ChilloutVR 2026r182 Hotfix 4

Changelog

• Added debug info for hardware decode and low latency mode to video player UI
• Added setting for choosing videoplayer backend in game (Implementation -> Video Player -> Video Decoder)
  • This setting only applies to video players spawned after it's changed
  • Choices are AVPro (Default), VLC, Disabled (won't spawn new video players)
• Added Steam Signups username picking (will still get the 4 characters at the end)
• Added supported extension check to AvPro to skip YTDLP for containers that should work
• Changed the authentication to use the User Id instead of Username
  • This should address the authentication issues when changing Username
• Custom build of VLC with the d3d11 frame stutter patch applied
• Fixed accepting/rejecting friend requests not clearing the message in certain scenarios
• Fixed blank space on main menu message when no image is given
• Fixed cached videos getting stuck in resolving UI state
• Fixed camera grab range expanding every time it's pinned
• Fixed clicking on a not available avatar details opening the details a previously viewed profile. (Also fixed some other places where this happened)
• Fixed creating instances with the wrong tags for GS
• Fixed debug args not being set for LibVLC
• Fixed LibVLC livestream playback (twitch and other HLS sites)
  • Previously livestreaming platforms would resolve but never start playing
• Fixed main menu alert message text being cut off if it's too large, font size will shrink now
• Fixed Player Trigger Enter not firing while the player is seated
• Fixed playing direct media in VLC (URL that end with .mp4, .mkv, ECT.)
• Fixed portable camera viewport being too small in VR
• Fixed some friend requests not showing up in-game right away in certain scenarios
• Fixed some gravity zones breaking on world rejoin
• Fixed sometimes receiving a new friend request clearing your other pending ones
• Fixed spawnable triggers "Change per sec" mode being tied to frame rate
• Fixed use low latency mode setting not being respected in video player initial state
• Fixed VLC crashing Linux Proton on video start
  • Currently VLC on Proton doesn't currently support hardware decoding, I'll look into a fix eventually
• Fixed VLC sometimes crashing when changing instances or videos
• Fixed Wheel Hub Controller vehicles handling differently depending on framerate
  • The baseline behavior value was picked based on how it behaved at 60Hz
• Fixed YTDLP format blocks causing fallback match when attempting to use webm (above 1080p res)
• Fixed YTDLP not overwriting existing files in cache
• Force RTSPT for all RTSP links when using AvPro
• Improved the error handling for the login/signup
• Improved the session authentication rejections handling
  • If for any reason the API started rejecting the requests, the client would basically break silently
• Match using vcodec instead of container, ignore "Premium" formats
  • This may address the garbled video issues that popped up, seems vp9 is a bit fucky here and there
  • YTDLP's change to use the visionos Youtube client changed which formats we saw, so this kinda just broke
• Moved Muted Speech Detection to Audio & Comms page
• Moved nameplate settings to User Interface page
• Player backend is displayed in videoplayer info panel
• Removed launch option --enable-libvlc
  • Replaced with --force-libvlc and --force-avpro these ignore the in-game setting

Known Issue

• Occasional crashes still occur when video changes resolution with LibVLC under Proton/Linux