New Blake Blossom video gone

XENOMORPH33

A new Blake Blossom video for SLR was posted earlier today after a 1 day delay. It is no longer available and nor is it in the upcoming tab

AshSLR

XENOMORPH33 This scene was deactivated for technical reasons. We are checking with the team for more details regarding the video's reactivation

DannySLR

Scene will be re-activated after we figure out technical issues with bitrate. Sorry for the inconvenience

rogery505

IMO it would be much better if you left the scene but made a note in the title that its being reworked. I dowloaded the scene before it was pulled and yes the quality when outside is bad but still much better than having no scene at all until its fixed

al7

DannySLR hi, what was the issue with bitrate?
I was experimenting with high bitrate 8K hevc encoding from R3D. And could make 300 Mbps 8k hevc video work on quest 3 without stuttering or audio sync issues. There are some encoding parameters that block parallel decoding on Quest 3. causing all kinds of performance issues.

DannySLR

al7 The main issue is how the bitrate spreads across a huge amount of little details in outdoor shots. We found a solution and we will increase the bitrate for this video. Please stay tuned, I will post an update later
What are the encoding parameters you found?

Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience.

alphaRonaldo

We have decent enough ai passthrough maps for cropping out just the performer from the background. Then why hasn't the vr industry created maybe a codec or video standard that allots max bitrate to the performer while lowering it for the background.
I guess hardware decoding of codecs on devices have to also support such a thing.

We can live with a blurry background. But blotched performer is a big no no.

I still support the fact that slro is trying out different set locations in comparison to the repeat monotone bedroom locations.

alphaRonaldo

rogery505 I guess they need to add support for pinned comments.
It's basic functionality that's never been added.

Silly-Sausage

Personally i actually appreciate you care this much to fix the issue - The one thing i would advise which is common knowledge is avoid foliage in outdoor scenes, yes high bitrates help but not worth the hassle due to file size - But thank you Blake is one of the girls that really won me over - Ta !

CornDog

Glad to see you're getting it right, but no QC until it's released?

Nobbie

Silly-Sausage Honestly, aside from the technical issues, I don't even see a reason for VR to shoot outside scenes. Who is getting immersed into an outdoors scene? I imagine 99.99% of users aren't using their headset outside.

alphaRonaldo

Nobbie You don't need to use a headset outside to enjoy or be immersed in an outdoor scene.
Honestly, people like VR scenes for the fantasies they can't have in real life, including outdoor scenes.

People have sex outdoors too. So why not in vr?
https://www.czechvr.com/detail-1920-fun-pool-activity

acjackson2431

alphaRonaldo Precisely! The entire point of VR is to transport yourself somewhere else. Saying it isn't immersive unless the VR environment exactly matches your existing environment is ridiculous.

Nobbie

acjackson2431 Yeah I disagree but then I guess I am the target audience for passthrough content so that makes sense.

rogery505

Wow I cant believe this has not been released yet, or even moved back to the que!!! I had to resort to downloading the high bitrate version via torrent which looks great! Absolutely no reason that should not be available.

ttv34

acjackson2431 I get this, and without the context. How many people are jerking off outside in their garden with a headset, handy or sex toy?

PT brings an experience to your bedroom. If AI PT can do that - amazing. If not, move on

al7

DannySLR hi, do you still need the encoding parameters I found?