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  • AV1 Is Now Live on SexLikeReal!

Wow. So, I can't have access to the high-quality videos that brought me to SLR in the first place by being a member? There isn't even an option to upgrade my plan. And I don't understand why you think encoding a video file will do anything other than reduce the quality and size. AV1 might be great for your bandwidth costs, but any encoding is just removing pixels from the end product.

There's zero mention on individual pages of what resolution is underneath the "Buy" option. What a disaster. I hope you reconsider. Not sure why folks would choose to subscribe if the quality is dropping to that of inferior studios as a subscriber.

If bandwidth is killing you, then implement something like you did with scripts where subscribers can only download X number of original bitrate videos per month. I have zero interest in subscribing to a site that only offers inferior quality to their subscribers, our eyes notice the difference, and we're trying to recreate reality here.

    Removing original bitrate and putting it behind a paywall is a slap in the face to paying members

    Let people pay extra for AV1 encodes. If they are as good as you claim then they will sell!

    Next on the chopping block is gonna be download limits for the hundredth time

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    doublevr

    Removing an existing feature and then replacing it with a different one you pay more for is not an upgrade. It's a bait and switch.

    AV1 is not even a guaranteed quality upgrade. It has the potential to be a quality upgrade and the potential to be a quality downgrade. It all depends on the encoding settings used. The same could be said about any codec really. And I know Windows Media Foundation struggles with AV1 playback to begin with even with an RTX 5090.

    Of all videos to do this to SLR Originals make the least sense to me. I don't see why a subscriptions to SLR would not include access to all SLR Original files.

    But really anytime you subscribe to a service (especially one doing lifetimes) that offers something and then the service takes it away it's a problem.

      petex67 Correct, I don't use real time encoding if I want to save space, I only mentioned GPU for crisp playback over link cable. When I mentioned creating my own ~65MBps files (imo a good middle ground spot for 8k) that were closer in quality to the 120-200Mbps files, that's on my 7950, which can luckily do that for a vid overnight instead of over half a week. Have some screenshots if people are interested, but holding off for now as I don't know if this is the best thread for it. I could revive a much older thread, or make a new one, but who knows if it really even matters.

      Also, on a different note, still waiting for confirmation from any staff that this change will only happen for SLRO, or will it be site-wide?? To reiterate, from what I've seen with the image quality (which I have praised) of specifically SLRO greyscreen videos, I am the least concerned. Through the work at all stages y'all have done with both scene setup, and camera and editing settings/optimizations, you've made it so 30Mbps is pretty darn crisp, and the gap from raw quality is the smallest. But across the many other studios the range is much more broad, thus plenty of those videos are better viewed using the large download file, which often won't have as many artefacts or blocky splotches as the streaming file!

      @2Jqt8XuAkwr To bounce off one idea you had, a tighter limit on original high bitrate videos, but still having them be accessible to subscribers, is also the kind of compromise I could get on board with. As in, from the 30 dl per 144 hr, maybe the yuge files count as 2-3 ticks off that counter. Anyone that runs out could always do ppv after that if they're impatient.

        So now we have to pay for "original quality" downloads?

        They were only reason i was subscriber, after 6 years i guess this is the end of my journey with SLR, after my yearly plan expires I'm out.

          Google switched us a few times already for higher tier workspace plans. Don't hate us for innovation

          We are doing things for our loyal fans. If we lose some random complainers for rising the bar it's okay

          It's important for me to keep SLR the best place to go for VR porn.

            doublevr

            As you said, things change and even Google increases pricing for Workspace Plans. I have experience this myself as well but they give you advance notice for when it's happening.

            This HBR download disable came out of nowhere with no notice which is the problem. That's why it feels like a bait and switch to a lot of people

            We get it. Costs increases and therefore paying a Higher Tier Sub for HBR downloads is okay as well but please expedite that feature and please don't disable HBR downloads out of the blue until that is ready.

            You can give advance notice to subscribers like "From X Date onwards we are disabling HBR downloads for everyone but HBR Downloads Tier Subs"

              doublevr Google switched us a few times already for higher tier workspace plans. Don't hate us for innovation

              What has google got to do with it?

              Do you not self host your servers and storage? $100-$150k will get you 4PB of usable high availability Ceph storage with server-based redundancy that is infinitely scalable

              A bit more if you buy brand new and not refurb enterprise gear

              Build 3 of those throughout the world and you're good to go

                Or maybe an "SLR orignals only" plan is an idea? I honestly could not care less about the rest, I barely download any of those 'amateur' video's or those old MilfVR vids for which I already have a subscription at that site anyway. If storage/traffic is that expensive, I'd rather only download HBR SLR originals. I honestly couldnt care less about all those other videos

                But taking away HBR, SLR videos, THE reason I'm even a subscriber here, doesn't feel fair.

                  Or alternatively make a higher tier plan for HBR but DO throw something extra in there then, volumetric stuff for example. There are options that people will consider as fair. But this as it is, just taking things away that people thought they paid for, definitely is not one of them

                    harigeharry Honestly, I am happy with just a HBR only plan. This site is already adding completely unnecessary and useless features while ignoring their main USP - High Quality VR Videos.

                        If there's a plan without Flat content but having HBR VR downloads, I'd gladly take it. The reason I took the SLR subscription was for the HBR content.

                        doublevr Keep?? Sorry to inform you but it's been a long time since that's been true.

                          harigeharry SLR Originals only exists I believe (slroriginals.com), but the catch is that it's still $20/month and they stopped adding their new videos to it a year ago, but ironically that's probably when it was last worth having a sub.