diff --git a/src/LibVLCSharp/Shared/MediaPlayer.cs b/src/LibVLCSharp/Shared/MediaPlayer.cs
index 26a1ddfaa..c145c5854 100644
--- a/src/LibVLCSharp/Shared/MediaPlayer.cs
+++ b/src/LibVLCSharp/Shared/MediaPlayer.cs
@@ -1305,6 +1305,7 @@ public void SetVideoFormat(string chroma, uint width, uint height, uint pitch)
         }
 
         LibVLCVideoFormatCb? _videoFormatCb;
+        LibVLCVideoFormatCbMultiPlane? _videoMultiPlaneFormatCb;
         LibVLCVideoCleanupCb? _videoCleanupCb;
         IntPtr _videoUserData = IntPtr.Zero;
 
@@ -1317,9 +1318,35 @@ public void SetVideoFormat(string chroma, uint width, uint height, uint pitch)
         public void SetVideoFormatCallbacks(LibVLCVideoFormatCb formatCb, LibVLCVideoCleanupCb? cleanupCb)
         {
             _videoFormatCb = formatCb ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(formatCb));
+            _videoMultiPlaneFormatCb = null;
             _videoCleanupCb = cleanupCb;
             Native.LibVLCVideoSetFormatCallbacks(NativeReference, VideoFormatCallbackHandle,
-                (cleanupCb == null)? null : _videoCleanupCb);
+                (cleanupCb == null)? null : VideoCleanupCallbackHandle);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Set decoded video chroma and dimensions with multi-plane format access.
+        /// This variant exposes pitches and lines as IntPtr to allow direct
+        /// multi-plane access to the arrays provided by libVLC.
+        /// This only works in combination with libvlc_video_set_callbacks().
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="formatCb">callback to select the video format (cannot be NULL)</param>
+        /// <param name="cleanupCb">callback to release any allocated resources (or NULL)</param>
+        public void SetVideoFormatCallbacksMultiPlane(LibVLCVideoFormatCbMultiPlane formatCb, LibVLCVideoCleanupCb? cleanupCb)
+        {
+            _videoMultiPlaneFormatCb = formatCb ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(formatCb));
+            _videoFormatCb = null;
+            _videoCleanupCb = cleanupCb;
+            Native.LibVLCVideoSetFormatCallbacks(NativeReference, VideoFormatCallbackHandle,
+                (cleanupCb == null)? null : VideoCleanupCallbackHandle);
+        }
+        static readonly LibVLCVideoCleanupCb VideoCleanupCallbackHandle = VideoCleanupCallback;
+
+        [MonoPInvokeCallback(typeof(LibVLCVideoCleanupCb))]
+        private static void VideoCleanupCallback(ref IntPtr opaque)
+        {
+            var mediaPlayer = MarshalUtils.GetInstance<MediaPlayer>(opaque);
+            mediaPlayer?._videoCleanupCb?.Invoke(ref mediaPlayer._videoUserData);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -1822,9 +1849,37 @@ private static void VideoDisplayCallback(IntPtr opaque, IntPtr picture)
         private static uint VideoFormatCallback(ref IntPtr opaque, IntPtr chroma, ref uint width, ref uint height, ref uint pitches, ref uint lines)
         {
             var mediaPlayer = MarshalUtils.GetInstance<MediaPlayer>(opaque);
-            if (mediaPlayer?._videoFormatCb != null)
+            if (mediaPlayer == null)
+                return 0;
+
+            // Route to multi-plane callback 
+            if (mediaPlayer._videoMultiPlaneFormatCb != null)
+            {
+                IntPtr pitchesPtr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(sizeof(uint));
+                IntPtr linesPtr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(sizeof(uint));
+                try
+                {
+                    Marshal.WriteInt32(pitchesPtr, (int)pitches);
+                    Marshal.WriteInt32(linesPtr, (int)lines);
+                    uint result = mediaPlayer._videoMultiPlaneFormatCb(
+                        ref mediaPlayer._videoUserData,chroma,ref width,ref height,pitchesPtr,
+                        linesPtr);
+                    pitches = (uint)Marshal.ReadInt32(pitchesPtr);
+                    lines = (uint)Marshal.ReadInt32(linesPtr);
+                    return result;
+                }
+                finally
+                {
+                    Marshal.FreeHGlobal(pitchesPtr);
+                    Marshal.FreeHGlobal(linesPtr);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Otherwise use legacy single-plane callback
+            if (mediaPlayer._videoFormatCb != null)
             {
-                return mediaPlayer._videoFormatCb(ref mediaPlayer._videoUserData, chroma, ref width, ref height, ref pitches, ref lines);
+                return mediaPlayer._videoFormatCb(
+                    ref mediaPlayer._videoUserData,chroma,ref width,ref height,ref pitches,ref lines);
             }
 
             return 0;
@@ -2004,10 +2059,18 @@ private static void AudioCleanupCallback(IntPtr opaque)
         /// <para>to not break assumptions that might be held by optimized code</para>
         /// <para>in the video decoders, video filters and/or video converters.</para>
         /// </remarks>
+
+        // Legacy single-plane callback for compatibility
         [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         public delegate uint LibVLCVideoFormatCb(ref IntPtr opaque, IntPtr chroma, ref uint width,
             ref uint height, ref uint pitches, ref uint lines);
 
+        /// <summary>Callback prototype to configure picture buffers format (multi-plane variant).</summary>
+        /// <remarks>Passes pitches and lines as IntPtr to allow direct multi-plane data access via Marshal or unsafe pointer arithmetic.</remarks>
+        [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+        public delegate uint LibVLCVideoFormatCbMultiPlane(ref IntPtr opaque, IntPtr chroma, ref uint width,
+            ref uint height, IntPtr pitches, IntPtr lines);
+
         /// <summary>Callback prototype to configure picture buffers format.</summary>
         /// <param name="opaque">
         /// <para>private pointer as passed to libvlc_video_set_callbacks()</para>