4K big videos files playing problem

[Phidyx]

Hi,

When i'm trying to play big videos files (more than 5Gb) in 4K or 5K with the HTC VIVE, it plays slowly. If i select Videolan the videos are in pause, it only works with Direct Show but not at the good speed (very slowly).

Because i meet the same problem with the KMPlayer, i found a solution here :
https://turbofuture.com/computers/Solution-to-slow-Mp4-Playback-Problem

And after installing Media Player Classic, the problem was still there, but after selecting in the settings "Overlay Mixed Renderer" like said above, my 4K big videos works like a charm !

Please, can't you give us in Whirligig the possibility to use Overlay Mixed Renderer too ? if it works fine in Media Player Classic it should work in Whirligig also, no ?

Best regards and thank you for your answer.

[KillerBOY]

try this 4k codec... this works for me: https://github.com/Nevcairiel/LAVFilters/releases/download/0.72/LAVFilters-0.72-Installer.exe

https://steamcommunity.com/app/451650/discussions/0/364042262873027118/

following LAV Video Settings help to play 4k files for me: https://i.imgur.com/LUQw2Zl.png

[Phidyx]

Hi,

Thank you very much for your answer and help, but... it does not work. Perhaps a little bit better than before but still big lags.

[Whirligig]

Hi

Sorry for the slow reply. I seemed to of missed this discussion. At the moment the advice that KillerBOY gave is probably the only option. That at the moment is the best way to get the smoothest performance out of Whirligig.

The idea of including a Overlay Mixed Renderer is something I haven't looked into. However Whirligig is a unique piece of software and stuff like this is the sort of things I add. I add it to my research list to look at later. I've got quite a lot of things I'm working on at the moment including an Oculus Go version which is taking up a lot of my time so I don't know when I can look at this but it will be something I'll look into.

Until then I hope the suggestion that have been made are useful and you can still get good use out of Whirligig.

All the best

Phil

[Phidyx]

Hi Phil,

Thank you for your answer :)

Perhaps is it due to my computer which is not a new one ? but I think it should be a good idea if we had the possibility to choose Overlay Mixed Renderer in Whirligig settings, yes. I'm not hurry, take your time :)

Best regards.

Philip.