Plz do not kill DLNA , think about adding SMB!

ibins

They listen to us a lot. Just because there is one topic that they have determined is not worth their resources to continue, does not mean they don't listen to their customers.

It is not about them not investing resources in something they do not find it worth with, I actually partly agree, DLNA actually never has been a stable hassle free user experience, and while Apple is known for their own proprietary technologies, Google never would have developed Google Cast, if DLNA was any good, it is about...

Taking away features that are already there. I myself work in software development, and the number one rule is, never ever take away a feature from the customer you already shipped. There might be a business decision to not further support and develop a feature, which is totally fine. There is no reason to not keep the feature the way it already is, it does not need any more resources to keep a feature that is already developed the way it is.
The even worse thing is they try to actively shut down any conversation about anything to work around the fact they decided to not support said feature in the future.

Not supporting a feature in future is fine, although you obviously have to expect negative feedback from users actually using said feature that are happy with it.

What is not fine is removing a already developed and shipped feature from your app.
And what is even worse is actively trying to sabotage your community that tries to work around the fact that you just announced to remove said feature.

And no streaming is no "solution" to this at all, and SLR just recently just recently proved why, with removing a ton of videos because of whatever reason. This is the living prove streaming only as a technology is just bullshit, and nobody can guarantee you that you can access your content from today tomorrow. In this case it is even sources from outside that lead to this, and even if SLR themself are just as pissed off as the users, that does not help the customer a single bit.
The only thing that guarantees you to be able to access your content from today also tomorrow is to store it yourself in a DRM free way.

argyle43

There are other players that support both DLNA and SMB in order to play downloaded content. The one that starts with Sky now does a decent job rendering the 200deg SLRO files too.

I’d say the only missing piece left then is playing Handy scripted scenes not available on SLR itself over a local network. I have a good many downloaded CVR scenes that only play back with script using DEO, and DLNA has always been the method to make that work as I’m pretty sure Internet streaming from CVR will not work with a Handy script. As an Oculus user I’m guessing side-loading the scenes I’m interested in alongside the script files would still work. Yes, it’s a bit of a hassle, but as I said above these are very much 1st-world problems. It’s undignified to keep raising a fuss over this now. The dead horse is fully beaten.

spacepirate

argyle43 skybox is shit i dont want to use it 🙁

FreeWilly123

argyle43 The one that starts with Sky now does a decent job rendering the 200deg SLRO files too.

i did not see a setting for 200 in sky.... is there a trick to get it to work? or maybe i am just not updated to latest on my Quest 2

justsomedude101

ibins I'm genuinely sorry you feel this way.

I would argue the opposite: that SLR has listened & continues to listen more closely and has more direct interaction with our users than anyone. By quite an enormous margin. Some examples of which I mentioned a few posts ago.

But since I'm sure you don't want to hear anything more from me and I think the conversation has reached its natural end point, I'll leave it at that.

biftek

DLNR support was the bridge that got me using SLR, and eventually started paying for content.

It's always worked so well. I'm sorry to hear you're moving away from it.

I get that I'm in the minority, but streaming just isn't going to work for me, and there's only so much effort I'm willing to put into my setup.

But if it's not what you want to support as a business, then I guess that's how it is. Sometimes as a business you have to fire the customers you don't want. I'm sure you'll do fine as a VR tube only.

argyle43

FreeWilly123 I believe you just have to enable the fisheye setting. Worked okay for me. It’s not perfect, DEO still plays it best, but it was improved from how it handled those files before.

stallker2003

I got the SLR and i want DLNA back or any other option to mount a drive to Oculus Quest 2. Sky Player does not support resolutions and works slow. The only way to look Hi Definition Videos was through Oculus Quest 2 DLNA Support.

stefanno

stallker2003
You can try Pigasus. It's paid and a bit more janky than DEO but it supports DLNA

keithfromny

Oh wow, long-time SLR subscriber and Quest 2 user here who just joined the forum to see what's going on with DNLA support. I subscribe for your awesome player even more than the content and rarely stream complete scenes on DEO or SLR since they're prone to interruptions especially at high resolutions when the site is busy, I just scan new scenes to see if they look interesting and then download to watch on my home media server & network where there are no buffering issues - also consider it very wasteful of ISP bandwidth to stream favorite VR scenes repeatedly. Never had any issues with DNLA myself and the site isn't worth the price of a continuous subscription to me without the ability to easily access & play files on my home server, so if DNLA isn't going to be available as an experimental feature (which you can reasonably decline to support if that's the real reason you're doing this) and SMB support isn't added to replace it then I'll be leaving.

KingpinVR

keithfromny i agree with you 1000%
DLNA NEVER gave me issues. In fact it was the best thing to ever happen to vrporn and ill die on this hill (not alone). I can stream 8K files to my quest 2 with no issues and it uses less battery power to watch this way as I'm not using the quests internet app or whatever to stream a huge video file that's not downloaded. I enjoy long multi hour sessions and that will not be possible without DLNA or loading straight off the devices memory which can't hold but more than a few videos.

doublevr

We have got through the point of no return in regards to DLNA.

You might find some more details at: https://forum.sexlikereal.com/d/2570-sexlikereal-finds-its-legacy-after-going-through-some-major-changes

Let's move on as more cool features are coming

keithfromny

doublevr As long as it's available on SLR (and Meta doesn't decide to outlaw unofficial apps) I have no complaints. And thanks for an awesome VR interface! 👍️

doublevr

KingpinVR DLNA is getting back to SLR during this week https://forum.sexlikereal.com/d/2572-dlna-is-getting-back-to-slr-during-this-week

KingpinVR

doublevr thank you for the update. I want to reiterate that I was never trying to be rude and my original forum thread about the app being dead was never meant in a spiteful way. Actually had no idea you guys had any affiliate with them. I thought it was just an app on the store everyone on here liked to use and wanted to figure out what everyone else was using...so deo will be getting dlna back then?

Polar

@doublevr We have been intensively brainstorming and it seems likely to get DLNA back for Premium users.
It won't be back on Deo.

KingpinVR

Polar so DLNA is being removed and accentally hidden behind the premium pay wall?

justsomedude101

KingpinVR Sounds like it is planned for the SLR app only, not sure about DeoVR. But keep in mind I'm just going off of what I've seen in the forum posts, I'm not part of the Dev team. This means that yes, it would likely be for SLR members only by default.

1inthechamber

No 4 deo tho we need it 4 deo 2 what about DEO now cost $20 1 time then it have the dln support back aagin

KingpinVR

justsomedude101 I think if you have ever had a subscription to SLR you should be able to use DLNA on their app to access the content you downloaded while your subscription was active. It would incentivize new subs meanwhile not hurting your existing customer base. Lets be honest, if you're able to watch your SLR content via DLNA, the average customer is going to be able to enjoy their content more than say CzechVRs, POVRs ect. They're more likely to resub more often and knowing they can enjoy their content more frequently.

1inthechamber

KingpinVR I think if you have ever had a subscription to SLR you should be able to use DLNA on their app to access the content you downloaded

Yes this is even better than what I said but for deo 2

KingpinVR

1inthechamber right, deo is my favorite of all the apps and DLNA is so critical to my setup...

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