*** Oculus Quest 2 Owners Thread ***

[doodah]

Say what? This sounds amazing. Can I ask what sort of ball park figure would a converted film file size be?

 

[Ravenger]

Say what? This sounds amazing. Can I ask what sort of ball park figure would a converted film file size be?

They vary, depending on the film, what resolution you encode them at, the audio bitrate and the quality settings.

For example, Avatar encoded in full 1080p side-by-side format (that's 1080p per eye, normally it's half the horizontal resolution for each eye) is 20gb. But that is an extreme example (and well worth the file size).

Some films compress better than others, so the average size is about 10gb for full 1080p per eye resolution. Half-res versions come in about 4-6gb. Dune 2021 for some reason compressed to 4gb, so they can be smaller.

 

[doodah]

Perfect, so my 64GB unit can handle a film or two locally. Thank you.

 

[Ravenger]

Perfect, so my 64GB unit can handle a film or two locally. Thank you.

Yep, and you can always stream then if you don't have the space, plus if you're willing to drop the quality then you can drop the file size.

 

[drakulton]

Is it possible to copy the current version (APK files) of virtual desktop using sidequest, in case I need to reset the headset? I've has a look using sidequest but am unable to see it.

Yes it is. My sidequest app needed updating. And I was able to see and backup the virtual desktop headset app v1.24.1 to the PC. Also have a copy of the streaming app 1.24.1

 

[drakulton]

Perfect, so my 64GB unit can handle a film or two locally. Thank you.

Standard DVDs are only about 900mb.

 

[drakulton]

Everyone except Mr @Participant will know this.

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360 Immersive Sound Headphone Mixes (Listen in Headphones to open the space of the new 360 surround Immersive mixes)

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[ShiWarrior]

the beginning rang a bell

 

[drakulton]

the beginning rang a bell

'Tis one of the tracks playing in virtual desktop. I tend use the apartment room 'evening' environment. Never noticed the people on the streets or in the adjacent block behind the TV. Someone has a TV on as well. I wonder if you could see what's playing on it with a better headset than the Q2?

 

[Participant]

Can't get airlink working today. The launch button is greyed out. Working fine yesterday

This turned out to be because the mesh node in the room I was using the headset in was actually offline where it said it was online. Really fed up with my Linksys Velop system, constantly needs to be rebooted.

Hooked it up via USB cable again, went through the setup again, added the programs as exceptions in Window Firewall, and everything now appears to be working via Airlink again.

On another note, what's the best way to stream video files from PC to headset? Is there a file browser in the Quest somewhere that will allow me to stream files on my PC?

I solved this by downloading DeoVR on my headset and Plex server on my PC.

 

[SupraWez]

SkyPlayer will play files off a share, nas or pc, no streaming server required.

 

[Participant]

SkyPlayer will play files off a share, nas or pc, no streaming server required.

Link please? Probably being dim but can't see the specific app.

 

[Infidelus]

I'm guesing @SupraWez meant SkyBox VR, which I also have and can confirm works really well.

 

[SupraWez]

I'm guesing @SupraWez meant SkyBox VR, which I also have and can confirm works really well.

Yup that's it, a black and yellow logo.

 

[Craig R]

Play'A VR Video Player (available free via steam) should also do the job.

 

[Participant]

I'm guesing @SupraWez meant SkyBox VR, which I also have and can confirm works really well.

Yup that's it, a black and yellow logo.

Thanks both, ponied up for Skybox VR and it seems to work really well. Plex etc. now deleted.

 

[SupraWez]

Avatar and Jurassic Park are good 3D movies in VR.

 

[Ravenger]

Avatar is the best 3D movie in VR definitely.

Some of my other favourites are Dredd, Doctor Strange and Mad Max Fury Road.

Any of the 3D Pixar films also look great.

 

[Ravenger]

Ready Player One and Tron Legacy are also great In VR and it's cool to watch movies about VR in VR.

 

[ninjag]

Just started playing Saints and Sinners after grabbing it in a sale and really liking the graphics, mechanics etc but the respawn thing argh!