FB360 MKV files with HP Reverb G2

4c1dr3f13x

Even if you installed a codec pack, it can be more finicky than that.
Dialing in the codec settings to work with things like 10bit and MKVs can get convoluted. And Windows makes a bad habit of trying to use your default media player in the background to do the decode for third party players.

You can swallow the bitter pill and buy the $$0.99 Microsoft HEVC Video Extension from the Windows store, right-clicky-clicky and set your MKV files to default open with the Movies & TV app. For some wierd voodoo reason, that solved the mystery conflicts with some of my players trying to be bilingual with both MKV and MP4 containers.

If that doesn't work, then that RTX 3080 is your ace. Just transcode it yourself in Handbrake to a high quality mp4. Will take about 2-3 hours tops if you set it to use your GPU with the Nvidia NVEncoder. It will be functionally lossless and a wee bit sharper compared to SLR's slimmer bitrate mp4 version. It's community curated open-source freeware, you have the hardware, and it's not a super confusing app. Try these Handbrake settings for transcoding SLR's raw MKV to an identical mp4 without bitrate bloat or starvation:

midorijin

4c1dr3f13x I don't know if this is still the case, but using NVEnc is not great, the difference in quality is really huge between using cpu and gpu.
The cpu encoding may be slower, but the result is much better (at least the last time I tested it).

4c1dr3f13x

midorijin It's no difference in results these days. Unless you want to retain 10 bit from a master for the color space. Then it gets shunted back to the CPU anyways, and you're in for a long, looong wait while your CPU cooler starts heating your house for a day or two. I've been interpolating the MKV raws to 120 fps then doing the final export in 8 Bit HEVC with NVEnc for the last year, it's indistinguishable now.

spacepirate

4c1dr3f13x not true. cpu encoding can always achieve higher quality.

Rakly3

spacepirate That's more or less what he said. He's interpolating on his CPU from 60fps to 120fps 10bit RAW (all I-frames) then compresses them with Nvenc.

Rakly3

suwig77 The MKV files I downloaded are all for SLR Originals (Living the high life, Aquarius Spa and others), so in my understanding those are produced directly by SLR and not other studios (?).

Hehe, yes, but they are still the studio files even though/if they are our own brand 😉 As in, they have not been transcoded for compatibility and size yet.

4c1dr3f13x

Rakly3 Sí, señor.

suwig77

LordCrash I just renewed my subscription and downloaded some of the files again, and this time they are indeed mp4 files that play without problems. I didn't download the original (large) 6K files though, the MKV files I got in July are all 10-20 GB in size and I'm pretty sure I clicked the same button then. But whatever, works now. 🙂

Thanks for the help everyone!

benwade

I don't have any audio when playing SLR originals (original download) on SLR app. I have the HEVC video extensions codec from microsoft store, and mkv files are set to open with movies and TV app. I've tried a few other things and no luck at all.

Has anyone gotten past this? I need to use SLR for script support.

Rakly3

benwade I've had this question in our support mailbox today/yesterday. Was this by any chance you? If so, did you not receive our reply?

Have you installed the k-Lite codec pack too? The standard pack should be good enough.
https://codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

benwade

Rakly3 that wasn't me but I did try k-lite codec pack as well, no luck. Tried reinstalling it just now same thing.

This is a very recent issue for me. SLR originals files that worked fine for me before (mid last year) now don't play audio on SLR app. It's been happening for about a month for me. I've tried toggling windows sonic for headphones setting with no luck, also tried removing FB360 from the file names.

I also just recently switched to a brand new PC I built and installed everything fresh, same issue as the PC I was using before. No problems with any other files except for SLR originals original downloads. I'm guessing not many people decide to download 50+ GB files so this issue isn't getting a lot of attention.

Rakly3

benwade Can you give me the title of one of the SLRO scenes you have this issue with? Which VR driver (SteamVR, Oculus, something else) you are using? App(s), headset? And which k-Lite pack you installed (just to get an idea about what's installed).

Sorry if you already answered some of these earlier, It's just easier to have it all together 😉 If you like you can also contact me on Discord, Tony (Will also say Rakly3 in DM), or our support@sexlikereal.com address.

Caveat, the MKV studio files are not guaranteed to be compatible with our VR player as they are provided to us by the studio as is. - But in theory in Windows we should be able to use ffdshow to make it work. The settings are just a bit convoluted and all over the place.

What we are going to try first is this. If you already know how to get there, feel free to do it. LAV should already be an option, If it's set to Microsoft, try LAV first! - ffdshow however might not be available unless you turn it on somewhere else first.

"Use ffdshow only in" A very tricky one this is, By default this is ALWAYS enabled. And should be disabled.
So after install, reinstall or reset, this will be set to enabled again.

Some more settings to check:

This one enables it to show up in the first image.

The one above needs to be enabled for the one below to work.

See what I mean by convoluted? 😃
Oh, you can get to these setting by pressing the windows key on your keyboard and type codec tweak tool.

Caveat 2: This doesn't mean all video files will be "fixed". We have to check the file metadata for what it needs. - right click the video file and select MediaInfo (comes with k-lite codec pack normally, if you don't have, you can still instal it seperatly https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo )

Also make sure the correct output device is selected while the SLR/DeoVR app is running.

With the app running and your headset connected/on, you can also specify the output device.

benwade

Rakly3 appreciate the help. I got to the part where I change AAC to use LAV audio and then tried watching some Originals. The audio didn't work by default but I was able to get audio working by just toggling directshow in the video settings of SLR. I could've sworn I either tried that before with no effect or maybe it wasn't an option (maybe new UI added it for originals where it was missing originally, idk). Either way it seems to work now, so thanks.

Rakly3

benwade Happy to hear it's working!

The option has been there for quite a while before the new UI even, so you very well could have tried it earlier. Making the change to your codec settings could have fixed it. Some videos require to be toggled to DirecShow to work.

benwade

So I figured something out that explains my earlier confusion. I vaguely recalled that some videos didn't have the DirectShow option in the settings and that seemed to make the difference as far as audio working for the SLR originals.

Then I tried another SLR original. The audio didn't work, and the direct show option wasn't there. I realized that the file I tested after your recommendations had the "FB360" suffix removed as part of my attempts to get audio working. With "FB360" appended to the title, the Direct Show option isn't there in the SLR player. Once I removed "FB360" from the titles of all my videos and enabled direct show on each video in SLR, I have no issues at all.

Rakly3

benwade Ahh yes, that makes sense! The positional audio I beleive is currently disabled in the app because of many issues/confusion. I'm not 100% sure though. @Yar ?

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