[SKYBOX VR] Quest Beta v1.1.1: Overlay, custom thumbnails and more

Lucy

Hey all!

We just launched SKYBOX Quest v1.1.1(585) in the Beta channel.

This version fixed some bugs you’ve reported to us, and added some highly-requested features.

[Feature] Added OVROverlay to make video clearer (you can turn on the experimental feature Pro-HD Quality in Global Settings)
[Feature] Added support for custom thumbnails
[Feature] Added volume booster (you can increase volume above 100%)
[Feature] Displayed the stylings (e.g. fonts, colors, etc) and animated effects of subtitles
[Feature] Supported subtitles for VR 180/360 videos (when you turn your head, the subtitle moves with you)
[Feature] Remembered where you left off when switching the page, folder, or channel
[Bug Fixes] Fixed some known issues

We kindly ask anyone willing to help us test this update to share your opinion about it, and report any found issues to contact@skybox.xyz.

If you’d like to be part of the beta testing, please fill in this form. Later, we’ll send the beta invitation to your Oculus registered email.

For more information about the custom thumbnails, volume booster, and Pro-HD Quality, please check the FAQ articles.

What's more, we’ll continue optimizing this update and developing new features. Stay tuned and contact us if you need any help.

Cheers,
SKYBOX STUDIO

Jawomo

Just installed the update on Quest 2 and now skybox is stuck at the loading screen!?

The progress bar goes to full and then nothing happens?? Restarting device didn't help

How can i solve this?

Lucy

Jawomo
Hi, sorry for the inconvenience! Could you share with us the Log folder in Quest 2\Android\data\xyz.skybox.player.ovr\files\Log? After knowing the causes of this issue, we'll fix it for you as soon as possible.

blindneo

Hi SkyboxTeam,

I just want to know on thing: how to control zoom in V1.1.1?
Like using only stick in V1.0.5, or using both trigger and stick in V1.1.0?

Cause if like V1.1.0, I won't update this, let's save some time not to uninstall and reinstall...

Waiting your reply

Lucy

blindneo
Hi, the default zoom adjustment is the same as how you control in v1.0.5.

If you like to use both trigger and thumbstick to zoom in/out, you can go to Global Settings and choose the thumbstick settings between "zoom screen" and "adjust volume".

blindneo

Lucy Great! That's really very nice of you to hear from customers. Thanks.

Panasony

in SMB folder
List view is not sorted by date.

Panasony

Updating the file list is also strange.
If you reopen a folder that has been opened once,
Even though the contents of the folder have changed, the previous file list information remains the same.
However, when I exited and re-entered the problem folder again, the contents of the folder were correctly updated.

Lucy

Panasony Hi, thanks for your feedback! We'll further check this problem and fix it as soon as possible.

It would be better if you can take a video capture of the issue, or share with us(contact@skybox.xyz) some screenshots. In this way, we can clearly see what went wrong and try reproducing the same issue in order to debug. Thanks!

Ted

Panasony Similar situation withe the subtitle list. I put video.eng.srt and video.cn.srt at the same folder with the video. But the list had never shown them correctly. There are often 3 or 4 same subtitles listed at the same time without another one.

Ted

It's great to have the custom thumbnail feature . But many of us manage videos by folder. Could we show the folder thumbnails by the file named Folder.jpg or Folder.png which inside the folder. That's many software have done in this way as well.

Panasony

Lucy
Ver1.1.1-589-17651
still wrong.
If I sort the files by date, it seems that they are sorted by media length instead of date (but not accurate).
Folders are also not handled.
It should be sorted by date modified or created.

Lucy

Ted Hi, we fixed the duplicate subtitles in v1.1.1(594). Please reinstall the app and click Global Setting and turn on Show FPS to check the version number. If the problem still remains, please let us know.

Lucy

Panasony Hi, please reinstall the app to update to v1.1.1(592) and see if the problem was fixed. Besides, you're not able sort folders by date. Folders can only be sorted by name.

Panasony

Lucy
v1.1.1(592) tested
Improvements were seen from Ver1.1.1(589), but it is not sorted by date correctly.
There is a strange order here and there.
By the way, Will you support folders in the future?

Ted

Mine is 1.1.1(597) now. Subtitles seem not duplicated now. But the list usually didn't show all the subtitles in the same folder.
The subtitles are named like below:
Video.eng.srt
Video.eng1.srt
Video.cht.srt
...

Ted

I have VR mode recognization issue here. All the videos which had postfixed to Video_3dh_180 or Video_LR_180 can play without any format problem before. But now many of the same videos was recognized to be Fisheye format frequently. That cause the picture morphed and is really annoying.