ALVR: Quest 2 tracks fine, nothing being streamed. Stuck in white void.
Description
On my Oculus Quest 2, ALVR connects fine, tracks fine (at least in SteamVR Home on my monitor), but the screen in the headset is stuck. No video is being streamed to it, just stuck in the white void. In the server logging, I noticed this error:
error in encoder thread: Failed to find encoder libx264
General Troubleshooting
- I carefully followed the instructions in the README and successfully completed the setup wizard
- I read the ALVR Wikis here and here
Environment
Quest 2 ALVR (v18.2.1, Linux portable version)
Hardware
CPU: Ryzen 7 4800H
GPU: GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
Audio:…Laptop Speakers?
Installation
ALVR Version: 18.2.1 (alvr_server_linux_portable)
SteamVR Version: 1.21.11
Install Type:
- Packaged (
exe,deb,rpm, etc) - Portable (
zip) - Source
OS Name and Version (winver on Windows or grep PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release on most Linux distributions):
openSUSE Tumbleweed (All packages updated to latest at time of issue and posting)
About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 2 years ago
- Comments: 18
One problem, ALVR cannot work with how flatpaks guarantees security.
Could you try native steam not flatpak?
I was finally able to get past the “Stream will begin soon” message by finding and placing all required libraries in my ~/lib64 directory, but now I am stuck in a green screen void. I feel so close to Linux gaming, but I need help to get past this last (I assume) obstacle.