Virtual Home Theater VR Video Player Steam news

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• Review score98% positive
• Total reviews124
• Release dateAug 27, 2019
• DeveloperAurel Constantinescu
• PublisherAurel Constantinescu

Genres: Animation & Modeling, Audio Production, Utilities, Video Production

Company pages: Developer: Aurel ConstantinescuPublisher: Aurel Constantinescu

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Virtual Home Theater VR Video Player Steam news

Virtual Home Theater VR Video Player news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• v1.19.5 patch - 28 December 2025

  A fix for PSVR2 HMD users that have no VR controller visible in VHT after the Sony's recent PSVR2 driver update. More info here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/687489892274469214/

• v1.19.2 update - 28 April 2025

  Update Highlights Advanced SubStation Alpha Edge aura 6DoF HMD-mouse Linux Full Update Note 1. Advanced SubStation Alpha Added full support for Advanced SubStation Alpha (ASS/SSA) V4+ subtitle format that supports text formatting (font, style, size, colour, etc.) and animation. It is widely used in fansubbing to add stylized subtitles to anime content. 2. Edge aura Added a visual ambient effect that will extend and warp the edge of a video screen around your field of view based on the @BerZerker96 VHT user suggestion. This visual ambient effect will help create a more immersive experience when gaming or watching videos. This feature is available for the following video screen projections: flat, bi-curved, and fisheye. Some Edge-aura in action when gamming non-VR games in Desktop Mirror mode are shown here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/images/ Here are some YouTube video example…

• v1.18.19 patch - 11 November 2024

  Bug fix for VHT not starting in SteamVR when using a HTC VIVE Pro 2.

• v1.18.18 patch - 26 October 2024

  Bug fix for VHT not playing http direct video links when using Clipboard feature. https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/6781949392683830078/

• v1.18.17 patch - 27 September 2024

  Bug fix for VHT not saving a newly created environment as default. https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/4844273660404894076/

• v1.18.16 patch - 15 September 2024

  Bug fix for VHT crashing when using an audio device that is used by another software (e.g. Voicemeeter) as WDM (WASAPI) audio interfaces for output in exclusive control mode. https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/6610810166135623801/

• v1.18.15 patch - 14 July 2024

  Bug fix for monoscopic subtitles on 3D Full-Frame Side-by-Side videos. https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/4415298372648884640/

• v1.18.13 patch - 27 June 2024

  Bug fix for wrong color primaries used for video image when a video file has no color primaries defined. https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/4352247531898735401/

• v1.18.12 patch - 22 June 2024

  Bug fixes.

• v1.18.11 patch - 6 May 2024

  Fix for green tint only in right eye of 3D-SBS videos visible on AMD Radeon 7900 XTX GPUs due to memory allocations bug aligned to 256 bytes. https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/4208119548512541153/

• v1.18.10 patch - 16 March 2024

  Fix for OpenComposite (OpenXR) users. https://gitlab.com/znixian/OpenOVR

• VR Controller Bindings not loading in Steam Offline mode - 10 March 2024

  This fix guide is for those with Index (knuckles) Controller Bindings not loading in Steam Offline mode! If the controller bindings won't load when you start VHT (or any VR app) in Steam Offline mode but they load fine when you start VHT in Steam Online mode you should follow the next steps: #1 Start Steam in Online mode #2 Enter VR Mode, but don't use HMD on your head. #3 Click on hamburger icon from the small SteamVR frame Then Devices > Controller Settings #4 Click on MANAGE CONTROLLER BINDINGS #5 Select the Virtual Home Theater app #6 For Active Controller Binding select Custom Then click on CHOSE ANOTHER #7 For Current Controller select Index Controllers #8 From Current Binding “Binding v2.1 for Index Controllers” click on Edit #9 Click on Save Personal Binding #10 Check if the a local binding file steam.app.989060_knuckles.json was saved to C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\steamvr\inpu…

• v1.18.5 update + new tools - 18 February 2024

  Today's update is mostly for creators who do 3D modeling, rendering and audio mastering, for VR. Now, beside entertainment with VHT you can also use it to create impressive computer generated VR art for VR users. This update add tools and support for two 3D modeling software applications: DAZ Studio and Blender. Update Highlights Audiospace Spatial modeling New playback capability Demo VR art samples Ambisonics New start modes Miscellaneous Full Update Note 1. Audiospace Added VHT support to use audiospace companion files. Audiospace is a companion file for a media file that will specify how the audio channels should be used in virtual space as virtual audio objects for binaural audio rendering output. This audiospace file will be used by Virtual Home Theater (VHT) VR app when a media file with the same name will be played. By using an audiospace file you can route any audio channel to…

• non-VR gaming when using 'desktop mirror' mode after SteamVR 2.0 update - 6 January 2024

  Since the SteamVR 2.0 update, when launching a non-VR application from Steam Library a theater screen from Steam will be displayed automatically inside VHT, over the already existing desktop screens from VHT. You can deactivate this feature from Steam by changing the steam settings as: set 'SteamVR Setting->Advanced Settings' to Show set 'SteamVR Setting->Dashboard->Present Non-VR Application on Theater Screen Upon Launch' to Off https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/1608274347728620914/

• v1.17.1 patch - 2 March 2023

  Fixed “no sound” from 32 kHz or less sample rate audio files.

• v1.17.0 update - 16 January 2023

  1. DSD playback Added support for DSD high-resolution audio format playback. VHT will convert DSD to an ultra-low noise high-resolution PCM 32-bit audio format in real time. DSD (direct stream digital) audio quality formats: DSD64 is comparable with PCM 24-bit DSD128 is better than PCM 24-bit DSD256 is comparable with PCM 32-bit DSD512+ are better than PCM 32-bit Supported DSD formats in binaural mode: DSD64, DSD128 and DSD256 Supported DSD formats in direct mode: DSD64, DSD128 and DSD256 DSD512 and DSD1024 works only on DACs that support these high-resolution formats 2. Updated rectilinear lens projection

• v1.16.3 patch - 30 October 2022

  Bug fix for a possible crash on some system when play a file. Bug fix for .m3u8 stream link playback.

• v1.16.2 patch/update - 16 October 2022

  1. Added option to save as default start-up settings the following controller settings: Laser angle Shaking hands Only laser Use haptic feedback If anatomic preset is used then the "Laser angle" and "Shaking hands" from this preset will overide the default start-up controller settings. Set your desire laser angle then click the SAVE button: 2. Update the Fixed view projection for Binocular mode. 3. Fixed exit on error "Create subtitle font...FAILED!". If no unicode font (Arial, Malgun, Futura, Tahoma, etc.) is found installed, then the text subtitles like .srt or .ass will not show on the video screen. Only bitmap based subtiles will show on the video screen. To have text subtitles it is required to have or to install Arial font (recommended). 4. Fixed crash when an Bluetooth audio device is disconnected.

• v1.16.1 patch - 28 August 2022

  Fixed missing subtitle frame and text if subtitle is disabled and saved as default.

• v1.16.0 update - 20 August 2022

  Update Highlights Added new features: 1 - Direct audio playback 2 - MPO image viewer Full Update Note 1. Direct audio playback Added direct audio playback from sound track channels to a real home theater audio setup like: stereo, quadraphonic, 5.1 or 7.1 surround real speakers. This will deactivate the VHT's 3D audio spatial rendering and it will play the audio directly to the headphone or a stereo, quadraphonic, 5.1 or 7.1 surround real speakers. For media player mode: For desktop mirror mode: Audio standard used for master channel ordering (output mapping ordering): 1-FL, 2-FR, 3-FC, 4-LFE, 5-BL, 6-BR, 7-SL, 8-SR For multi-channel testing of your surround audio equipment in direct media player mode or the VHT's virtual speakers in binaural media player mode, use the following multichannel 7.1 and 5.1 wav test files from: https://www.jensign.com/bdp95/7dot1voiced/index.html Updated the…

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