Deeplinks from integrated browser not working

StevyT

Hi guys,

thank you for this awesome app!

I managed to display my videos with thumbnails and previews with a DeoVR JSON config in the root folder of a local HTTP server. Unfortunately, it is not possible to use "deeplinks" for opening single videos or a collection from a custom HTML webpage.
Chapter 3 in the documentation (https://deovr.com/app/doc) describes how to open VR videos with DeoVR from a website using "deeplinks". Deeplinks are hyperlinks to a DeoVR JSON file (=video metadata) prefixed with the 'deovr' URI scheme.

Expected behavior:
Click on deeplink (on webpage inside integrated browser) -> open video that is specified in the JSON

Actual behavior:
Click deeplink (on webpage inside integrated browser) -> DeoVR tries to play JSON file as if it was a video. -> "video format error"

My setup:

Quest 2 with DeoVR app (version 201)
(local) HTTP-Server that serves static HTML, JSON and video files
deeplinks: <a href="deovr://192.168.178.34:8080/deovr2.json">link1</a> or <a href="deovr://http://192.168.178.34:8080/deovr2.json">link2</a>

Similar discussions:

https://forum.deovr.com/d/80-how-can-i-open-a-video-list-from-the-in-app-browser
https://forum.deovr.com/d/721-support-http-deep-links
In the second discussion, Yar said "Yes deeplinks don't work on the Quest1\2.". I understand that it's not working from the Quest browser but I wonder why it's not working from within the integrated browser in the DeoVR app? The app successfully fetches the root JSON config from /deovr but it does not handle a JSON config when it navigates to one.

Possible fix:
on receiving the server response in the integrated bowser, check the content type for 'application/json'. If true, try parsing DeoVR JSON and if successful, open video.

I hope I could explain the problem with deeplinks. If someone found a workaround, please let me know.

Stevy

philpw99

StevyT
I remember I tried the same single video file deeplink json, it kinda worked, then it required the connection to the video clip must be https, not http.
It seems json cannot be used with http. You can only do the direct link like "http://mysite.com/myvideo.mp4" It will work without any issue.

StevyT

Ah ok, that's a pity. Does it work with a self-signed certificate for the local server?
Thx for your reply!

philpw99

StevyT
Self-signed cert might work for the PC if your PC has the CA certificate installed, but it won't work in your Quest 2.