode.Bilinear);
+			EnsurePlaneTexture(ref _planeV, chromaW, chromaH, TextureFormat.R8, FilterMode.Bilinear);
+		}
+
+		// Upload raw Y, U, V plane bytes from buffer to textures.
+		private void UploadYuvPlanes(VideoFrameBuffer buffer)
+		{
+			var info = buffer.Info;
+			if (info.Components.Count < 3) return;
+			var yComp = info.Components[0];
+			var uComp = info.Components[1];
+			var vComp = info.Components[2];
+
+			_planeY.LoadRawTextureData((IntPtr)yComp.DataPtr, (int)yComp.Size);
+			_planeY.Apply(false, false);
+			_planeU.LoadRawTextureData((IntPtr)uComp.DataPtr, (int)uComp.Size);
+			_planeU.Apply(false, false);
+			_planeV.LoadRawTextureData((IntPtr)vComp.DataPtr, (int)vComp.Size);
+			_planeV.Apply(false, false);
+		}
+
+		// CPU-side conversion to RGBA and blit to the output render target.
+		private void CpuConvertToRenderTarget(VideoFrameBuffer buffer, int width, int height)
+		{
+			var rgba = buffer.ToRGBA();
+			var tempTex = new Texture2D(width, height, TextureFormat.RGBA32, false);
+			try
+			{
+				tempTex.LoadRawTextureData((IntPtr)rgba.Info.DataPtr, (int)rgba.GetMemorySize());
+				tempTex.Apply();
+				Graphics.Blit(tempTex, Output);
+			}
+			finally
+			{
+				UnityEngine.Object.Destroy(tempTex);
+				rgba.Dispose();
+			}
+		}
+
+		// GPU-side YUV->RGB conversion using shader material.
+		private void GpuConvertToRenderTarget()
+		{
+			_yuvToRgbMaterial.SetTexture("_TexY", _planeY);
+			_yuvToRgbMaterial.SetTexture("_TexU", _planeU);
+			_yuvToRgbMaterial.SetTexture("_TexV", _planeV);
+			Graphics.Blit(Texture2D.blackTexture, Output, _yuvToRgbMaterial);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/Runtime/Scripts/Video/YuvToRgbConverter.cs.meta b/Runtime/Scripts/Video/YuvToRgbConverter.cs.meta
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diff --git a/Runtime/Scripts/VideoStream.cs b/Runtime/Scripts/VideoStream.cs
index cad060f0..eadd9ce8 100644
--- a/Runtime/Scripts/VideoStream.cs
+++ b/Runtime/Scripts/VideoStream.cs
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ namespace LiveKit
     public class VideoStream
     {
         public delegate void FrameReceiveDelegate(VideoFrame frame);
-        public delegate void TextureReceiveDelegate(Texture2D tex2d);
+        public delegate void TextureReceiveDelegate(Texture tex);
         public delegate void TextureUploadDelegate();
 
         internal readonly FfiHandle Handle;
         private VideoStreamInfo _info;
         private bool _disposed = false;
         private bool _dirty = false;
+        private YuvToRgbConverter _converter;
 
         /// Called when we receive a new frame from the VideoTrack
         public event FrameReceiveDelegate FrameReceived;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ public class VideoStream
 
         /// The texture changes every time the video resolution changes.
         /// Can be null if UpdateRoutine isn't started
-        public Texture2D Texture { private set; get; }
+        public RenderTexture Texture { private set; get; }
         public VideoFrameBuffer VideoBuffer { private set; get; }
 
         protected bool _playing = false;
@@ -70,8 +71,14 @@ private void Dispose(bool disposing)
             if (!_disposed)
             {
                 if (disposing)
+                {
                     VideoBuffer?.Dispose();
-                if (Texture != null) UnityEngine.Object.Destroy(Texture);
+                }
+                // Unity objects must be destroyed on main thread
+                _converter?.Dispose();
+                _converter = null;
+                // Texture is owned and cleaned up by _converter. Set to null to avoid holding a reference to a disposed RenderTexture.
+                Texture = null;
                 _disposed = true;
             }
         }
@@ -103,30 +110,21 @@ public IEnumerator Update()
                 var rWidth = VideoBuffer.Width;
                 var rHeight = VideoBuffer.Height;
 
-                var textureChanged = false;
-                if (Texture == null || Texture.width != rWidth || Texture.height != rHeight)
-                {
-                    if (Texture != null) UnityEngine.Object.Destroy(Texture);
-                    Texture = new Texture2D((int)rWidth, (int)rHeight, TextureFormat.RGBA32, false);
-                    Texture.ignoreMipmapLimit = false;
-                    textureChanged = true;
-                }
-                var rgba = VideoBuffer.ToRGBA();
-                {
-                    Texture.LoadRawTextureData((IntPtr)rgba.Info.DataPtr, (int)rgba.GetMemorySize());
-                }
-                Texture.Apply();
+                if (_converter == null) _converter = new YuvToRgbConverter();
+                var textureChanged = _converter.EnsureOutput((int)rWidth, (int)rHeight);
+                _converter.Convert(VideoBuffer);
+                if (textureChanged) Texture = _converter.Output;
 
                 if (textureChanged)
                     TextureReceived?.Invoke(Texture);
 
                 TextureUploaded?.Invoke();
-                rgba.Dispose();
             }
 
             yield break;
         }
 
+        // Handle new video stream events
         private void OnVideoStreamEvent(VideoStreamEvent e)
         {
             if (e.StreamHandle != (ulong)Handle.DangerousGetHandle())
diff --git a/Runtime/Shaders.meta b/Runtime/Shaders.meta
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diff --git a/Runtime/Shaders/YuvToRgb.shader b/Runtime/Shaders/YuvToRgb.shader
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+++ b/Runtime/Shaders/YuvToRgb.shader
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+Shader "Hidden/LiveKit/YUV2RGB"
+{
+    SubShader
+    {
+        Tags { "RenderType" = "Opaque" "Queue" = "Geometry" }
+        Pass
+        {
+            ZTest Always Cull Off ZWrite Off
+
+            HLSLPROGRAM
+            #pragma vertex vert
+            #pragma fragment frag
+            #include "UnityCG.cginc"
+
+            sampler2D _TexY;
+            sampler2D _TexU;
+            sampler2D _TexV;
+
+            struct appdata
+            {
+                float4 vertex : POSITION;
+                float2 uv     : TEXCOORD0;
+            };
+
+            struct v2f
+            {
+                float4 pos : SV_POSITION;
+                half2  uv  : TEXCOORD0;
+            };
+
+            v2f vert(appdata v)
+            {
+                v2f o;
+                o.pos = UnityObjectToClipPos(v.vertex);
+                o.uv = half2(v.uv);
+                return o;
+            }
+
+            inline half3 yuvToRgb709Limited(half y, half u, half v)
+            {
+                // BT.709 limited range
+                half c = y - half(16.0 / 255.0);
+                half d = u - half(128.0 / 255.0);
+                half e = v - half(128.0 / 255.0);
+
+                half Y = half(1.16438356) * c;
+
+                half3 rgb;
+                rgb.r = Y + half(1.79274107) * e;
+                rgb.g = Y - half(0.21324861) * d - half(0.53290933) * e;
+                rgb.b = Y + half(2.11240179) * d;
+                return saturate(rgb);
+            }
+
+            half4 frag(v2f i) : SV_Target
+            {
+                // Flip horizontally to match Unity's texture orientation with incoming YUV data
+                half2 uv = half2(1.0h - i.uv.x, i.uv.y);
+
+                half y = tex2D(_TexY, uv).r;
+                half u = tex2D(_TexU, uv).r;
+                half v = tex2D(_TexV, uv).r;
+                return half4(yuvToRgb709Limited(y, u, v), 1.0h);
+            }
+            ENDHLSL
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
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