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DarkViperAU can hear GTA 5, but his stream can't

A livestream highlights edit turns a planned VR speedrun into repeated restarts, flickering screens and increasingly determined troubleshooting.

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Why this story? The video is running at 37,298 views a day, 16 times its usual pace (2,329).

I Spent 16 Hours Getting GTA 5 to Work in VR...

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0:12The game loads, but routing audio to both the headset and the stream proves difficult.
1:03A VR speedrun timer starts before stuttering and missing game audio interrupt the attempt.
3:10The prologue brings severe screen flickering and black frames.
5:20Chat spots that the game's output adapter has switched away from the primary graphics card.
8:06A closing title card reveals whether the promised next-day attempt solved the problem.

"I don't care if I'm here for the next 10 million years, I will play this video game!" DarkViperAU declares. Getting the game to cooperate is another matter.

On DarkViperAU Clips, the livestream edit "I Spent 16 Hours Getting GTA 5 to Work in VR..." has added roughly 37,000 views in a day, sixteen times its usual daily pace. Posted four days ago, it compresses the attempt into a succession of technical problems, with chapter cards announcing each fresh test.

The speedrun timer does get started. But instead of simply navigating Los Santos in a headset, DarkViperAU has to navigate the gap between what he can hear and what his audience can hear. Chat reports missing audio while the sound is playing inside his headset. "There is audio! Don't you lie to me!" he protests.

Then come severe screen flickering, a graphics change that demands a restart, and a game that won't respond while shutting down. Chat spots that the output adapter has switched away from his primary graphics card. Reverting settings brings more jitter and crashes.

Viewers who caught the livestream describe the long setup process and recognise how much troubleshooting the edit condenses. The description credits a collaboration with Grabster.

By the time chat is suggesting missing files, DarkViperAU has his own diagnosis of how he ended up following the wrong lead: "No, I didn't get one guyed, I one guyed myself."

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What viewers say

Watching this live was a extra premium pain experience. GGs
@RainquackSee it on YouTube
Such a well edited video. I saw the stream live and this video perfectly captures the frustration in 8 minutes. Bravo!!!
@chguardiSee it on YouTube
I joined a live midway through the setup process when all the lag was going on with matto shouting and chat all spamming and it just all seemed very tense and i was trying to go sleep, so i just thought id wait for the vid to come out 😂
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