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[GearVR] Video only playing on first launch on some devices
I'm currently working on a GearVR experience which involves playing some video, and I'm having a problem with the playback on Note 4 and Note 5 devices, after uploading the app to Oculus Home. I've...
> Because the device has to be connected to the HMD to start it from Oculus Home, I don't know of any way to debug the app
You can actually use adb over wifi or developer mode to run adb and Gear VR at the same time. If you want to launch Home in developer mode, open the "Gear VR Service" app and tap on "Oculus Home" in the list that comes up.
> as soon as I upload it to Oculus Home as a preview (alpha/beta) app and start it from there, the video only works the first time, and only on Note 4 and 5 devices
The output of "adb logcat" would help us narrow this down. There is one known issue here - Home itself uses AVPro, which may conflict with the APIs you're using, but only if you're using high-resolution video. Does the issue still occur with a 2K or lower video?
You can actually use adb over wifi or developer mode to run adb and Gear VR at the same time. If you want to launch Home in developer mode, open the "Gear VR Service" app and tap on "Oculus Home" in the list that comes up.
> as soon as I upload it to Oculus Home as a preview (alpha/beta) app and start it from there, the video only works the first time, and only on Note 4 and 5 devices
The output of "adb logcat" would help us narrow this down. There is one known issue here - Home itself uses AVPro, which may conflict with the APIs you're using, but only if you're using high-resolution video. Does the issue still occur with a 2K or lower video?