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FWIW it also happens on my Pico 4, has for the past few weeks or so

    Hey jommy, at the moment, I don't have any new information on the matter other than that it is being still worked on.

    I understand this is a very frustrating situation so I really appreciate the patience you all have shown on this!

      11 days later

      The issue seems to be increasing in frequency for me on my Quest Pro.

      The cams are nearly unusable for me - I certainly don't feel comfortable spending my tokens with how frequently (and randomly) they freeze.

      Sometimes (more and more rarely) things will be going fine for several minutes before a freeze other times it will freeze within two seconds of opening a cam constantly and I'll need to try a cam 10+ times before it will last a few minutes.

        bobdole Sometimes (more and more rarely) things will be going fine for several minutes before a freeze other times it will freeze within two seconds of opening a cam constantly and I'll need to try a cam 10+ times before it will last a few minutes.

        Exactly the same for me on Quest 2

          Quest 3, good internet connection - never any issues streaming SLR scenes but the cam feed is very sporadic. I guess this is a DreamCam server issue.

            vrpicasso I guess this is a DreamCam server issue.

            From time to time I am watching the same VR cams on Stripchat (because there are more of them) and there are times during the day when it's impossible to get any cam loading. Most of the time, the situation is a bit better on SLR compared to SC. So I think it's definitely a server capacity issue at DreamCam.

              I've recently bought Quest 2 and also experience these freezes (so I can't tell when the problem started or whether it's getting worse). It definitely doesn't look like server capacity issue. I've never seen these freezes (and still don't) on my old Oculus Go. Also I see no such problems for other cam sites (there can be lags and a lot of buffering, but never a total freeze out of the blue that never recovers).
              And even if it was a server/networking issue, the app should just detect that the bits stopped flowing and try to open a new connection, right? It actually works this way for some cam models where the connection is lagging.

              Interestingly, very rarely it's not a complete freeze, but extremely slow playback, like 1 or 2 FPS for several seconds, followed by several seconds of playback at around 2x speed, like it's trying to catch up. But the audio never comes back and usually it quickly freezes anyway.

              Until you solve the underlying issue, maybe a kind of workaround would be to have an action that can be assigned to a button that forces stream connection reset. Pushing one button from time to time would be much less annoying than having to go back to the menu, find the model again and select her.

              My schedule has me all over the place and there seems to be no correlation between time/day of the week - it happens at all hours.

              It used to be the case that when this would happen the screen would go black and there'd be a spinner for a short bit and then the stream would resume - but I rarely get that screen anymore - it just freezes (or does 1 fps playback for a few seconds until it freezes).

              8 days later

              I have this same problem on my Quest 2 for more then a month with the cam girls in DeoVR.
              Since i lost tokens, because freezing, i do not go prvt or give tokens.
              I just hope it will be solved soon.

              same issue here
              Quest 3 Standalone DeoVR
              Just logged 2 tickets regarding freezing on the Quest3 - one SLR (Request 45700) one DeoVR (Request 1307) - though it seems it is the same developer...?

              Started noticing the issue also around 4 weeks ago, but OP's post is 1 Mar, so issue must have been since before then even!
              This does not bode well for when - or IF - this issue will be resolved anytime soon... 🙁

              LOTS of both hard freezing and lag/stuttering issues since then. Can stream the normal 8k videos flawlessly, but cam streams is a mess. On Quest3 it just freezes indefinitely and you have to manually quit and restart stream. on SteamVR/PC version the lag is constant on many many cams (but not all), though hard freezing is rare.

              Like others said, DeoVR app seems to get the brunt of the issue, but even watching streams on browser in 2D, the lag is still very much there... (DreamCam issue??)
              Watching the girl's streams on for example Chaturbate while also checking SLR/DeoVR at the same time - the constant lag and freezing ONLY happens on SLR/DeoVR - so it isnt their or our connections.
              One girl i've actually troubleshooted this with and that is having consistent and constant lag issues for everone watching is "sensualkattt" - if you need to see for yourself.

              As others have stated. I am also not enjoying this experience at all, and thus not tipping anymore - and it is financially impacting the girls because the PLATFORM can't sort out this streaming issue...

              I will see if i can get logs, but PLEASE resolve this ASAP!
              put on a headset yourself and test - you will see the issues!

                I see it has been 21 days since @VelvetEcho replied that it is still being worked on.
                2 months since OP posted the initial issue...

                I dunno boys...
                it is not a good look for SLR...

                naughtysandwich One girl i've actually troubleshooted this with and that is having consistent and constant lag issues for everone watching is "sensualkattt" - if you need to see for yourself.

                Did you try watching her VR stream on vr.stripchat? I don't have lagging issues on that site but SLR cams still have issues

                So might not necessarily be a dreamcam issue, or it might just be an issue caused by dreamcam that is only affecting SLR?

                    jommy thanks I'll check there...
                    Though I dont want to move away from SLR - this is my preferred site, but the cam lag/freezing issues is just ruining it!
                    The issue previously was i had bought a lot of tokens on SLR, so was not eager to go to other sites as i'd need to spend again on other platforms for new tokens...
                    I have now dumped my tokens, so maybe SLR needs to feel their users leaving before they will actually look at the root cause and fix it!

                    The camgirls themselves are feeling helpless with this (and obviously they're not technical) so they just think/hope it will solve itself...
                    In the mean time many MANY users are just not watching the laggy cams, or dont want to tip/go private at all, due to this.
                    This situation really just makes me mad, and if it is not resolved i WILL stop supporting SLR after many years of VR...

                    will see...

                        naughtysandwich Facts, for now use other platforms until they fix it

                        Hopefully not long before they fix it and upgrade the SLR cam interface because it's quite lacking especially for filtering/finding models, or even adding to favs - the list does not update properly

                          So far we were able to identify and issue with an individual stream martina_mayers which is caused by unstable internet on performer side.

                          Please let me know

                          Thanks @doublevr

                          I've tried downloading the BETA DeoVR channel client on Quest 3, but that version just crashes on app start, so can't test if it is better.

                          As I mentioned in my post, a good example I've seen where this is a consistent issue is 'sensualkattt'. So this should be a good place to test\start.

                          In testing this stream, I see lag even just on her SLR stream in any browser.
                          On Quest 3 DeoVR app, the stream opens perfect with no lag, but then a few seconds in (random) it hard-freezes, or goes super slow-mo and then rubber-bands, but never recovers on its own.
                          Same model, on Index\Vive it never freezes, but the lag is same as on browser, and is unbearable.

                          On all other streaming services for this cam, there are basically no lag\freezing like this.

                          I've drilled down with details into this cam because I know testing an issue requires reproducibility, but it isn't limited to her stream only.

                          Thanks for checking - pls let us know how we can test or what else we can try...

                          I checked some last night and these ones were freezing:

                          SUSAN7
                          godess_in_love
                          AnnyHizzle
                          irina_harp

                          There were more but I stopped keeping notes, it happens a lot!

                          @naughtysandwich I just checked sensualkattt now and it is constantly freezing/lagging on SLR cams, but perfectly fine on vr.stripchat

                          I'm streaming to UK if it makes a difference, maybe a CDN issue? I can't even get SLR cams to load on the PC right now but they are accessible on VR headset (pico 4)

                            Thanks jommy

                            I've received feedback on my tickets and in Discord, and looks like they are now actually trying to resolve the issue.
                            No ETA though.
                            Like you mentioned, I am now using vr.stripchat BUT it also isnt perfect. The main issue there is you have to use the browser interface, and the quality is thus lacking severely over SLR/DeoVR streams.
                            That said, that platform integrates all it's cam site functions into VR, so you can complete goals, have private chat, and so many more functions and things to make the user/performer experience amazing...
                            If only they had an app... i mean, game over man...

                            But I still prefer SLR WHEN it is working, just for the quality, and ability to switch to normal videos when done with cams.

                            To the SLR guys ( @doublevr / @VelvetEcho), please check Jommy's post above to see more examples.
                            And man, you GOTTA up the cam functionality to compete in DeoVR...
                            it is seriously lacking funcionality, now that my eyes have been opened.

                                naughtysandwich And man, you GOTTA up the cam functionality to compete in DeoVR...
                                it is seriously lacking funcionality, now that my eyes have been opened.

                                Yeah vr.stripchat has a really nice interface

                                B button = opens cam browser but doesn't close current cam session
                                Mouse over cam thumbnails for live view - SLR uses some old cached 5 second clip

                                With mouseover live thumbnails on vr.stripchat I can check 10+ cams before I can check 2 on SLR, not to mention how often the SLR page errors out and requires a refresh when navigating..

                                But i'll give props to SLR, I think every single cam that shows as Live is actually live and viewable! There must be 10%+ on vr.stripchat that show live but do not load. Sometimes those very cams work on SLR but not vr.stripchat - some weird bug that needs fixed