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@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ A virtual reality video player for Linux, based on Valve's openvr `hellovr_openg Currently only works with stereo video and equirectangular cube maps (youtube 360 videos) when used for vr videos, but if the vr video player is launched with the `--plane` option then you can view the video as a regular video in vr without depth (like a cinema). +You can view videos directly in the VR headset or as an overlay in the SteamVR menu if you use the --overlay option. + ## Note -Might now work when using a compositor such as picom when using the glx backend (when capturing a window). +Might not work when using a compositor such as picom when using the glx backend (when capturing a window). # Building Run `./build.sh` or if you are running Arch Linux, then you can find it on aur under the name vr-video-player-git (`yay -S vr-video-player-git`).\ -Dependencies needed when building using `build.sh`: `glm, glew, sdl2, openvr, libx11, libxcomposite, libxfixes, libmpv`. +Dependencies needed when building using `build.sh`: `glm, glew, sdl2, openvr, libx11, libxcomposite, libxfixes, libmpv, libxdo (xdotool)`. # How to use vr-video-player has two options. Either capture a window and view it in vr (works only on x11) or a work-in-progress built-in mpv option. @@ -62,6 +64,12 @@ Alternatively, you can run: ``` and vr-video-player will automatically select the focused window (and update when the focused window changes). +To display a window as an overlay in SteamVR you can run: +``` +./vr-video-player --plane --overlay $(xdotool selectwindow) +``` +and click on the window you want to view in your VR headset. + # Input options The video might not be in front of you, so to move the video in front of you, you can do any of the following: * Pull the trigger on the vr controller |