In-game event

Whirligig - Plex improvements, Language updates and bug/performance improvements

Whirligig · published 2 Jan 2026, 15:52 UTC · build 4101783

All news Players around this date Read on Steam

Hi all,Here's the New Year’s update. I've continued to improve the Plex integration, which now allows for remote play with a Plex Pass / subscription, etc.

Plex Improvements

So the Plex integration (I'm not affiliated with Plex in any way and I'm using their API for integration) is going well. Over the Christmas period I worked on remote play — I was away so it made sense 🙂 — and on some of the challenges involved.

Remote Play

So remote play is working. This came with some challenges, and the biggest one is that the VLC plugin isn't very good at streaming playback. I've spent a while trying to come up with a solution, and the one I've landed on is this: if you're playing back with VLC then Whirligig will download the video to your device, place it in the Videos/VLC_Plex folder, and start playing it once 50 MB has been downloaded.If the video completes its download, it stays there. If it doesn't, it gets deleted after Whirligig closes. This allows VLC to play back the video as if it's local, removing all the issues that come with streaming playback. Media Foundation, on the other hand, streams pretty well, so that stays the same.What are your thoughts on this approach? Should all files be deleted when Whirligig closes? Let me know if this is working for you, and if not how you would like to see it improved.

Video Tutorials

I've been making tutorials of all the functions for Whirligig. Here's the current list:

Whirligig - Input menu

Whirligig - Subtitles

Whirligig - Audio

Whirligig - Themes

Whirligig - Menus

Whirligig - Colour, glow, crop, chroma key

Whirligig - Presets and Saves menus

Whirligig - Explorer menu

Whirligig - Depth menu

Whirligig - Projection menu

And finally

I hope you appreciate these updates and feedback is very welcome. Also a call out for POSITIVE REVIEWS, BUG REPORTS, and FEATURE REQUESTS. I'll continue to work on Whirligig as long as you continue to enjoy using it.Actually I have one last question. I was thinking of putting up the price. For the people who already own Whirligig, do you think Whirligig is worth more?Hope everyone has a great 2026. Happy watching 😄Phil

Other announcements

All news

In-game event31 Aug 2026whirligig_v5.8000 work continues on Steam Deck and now Steam Frame compatibilityHi everyone With the upcoming release of the Steam Frame I have been working on getting Whirligig working well on the Steam Deck, and thankfully I've been provided with a Steam Frame so I've also been getting it working with that. Overview Both the Steam Deck and Steam Frame run Proton for Windows apps, which has a few considerations that need addressing. Steam Deck/Steam Frame · Disable DLNA a…Steam news9 Aug 2026Whirligig Steam Deck compatible version - early beta whirligig_v5.8000Hi Everyone As people who are in the know, know, the Steam Frame is on its way with a lot of development into SteamOS. Well in anticipation I'm working on getting Whirligig compatible with SteamOS (through proton) and the first stage was to borrow a Steam Deck and get it working there. The first version is now available for beta download whirligig_v5.8000. What's changed SteamOS and the Steam D…Major update31 Jul 2026Whirligig default update, a lot of changesHi Everyone It's been a while since the last default update, and I've spent that time working through a run of beta releases to get us here. This release has a lot of updates. I've rebuilt a lot of Whirligig's core, for stability and performance, added a free companion app for controlling headsets over your network and I've worked on bringing a lot of the long requested features into this build…