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Hairsational Damn, I hope not!!!

Although I'm biased to the Original files to be as high quality as possible. I also seriously hope the Stream (Re-encode) files be a higher in quality too compared to H.265. Because that will be a great balance for most if not all the users with Quest 3+ headsets or Nvidia 30+ series GPUS and AMD equivalents on the PC side.

So, yeah. I really hope not my friend.

SLR, Please make the BEST outcome quality for both Original and Stream files! Seriously guys, don't screw this!!!

Respectfully.

What is AV1 and how does it benefit users? I do not know what this is.

ttv34 AV1 is a new Video Codec.

A video codec is what used to compress/ decompress digital videos which usually very large in size when they are in their RAW/ Original format from the Cameras or CGI Projects.

It will benefit users by providing a higher quality video than older/ previous Codecs if it's done in the same bitrate, or providing a similar video quality if it's done in lower bitrate compared to these older/ previous Codecs which results in a smaller video size.

In general, if it's done right, the videos will be higher in quality and smaller in size compared to older video codecs.

Best Regards.

renstimpy11 You can choose in the DeoVR quick settings whether streams are h265 or AV1. Either option has a variety of resolutions which are not necessarily identical. There are currently some scenes that are tagged AV1 but only have h265 streams.

VRXVR awesome thanks! So better quality and faster download/streaming, yay

ttv34 Exactly! And you're most welcome

SchnuppiLilac how do I know I'm watching the av1 video?

Vrsumo2017 The only indicator there is when playing a video is in the DeoVR quick settings (first item with the lightning symbol in the right hand menu).

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If your headset supports AV1 you'll get it by default. The same for your desktop browser.

harigeharry technically speaking sure, but even with a quest 3 I could tell a substantial difference in quality from using their DeoVR app vs something like heresphere. Granted they have made some improvements to the deovr app and its gotten better but to say that you need the top of the line headset to notice a discernable difference in quality is not so black and white. I'm sure if there is anything worth noticing it will be visible on even a quest 3 headset. If not, then its a negligible amount that it can be surmised that this was done purely to save server hosting space and costs and to further push streaming. Curious if they will get rid of the download limits or increase them once everything is switched to AV1 if everything is going to be that much smaller? My guess is no hahaha because they dont really care about downloads and are trying to do anything they can to get more people to stream. If you really think they are not amassing a large amount of user data that is either already being brokered or will be once the money well starts to run out you are out of your damn mind haha Dont forget there is no meaningful user data unless most people are streaming, it's all laying out the groundwork for when eye tracking is common on most headsets, that is where all the real valuable data will start to be farmed, right now we are simply mice in trial runs lol

metichemsi Well I guess so. But what I mean is that if I switch from my Quest 3 to my AVP it's really a huge difference in sharpness and quality. So any noticeable details will be much easier to see on a high end headset.

doublevr This scene has no download option for the higher quality 'original' file. Is this some side effect of AV1 mastering?

Lmao

doublevr interesting... I haven't saved anything in AV1 format, but I guess I should probably start. I'm just doing 80mbps in 265, before that was 200mbps in 264.

I regards to some of the comments here... the camera is recording in raw which is a huge format that can be saved in any number of codecs once on the computer. The bitrate during recording is around 2400mbps, or 1gb every 3 seconds. SO the cameras give lots of data to work with, no matter the codec we choose at the end.

doublevr Can we get a little preview on what's coming in terms of new plans and pricing?