Thank you for considering… i understand… it does the job perfectly for what i bought it for… I am trying to make HereSphere the “one to rule them all” video player on my quest…
You could try to convert the videos to mp4 with Handbrake or something.
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Do you guys plan to bring your app to the offical Oculus store?
Yes, I’m in the process of submitting it.
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I really wish this player supported external subtitle files, would make a lot of 2d/hentai a lot more enjoyable (especially if it was displayed under the screen) 
Yeah, support for external subs (srt and ssa/ass subs) should be added in the next update.
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we are talking about more than a hundred videos from my archive… i am not planning on converting all my movie libraries for missing codec unfortunately… thank you for the suggestions tho.
How can i watch vr videos from tube sites? I always get html5 video file not found when using heresphere browser on steam vr.
If the site provides download links, clicking on them will stream the video. If there aren’t download links, you could try using youtube-dl or yt-dlp to get the video stream link. Here are the instructions for getting yt-dlp to work with HereSphere.
Use yt-dlp (a fork of youtube-dl) to generate video stream links. Download yt-dlp.exe from here: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases. Copy the executable to the HereSphere saved directory (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\HereSphere\Saved, replacing UserName with your info). In the HereSphere web browser, navigate to the webpage with the video you would like to stream and click on the Web Stream button in the upper left corner. Live streams will not work at the moment, but support for live streams will be added in the future.
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That would be great. I also had problems with some audio codecs in my mp4 files.
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Sooo, I love the program!
i still have a couple questions tho.
I have a Quest 2
PC specs Ryzen 5 3600 - RTX 3060 TI 16gb ram
- When used with link cable it has far better quality then when im using the Q2 as standalone (im using XBVR or SMB seems to have same quality (awesome on Linkcable & decent on standalone.)
I have the same speed on my wifi as on my UTP cabled desktop.
Is there a way i can improve the quality on the standalone Q2 to match the link cable or isn’t this possible? Already using 2.0 resolution & 120hz in Heresphere app on Q2
To clarify, when you say better quality, are you saying the image quality looks better, or the app performs better/faster? When you use the link cable, the rendered image has to be compressed and sent over USB, which should reduce the image quality a little bit. But if you think it looks better, then that’s kind of weird, lol. Maybe it’s just playing more smoothly, so the quality feels better.
If you’re using the Q2 natively at 120hz and 2.0 resolution, try going into the user settings and set the autofocus accuracy to 5 or 6. This will help the app play more smoothly for 60fps videos. If you’re experiencing buffering, then it might be your wifi speed.
I mean the image looks better. Q2 Natively has no buffering at all nor does the linkcable. Too me it seems the image quality is better with link cable.
Autofocus already at 5
Maybe it’s the sharpening option available on the desktop app, though, in my opinion, that’s negated by the compression artifacts. I’ll probably add a sharpening filter to the Quest 2 version in the future.
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first off, love your app, it’s been a gamechanger in the industry. One thing i have an issue with is while i’m playing a video, and i bring up the menu i have a tough time adjusting my eyes to the menu and focusing on it. Is this just a personal issue? I don’t recall having this issue with any other video player. Is there any way to adjust the menu?
Thanks
To contribute with my own annoying support question… Do you have any idea when I’m watching a vid why the distance would drill out? 2D I generally like to watch like it’s an IMAX, and VR, well that should hopefully stay static. It does seem more prevalent in 2D. I defintiely make sure that I’m not mucking about with the controllers. I looked everywhere to see if there’s a setting for that, but no luck so far.
You should be able to adjust menu settings in the User Settings option on the left hand pane. IIRC its in the upper middle of that page.
thanks I’ll take a look at this. I know you can adjust the opacity but haven’t looked further into this. Any idea why I would get this double vision, is it cause the menu is 2d while the image behind is 3d?
In the user settings, you can adjust the menu distance and view arc (size). You might be getting double vision because of depth conflict between the 3D video and the depth of the menu. The depth of the 3D video might look like it should be closer than the menu, but the menu is still on top of the video, so your eyes have issues adjusting. Moving the menu closer should help.
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Is it just me or you can’t stream SLR videos through Heresphere anymore?