AVI conversion

SchnuppiLilac

AverageVrEnjoyer experimenting with AI interpolation

18312 might be just one of those older videos that had additional higher FPS versions. I don't think they are doing this anymore.

doublevr

SchnuppiLilac correct

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Hairsational You can stream them via wifi

To stream SLR films via wifi you must have a computer or a router that is functioning as a computer. Unless you mean just accessing the file through SLR's servers. Streaming is a process that re-encodes the file. When you are streaming a file from SLR's servers you are accessing a converted file. For instance, the file at the URL below is 144 GB 'original' file and 21 GB when converted for streaming, https://www.sexlikereal.com/scenes/my-dirty-laundry-2-28658. Obviously, the visual fidelity of a file at 144 GB is far higher than 22 GB. However, with the AV1 codec it should be possible to reprocess the file from the original into a size of, say, 75 GB. This is because the AV1 codec is more efficient than H235 for 8K video.

Wendigo

[deleted] To stream SLR films via wifi you must have a computer or a router that is functioning as a computer.

[deleted] Streaming is a process that re-encodes the file.

I have original files on my computer. I stream them over wifi to Heresphere through a Samba share. No re-encoding, all work done by my headset. Computer is just acting as a fileserver.

doublevr

[deleted] obvious because of filesizes? Try doing a blind test.

We did so much testing of it. You see what you want to see. Remove the filesizes and you aren't going to see a any difference whatever logic you put into it.

Every advocate of quality difference because of filesize has failed so far after blind testing. Including me.

In reality you ask for bigger filesizes, not higher quality

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AverageVrEnjoyer It allows SLR to save bandwidth, while maintaining high quality.

I am referring to the 'original' file option, not the file streamed from their servers. When you are streaming a video through the SLR app the visual quality is much lower than if you were to download the 'original' file. The reduction in quality isn't noticeable on Quest 2, but it is very noticeable on Quest 3 and other modern HMDs.

Hairsational

doublevr Don't know how your testing was conducted but the difference between the regular streaming/download versions and original verions was visible to me when I tested. I wouldn't describe the difference to visual fidelity as "far higher" as @[deleted] did but certainly it was visible.

In my testing I noticed that often with the more highly compressed versions the image was softer and everything has a blur effect compared to the original. It is difficult to see the true difference if you don't know what to look for or test via bad methods like switching between videos though, so I can easily see how one would wrongly conclude that there is no difference.

doublevr

Hairsational that would be more accurate description, but overall it's still barely distinguishable with blind testing. Especially no difference if increasing bitrate for encodings from original file.

Hairsational

doublevr Especially no difference if increasing bitrate for encodings from original file.

The difference would be smaller than between regular file and original file but to say there is no difference isn't true. Enough difference to be worthwhile? That's more debatable. I should make a demo app for comparing quality so anyone interested can see for themselves and come to their own conclusions instead of being told that there is no difference.

doublevr

Hairsational no difference. Nothing

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I see difference...

You will be adding Alpha channels soon, so the conversion to AV1 could be part of that process.

The difference is more noticeable on films with shadows (Witcher 3 parody) and earlier films.

There's no excuse for an original file at 144 GB. That's too large.

@Hairsational Most people own a modern & up-to-date computer. In my opinion, Quest 2 is worse than Gear VR. Quest 3 is a genuine HMD, capable of tasks like reading documents & browsing the web.