Hi, Im using the index and everytime I watch a 90 or 120FPS video they switch back to 60. It tries to load for a second but then switches back to 60. What can i do to resolve this.

@contest2054#4838 Streaming? Might be not enough bandwidth.

Yes, this is while streaming. Is there a way to download them at 120hz?

@contest2054#4874 And which video player?

@runamok#4875 @Rakly3#4883 Any ideas?

@contest2054#4921 what vr-tester said 🙂 Check codec settings

90/120fps switching back to 60

Rakly3

contest2054 I believe there are videos which have 90/120 fps downloadable versions yes. But not for all of them. Depends on source video i suppose. They are probably interlaced or b-frames anyway. I can't really say for sure as I haven't checked. (Correct me if i'm wrong, don't wanna spread lies 🙂 )

If there is a 90/120 streaming version, but not download, there are ways to get those, but I'm not sure SLR approves of that.

contest2054

Hmm, ive downloaded some videos now, but they wont play. I get a full black screen. It does see the lenght and name of the video though.

contest2054

vr-tester Rakly3 Philip
I've downloaded some 90 FPS videos, and those seemed to work. I also checked streaming 90 and 120 fps videos again, and now they also work.

I dont know what changed on you end, but my problem is solved!

contest2054

Gpu is 2080
Videoplayer is the slr app. So just deo vr

Rakly3

contest2054 what vr-tester said 🙂 Check codec settings

vr-tester

I just verified that Index is working both locally and streaming with 120fps/90fps. Yes, you can download available 90/120 fps videos and play them from your HDD.

For local playback check to see if DirectShow is not checked and that the Alternate Player is not checked as well. If they are unchecked try toggling them on (try it both ways on each).

You may want to check that you have the latest codecs and graphics drivers installed.

vr-tester

Continuing work on this.. There may in fact be an issue with 120fps. You stated you had issues with 90fps, but we've found no issues with those, can you check 90fps first to verify codecs, etc.?

contest2054

vr-tester I've run the tests with the alternate player and directshow. Currently still not working. I'll download some 90fps videos to check later today.

@Rakly3 What codex do I need? I've download the h265 codex from the microsoft store. I am able to play the video's throught the windows media player and vlc (obiously not in VR though.)

Rakly3

contest2054 Without more info, my best guess is, you have an Intel CPU with built in gfix
Intel (R) HD Graphics XXX
If you press Ctrl + shift + Esc you bring up the task manager, go to tab Performance, one of your GPU's, most likely GPU 0, should be that GPU.
Your video player(s) are now using DXVA input and OpenGL for Windows output or DirectDraw (should also work without built in intel GPU and the h265 codec install fixed it*.)
If you have an AMD/Nvidea graphics card, then Direct3D11 on both in and output should have been used. But those have a max output of 4k 120FPS. Higher resolutions will have a lower max framerate.
What resolution were you trying to play?

The h265 codec purchasable on the microsoft store makes it possible for the windows to use the CPU to decode that codec.

Rakly3

contest2054 (Can't edit previous post any more)

The fee is for the devs that make the codec, Microsoft doesn't make any money off of this.
AMD/Nvidea have hardware decoders built in their cards and the fee is already priced in with the product.

Rakly3

Here's a little something, not specifically related to VR, but can be used with your VR apps aswel.

If you have both an onboard GPU in your CPU and a discrete Graphics card, Windows has added a small tool to let you select which apps use which GPU. This does not mean the codec used during playback is locked to that GPU however! But it can help with overall performance.

You can select which GPU is used to render certain apps. Sadly Microsoft didn't think to add support for 3 or more graphic cards, ie I have A system with 13 GPU's.

How to find this tool/setting:

Right click on the start/windows button and select Settings.
Click on System. Should be the first icon.
in the Display tab scroll all the way down until you find Graphics settings and click it.
Here you can add Microsoft apps (those that come installed with Windows or are downloaded from the Microsoft store.) and 'Desktop apps' (everything else)

If you have a hard time locating an app/program on your system, I recommend downloading a small but powerfull tool 'Search Everything' from voidtools . com ; Easy to use, hard to master 🙂 Looks simple but it can do pretty impressive stuff. ie, wonder if you have duplicate VR video's or funscripts? Or can't find that funscript that goes with a video? type in the search namepartdupe:ext:mp4|funscript