ValveSoftware / ValveSoftware/Proton

Whirligig (451650)

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Description

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the app with compatibility issues: Whirligig
  • Steam AppID of the app: 451650

System Information

I confirm:

  • [Yes] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • [Yes] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.
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Symptoms

No video paths other than VideoLAN work.
VideoLAN has very bad performance compared to Windows.

Reproduction

-Start Whirligig
-Try playing a video with and without VideoLAN as video path selected

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Reproduce Whirligig on Proton 4.11-1 using the listed system and compare video paths with and without VideoLAN. Generate the pending Proton log with PROTON_LOG=1 %command%; the issue is done when non-VideoLAN paths work with performance comparable to Windows.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
audio-video-rtc, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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