Awesome, thanks Dr. Kai. Will do!
Oculus Rift second window (useful for twitchers & youtubers)
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Note to all, it seems Oculus have made some change where they now use NVENC for something. That means that I can't use the NVENC encoder in OBS anymore!
It sucks, because I can't use x264, it is too resource intensive and whenever I record with it, the video skips like crazy. If I turn everything down and record in 720p it's ok-ish, but still skips and also makes the game stutter while I play.
I miss NVENC.
Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to record that second window now? What do you guys use?
If you do use x264, do you know any tricks to get it smooth?
Thanks guys,
Dr. Kaii
It sucks, because I can't use x264, it is too resource intensive and whenever I record with it, the video skips like crazy. If I turn everything down and record in 720p it's ok-ish, but still skips and also makes the game stutter while I play.
I miss NVENC.
Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to record that second window now? What do you guys use?
If you do use x264, do you know any tricks to get it smooth?
Thanks guys,
Dr. Kaii
Do you have ShadowPlay turned on at all? You might want to disable that crap. I ended up manually removing Nvidia Experience 3.0 manually and reinstalled all my drivers.
I'm not sure it solves your issue--most likely some kind of OculusVR bug--but it can't hurt to look into anyway.
I'm not sure it solves your issue--most likely some kind of OculusVR bug--but it can't hurt to look into anyway.
I have just tried ED 2.2 beta 3... FOV on the 'automatic' second window is still limited. Adding the StereoExtraDisplay option to the AppConfig opens a window with suitable resolution and FOV for recording/streaming but the 'automatic' window is also opened.
Is there a way to avoid having the superfluous 'automatic' window on screen? Is there something I am missing here?
Is there a way to avoid having the superfluous 'automatic' window on screen? Is there something I am missing here?
in 2.2.03, when I try adding the StereoExtraDisplay option, I can no longer even launch the game. When I try to launch it, it just tells me "Use the launcher to start the game to make sure you're on the latest version"
I just wish we had the option of overriding the cropping on the "automatic" window ;__;
I just wish we had the option of overriding the cropping on the "automatic" window ;__;
Hi guys. I added the code to xml file and the fov is much better but it seems like Geforce Experience tries to record both windows at the same time:
https://youtu.be/boY0SGebl9E
Anyone knows how to fix that?
I don't want to use OBS as from my experience the quality is terrible and it's more taxing. Unless you can give me some good settings/codec for OBS.
Thanks
https://youtu.be/boY0SGebl9E
Anyone knows how to fix that?
I don't want to use OBS as from my experience the quality is terrible and it's more taxing. Unless you can give me some good settings/codec for OBS.
Thanks
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Well with Geforce Experience I can record 1080p in 60 frames and it's supersmooth. When I tried to use OBS I had to lower that to 780p and 30 frames. Otherwise it was dropping frames like crazy. The game was smooth but the recording was not. Could you share some OBS settings? Any guide? I have i5-6600K and GTX 1070.
Use NVENC not x264, which is too CPU demanding
OK, more problems.
I got the OBS working nice with NVENC but now I got this:
If I set the window size to 1920x1080 I get this crazy fov: https://youtu.be/LDra6remNHQ
If I set the windows size to 1980x2160 I get normal small fov if I was not using the secondary window at all.
I tried something in between but nothing works, I always get the normal small fov. Only 1920x1080 gets me super wide fov.
Is there any way to get a useful fov? Slightly wider than default?
In OBS in Video tab I have both Base and Output resolution set to 1920x1080.
EDIT: I'm digging through this topic but there is a lot of outdated info and everyone post different resolutions. I'm gonna try some more tomorrow but would be grateful if you could point me to a resolution that would produce a decent fov. Thanks
I got the OBS working nice with NVENC but now I got this:
If I set the window size to 1920x1080 I get this crazy fov: https://youtu.be/LDra6remNHQ
If I set the windows size to 1980x2160 I get normal small fov if I was not using the secondary window at all.
I tried something in between but nothing works, I always get the normal small fov. Only 1920x1080 gets me super wide fov.
Is there any way to get a useful fov? Slightly wider than default?
In OBS in Video tab I have both Base and Output resolution set to 1920x1080.
EDIT: I'm digging through this topic but there is a lot of outdated info and everyone post different resolutions. I'm gonna try some more tomorrow but would be grateful if you could point me to a resolution that would produce a decent fov. Thanks
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You can't change the fov like that. What you are getting with the 16:9 is just a streched screen. If you hold your head still, you'll notice you are still seeing only the same width of your cockpit, its just stretched. Unfortunately I don't think this method is going to work.
No, cmon, I can see twice as much in every direction.
Ah sorry you're right. I don't know then!
This is probably a stupid question, but at 21/09/2016, 12:48 AM (post #180), drkaii mentioned there is no need to use the second screen open anymore. Is that still the case?
I'm trying to set up OBS to record a decent FoV that would also allow me to take reasonable screenshots as well (I play in the Rift).
I'm trying to set up OBS to record a decent FoV that would also allow me to take reasonable screenshots as well (I play in the Rift).
The screen for Rifters is small to the point of uselessness (for recording, playing is as amazing as people say for a game like this).
To me it seems almost useless, unless they fix this, to start any podcasts, YouTube videos, etc. in VR.
Is there a solution I'm missing?
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It's quite disappointing that this has not been resolved. I thought I had heard it was being considered for resolution in 2.2, but the second window is still sized the same as a single Oculus panel and useless for recording or streaming.
If it's a choice between recording/streaming (and the advertising benefits Frontier would gain from that) and enjoying the game in VR, I'll pick enjoying the game myself.
I hope this can be changed so VR players can do both.
Does anyone know whether they are still reading this?
If it's a choice between recording/streaming (and the advertising benefits Frontier would gain from that) and enjoying the game in VR, I'll pick enjoying the game myself.
I hope this can be changed so VR players can do both.
Does anyone know whether they are still reading this?