VideoFrameVR 0.4.0

What's Changed

New

• Connect to Stash servers with self-signed certificates by @seaweeduk in #38
• Remove solid-colour passthrough backgrounds, detected automatically by @seaweeduk in #40
• Add experimental AMD VA-API playback by @seaweeduk in #41

Fixes

• Credit FramePlayerX and Frame Control in source and releases by @seaweeduk in #39
• Allow fine adjustments with slider +/− buttons by @seaweeduk in #36
• Keep cropped and full-range videos on hardware decoding after wake by @seaweeduk in #37

Performance

• Use less CPU for automatic stereo focus by @seaweeduk in #42
• Use less GPU for 8-bit H.264 video on the Steam Frame by @seaweeduk in #43
• Use less power on the Steam Frame by not redrawing frames that would look the same by @seaweeduk in #44
• Use less GPU for automatic stereo focus by @seaweeduk in #45
• Solid-colour passthrough video uses less GPU by @seaweeduk in #46
• Tone look no longer slows video down by @seaweeduk in #47
• Measure automatic stereo focus less often while nothing changes by @seaweeduk in #48
• Green-screen video with Shrink uses less GPU by @seaweeduk in #49
• Colour-key and green-screen keying use less GPU by @seaweeduk in #50

Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.4.0

Install

Already have VideoFrameVR? You don't need the installer. The app tells you about
this update; choose Update now.

Device	File
Steam Frame	Install-VideoFrameVR-v0.4.0-aarch64.desktop
Desktop PC	Install-VideoFrameVR-v0.4.0-x86_64.desktop

Steam Frame

1. Switch to Desktop Mode and download the installer.
2. Open it from your Downloads folder. If asked, choose Launch, then Continue.
3. Choose Install. VideoFrameVR goes straight into your Steam library.

Desktop PC

You need Steam (not the Flatpak version), SteamVR and zenity. Video decoding uses
the GPU on NVIDIA cards, and on AMD cards with Mesa 26.1 or newer (experimental,
not yet tested on AMD hardware); other cards decode on the CPU.

1. Download the installer and open it.
2. Choose Install.
3. If Steam is open, choose Restart Steam to add VideoFrameVR to your library.

Other files

• videoframevr-*.tar.gz: the app, as the installers contain it
• videoframevr-source-*.tar.gz: the complete source of each build
• SHA256SUMS: checksums

VideoFrameVR 0.3.0

What's Changed

New

• Show the second layer of SLR's layered passthrough masks, with a switch to hide it by @seaweeduk in #28

Fixes

• Fix adding to Steam failing with some Steam shortcut files by @seaweeduk in #26
• Fix playback freezing after quick seeks on the Frame by @seaweeduk in #29
• Fix 8K HEVC videos not playing on the Frame after it wakes from sleep by @seaweeduk in #30
• Fix 8K H.264 videos not playing on the Frame after it wakes from sleep by @seaweeduk in #31

Performance

• Find green screen videos faster by @seaweeduk in #27

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v0.3.0

Install

Already have VideoFrameVR? You don't need the installer. The app tells you about
this update; choose Update now.

Device	File
Steam Frame	Install-VideoFrameVR-v0.3.0-aarch64.desktop
Desktop PC	Install-VideoFrameVR-v0.3.0-x86_64.desktop

Steam Frame

1. Switch to Desktop Mode and download the installer.
2. Open it from your Downloads folder. If asked, choose Launch, then Continue.
3. Choose Install. VideoFrameVR goes straight into your Steam library.

Desktop PC

You need Steam (not the Flatpak version), SteamVR and zenity. Video decoding uses
the GPU on NVIDIA cards; other cards decode on the CPU.

1. Download the installer and open it.
2. Choose Install.
3. If Steam is open, choose Restart Steam to add VideoFrameVR to your library.

Other files

• videoframevr-*.tar.gz: the app, as the installers contain it
• videoframevr-source-*.tar.gz: the complete source of each build
• SHA256SUMS: checksums

VideoFrameVR 0.2.0

What's Changed

New

• Browse and play videos on SFTP servers by @seaweeduk in #5
• Opacity: see the room through the video by @seaweeduk in #18
• Change Opacity by holding a grip and twisting your wrist by @seaweeduk in #19
• Warmth, tint and exposure, and Match the room for passthrough by @seaweeduk in #20
• Play Blu-ray disc images, with 3D discs in full 3D by @seaweeduk in #12
• See what's new after an update by @seaweeduk in #22
• Add Remove everything to Uninstall, and delete the cache on uninstall by @seaweeduk in #24

Fixes

• Fix the Frame freezing when switching away from some hardware-decoded videos by @seaweeduk in #7
• Brightness, contrast and saturation no longer move the passthrough mask, green-screen key or stereo focus by @seaweeduk in #17
• Fix thumbnails of transport streams that start late by @seaweeduk in #11
• Add to Steam without restarting Steam, and fix it failing with several Steam accounts by @seaweeduk in #23

Performance

• Faster 180°, 360°, fisheye and cubemap video on the Frame by @seaweeduk in #15
• Faster 8-bit HEVC on the Frame: video frames go straight from the decoder to the eyes by @seaweeduk in #16

Full Changelog: v0.1.1...v0.2.0

Install

Already have VideoFrameVR? You don't need the installer. The app tells you about
this update; choose Update now.

Device	File
Steam Frame	Install-VideoFrameVR-v0.2.0-aarch64.desktop
Desktop PC	Install-VideoFrameVR-v0.2.0-x86_64.desktop

Steam Frame

1. Switch to Desktop Mode and download the installer.
2. Open it from your Downloads folder. If asked, choose Launch, then Continue.
3. Choose Install. VideoFrameVR goes straight into your Steam library.

Desktop PC

You need Steam (not the Flatpak version), SteamVR and zenity. Video decoding uses
the GPU on NVIDIA cards; other cards decode on the CPU.

1. Download the installer and open it.
2. Choose Install.
3. If Steam is open, choose Restart Steam to add VideoFrameVR to your library.

Other files

• videoframevr-*.tar.gz: the app, as the installers contain it
• videoframevr-source-*.tar.gz: the complete source of each build
• SHA256SUMS: checksums

VideoFrameVR 0.1.1

What's Changed

Fixes

• Volume is now one setting for all videos by @seaweeduk in #1

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.1.1

Install

Already have VideoFrameVR? You don't need the installer. The app tells you about
this update; choose Update now.

Device	File
Steam Frame	Install-VideoFrameVR-v0.1.1-aarch64.desktop
Desktop PC	Install-VideoFrameVR-v0.1.1-x86_64.desktop

Steam Frame

1. Switch to Desktop Mode and download the installer.
2. Open it from your Downloads folder. If asked, choose Launch, then Continue.
3. Choose Install.
4. Choose Add to Steam. Steam restarts, and VideoFrameVR is in your library.

Desktop PC

You need Steam (not the Flatpak version), SteamVR and zenity. Video decoding uses
the GPU on NVIDIA cards; other cards decode on the CPU.

1. Download the installer and open it.
2. Choose Install.
3. Choose Add to Steam, or Restart Steam if Steam is open.

Other files

• videoframevr-*.tar.gz: the app, as the installers contain it
• videoframevr-source-*.tar.gz: the complete source of each build
• SHA256SUMS: checksums

VideoFrameVR 0.1.0

The first release of VideoFrameVR, a VR video player for Linux and the Steam Frame.

Install

Device	File
Steam Frame	Install-VideoFrameVR-v0.1.0-aarch64.desktop
Desktop PC	Install-VideoFrameVR-v0.1.0-x86_64.desktop

Steam Frame

1. Switch to Desktop Mode and download the installer.
2. Open it from your Downloads folder. If asked, choose Launch, then Continue.
3. Choose Install.
4. Choose Add to Steam. Steam restarts, and VideoFrameVR is in your library.

Desktop PC

You need Steam (not the Flatpak version), SteamVR and zenity. Video decoding uses
the GPU on NVIDIA cards; other cards decode on the CPU.

1. Download the installer and open it.
2. Choose Install.
3. Choose Add to Steam, or Restart Steam if Steam is open.

Other files

• videoframevr-*.tar.gz: the app, as the installers contain it
• videoframevr-source-*.tar.gz: the complete source of each build
• SHA256SUMS: checksums