what do these vr settings do/mean?

[eatthis]

i know what mirror source does but not the other 2

Edited Wednesday at 04:05 PM by eatthis

[Phantom711]

DCS system resolution: shows the VR image on your monitor in the resolution that you have selected in the DCS settings.

Crop to rectangle: the VR image would normally show on the screen witz some corners cut off. With that option selected, it will be….well, as it says…cropped to a rectangle.

I think none of that is of any relevance, unless you want to stream or record while flying in VR

[jnr4817]

Does setting a higher res vs lower affect performance at all in VR?

 

[Qcumber]

40 minutes ago, jnr4817 said:

Does setting a higher res vs lower affect performance at all in VR?

 

Monitor resolution? No effect at all. 

[eatthis]

On 8/13/2025 at 8:07 PM, Phantom711 said:

DCS system resolution: shows the VR image on your monitor in the resolution that you have selected in the DCS settings.

Crop to rectangle: the VR image would normally show on the screen witz some corners cut off. With that option selected, it will be….well, as it says…cropped to a rectangle.

I think none of that is of any relevance, unless you want to stream or record while flying in VR

im looking to record it

[Steel Jaw]

On 8/14/2025 at 12:43 PM, Qcumber said:

Monitor resolution? No effect at all. 

I would think it affects vr performance given that it puts a heavier load on the gpu.

[Qcumber]

4 hours ago, Steel Jaw said:

I would think it affects vr performance given that it puts a heavier load on the gpu.

No. It just mirrors what's on the VR headset. You can find several comments on this in this forum over the years where people have compared low vs high monitor resolution (me included) and it makes no difference. The only reason I use 1080 on a 1440 monitor is so that I have a window rather than full screen. 

[Phantom711]

vor 7 Stunden schrieb eatthis:

im looking to record it

Well apparently these options are relevant in that case. 
Pick a DCS resolution, that you want to record in or higher. I would argue, that 1080 usually provides a good quality already. Remember that recording degrades performance (in terms of FPS) as well.

You might want to consider not recording while flying VR but record the replay track instead. That comes with it‘s own caveats but also some advantages…

[eatthis]

5 hours ago, Phantom711 said:

Well apparently these options are relevant in that case. 
Pick a DCS resolution, that you want to record in or higher. I would argue, that 1080 usually provides a good quality already. Remember that recording degrades performance (in terms of FPS) as well.

You might want to consider not recording while flying VR but record the replay track instead. That comes with it‘s own caveats but also some advantages…

i was using obs and i didnt like it but it worked, now youtube wont process the videos! iv switched to meld but im not doing great on that either

[Phantom711]

vor 21 Stunden schrieb eatthis:

i was using obs and i didnt like it but it worked, now youtube wont process the videos!

I used OBS to record as well and then did the cuts with DaVinci Resolve and recompiled it.

I‘m not sure, but I think youtube has a framerate limit or something. You must make your file match the YT requirements. DaVinci Resolve has presets for that. A guy from our squadron did the upload to YT though. 
 

This was my video by the way: