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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...
> You can actually use adb over wifi or developer mode to run adb and Gear VR at the same time.
Thanks, this is helpful, I wasn't aware of that.
> Home itself uses AVPro, which may conflict with the APIs you're using
We initially used AVPro ourselves, and had the exact same problem with that.
> Does the issue still occur with a 2K or lower video?
We've just tested with a 2k x 2k video, which seems to play fine. The resulting video quality is a bit too low for our liking though.
Do you have any information about what the maximum resolution we could use is? Is it dependent on bitrate?
> The output of "adb logcat" would help us narrow this down
I'll get back to you with this when I get it, I'm not in possession of a Note 5 test device myself, so I have to wait a bit for this.
Thanks, this is helpful, I wasn't aware of that.
> Home itself uses AVPro, which may conflict with the APIs you're using
We initially used AVPro ourselves, and had the exact same problem with that.
> Does the issue still occur with a 2K or lower video?
We've just tested with a 2k x 2k video, which seems to play fine. The resulting video quality is a bit too low for our liking though.
Do you have any information about what the maximum resolution we could use is? Is it dependent on bitrate?
> The output of "adb logcat" would help us narrow this down
I'll get back to you with this when I get it, I'm not in possession of a Note 5 test device myself, so I have to wait a bit for this.