Can't play 8K video on meta quest 2. 4K plays normally.

[kinng]

Configuration

Wolvic version: latest version on Quest store
Wolvic build ID:

Meta Quest 2

Hardware:

Steps to Reproduce

1. Play this in 8K https://youtu.be/Bf5E2Gfvg-8?si=BQMqqrJqkgZh3b4E

Current Behavior

Image freezes and sound continues

Expected Behavior

It should play normally

Possible Solution

Context

Error Logs and Stack Traces

[svillar]

I've checked on a desktop browser and the max allowed resolution is 4k. How do you get the 8k resolution?

[svillar]

Same behaviour in Meta browser. I guess you've been deceived by the title. The max resolution of that video is 4K. Please reopen if I missunderstood what you meant.

[kinng]

I do see 8K options and selectable too. I am using fiber internet with actual download speed about 500 Mb/s.

[javifernandez]

We have received similar reports via the feedback form:

regarding 360 video, high resolution > 4k won't play correctly, even on quest 3, only sound works and if you skip forward still frames are displayed example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAABA-Ri0YI&mozVideoProjection=360_auto&app=desktop

[javifernandez]

I think we have a bug in the fxr_youtube extension we have to control how to request videos from the YouTube service. The JS code implements a function to override the video quality. However, this function is part of a more general one playerFixes() which is only called the first time the webpage with the video is loaded:

window.addEventListener("yt-update-title", () => {
    logDebug('page navigated and title updated');
    if (youtube.isWatchingPage()) {
        youtube.waitForVideoReady(() => youtube.playerFixes());
    }
});

If the user changes the video quality using the YT UI, the extension is not intercepting the action and it doesn't handle the new value. I believe that YT is using the new value selected by the user; this is very noticeable when selecting 8K quality, since the app hangs, the video freezes and only the music continue playing.

[svillar]

I do see 8K options and selectable too. I am using fiber internet with actual download speed about 500 Mb/s.

which browser is that? In which device?

[kinng]

Both Edge and Chrome browsers on Windows 11 desktop have the same 8k option. Both are not smooth though, even with my 950Mbps fiber internet speed. Looks like YouTube is the bottleneck but still it plays the whole video. I am in the US.

[javifernandez]

I can choose 8K on Firefox desktop as well.

[javifernandez]

Although a video can be played in higher resolutions (8K in this case), YouTube may decide to offer lower values depending on many factors, like the device hw and software (codes and compression tools) capabilities or the device's screen size.

As I commented before, among the qualities provided by YouTube Wolvic limit to 4K because the VR devices we target can't play them smoothly enough. However, users can choose higher qualities through the YouTube UI; if they are not offered is because YouTube decided to avoid them for that specific request.