Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Make 3D MKV/FLV/AVI/Blu-ray/DVD Playable in Oculus Rift CV1

Virtual reality is difficult to understand until you try it for yourself. But when you hurried to jump on the crazy train to Rift CV1 valley, you found you can't get the proper way to let yourself immerse into 3D VR world with Oculus Rift CV1. Don't be chaotic, here can offer you the secret key to open the pandora 3D visual world, throught importing all your3D movie library to Oculus Rift CV1 VR without any hassles.



Why Can't Watch 3D Movies on Oculus Rift CV1?

Oculus Rift CV1 by default supports most common file formats including MKV, MP4, AVI, and FLV. When it comes to playing 3D videos or movies, Oculus Rift CV1 requires either side-by-side or top-to-bottom (top down), but many movies are not that format. Thus, the workaround is to download a 3D video converter program that can convert 3D movies to Oculus Rift CV1 supported formats.

To finish task, here we recommended you to try Dimo Video Converter Ultimate, a professional video converter for Rift CV1. It enables you convert various 3D movies including 3D Blu-ray, 3D YouTube FLV, 3D YIFY, 3D MTS, 3D MKV, etc. to Oculus Rift CV1/DK2 or Oculus video format at super fast speed. It supports Anaglyph, Top-Bottom, Side-by-Side for Oculus Rift, 3D TV, Gear VR, DayDream View, HTC Vive, Google Cardboard, etc. with the best quality.

What's more, with the built-in editor, you can trim, crop, add watermark, adjust special effect to your 3D video, so that you get the very part and effects at your will. If you are a Mac user, you can turn to Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac (OS Sierra, OS X El Capitan included), which has the same function as the Windows version. Free download the right version and see easy steps to watch 3D movies on Oculus Rift CV1 with Oculus Video effortlessly. 

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How to re-encode and watch 3D movies on Oculus Rift CV1 

Step 1. Load 3D movies

Launch the VR video converter for Rift CV1, and click "Add File" button to import your source materials 3D media files.



Step 2. Select output format

It is time to select the output file format type that will be Oculus Rift VR device in your case. Click "Select Format" and select "Oculus Rift" from "Device > VR" category as the output format. It works on Oculus Rift CV1 perfectly. Choose the output file folder where you need to save back your video file after conversion. 

Tip: Click Settings to adjust the parameters like video codec, video bitrate, video frame rate, audio sample rate, audio channel. 1920x1080 compressed side-by-side 3D should be resampled to 1920x540 resolution full side-by-side resolution. And keep audio in AAC or MP3.

Step 3. Set the Matching 3D modes

The 3D Video Converter program provides three kinds of 3D effects, you can choose one that match your Oculus Rift CV1, such as Side-by-side (Left-Right) or Top-Bottom.



Step 4. Start conversion

Click the "Start" button to start and finish the 3D video to Rift CV1 conversion. After the conversion, click "Open" button to quickly locate the generated media file. Now you can transfer the converted 3D videos to play with Rift CV1 easily.

Follow the official instruction to play 360 videos or 3D content in Oculus rift:

1. Label 3D videos and 360 videos as:

a. The 360 videos are here implemented using advanced spherical mapping; for this you simply need to add _360 at the end of your video file name. After completion of this labelling process you can move these videos to video folder as per need.

b. In case of 3D panoramic videos, you need to add labels as per top, bottom, left and right conventions. The extensions at the end of video file name will be "_360_TB.mp4", "_360_RL.mp4", "_360_BT.mp4" and "_360_LR_mp4" etc. It is important to provide proper names to these videos files for easy access at later stages.

2. Here are the steps to transfer your videos to Oculus Videos

a. Open the Windows system drive that is probably C drive in most of the cases.
b. Now access Users folder.
c. Choose user files option ahead.
d. Finally locate and then open Videos folder and paste your videos there. 

For the next time, whenever you will launch the Oculus Video then these transferred videos will immediately and automatically appear on My Videos section of your system.

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Kindly Note:

The price of Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Windows is divided into 1 Year Subscription, Lifetime/Family/Business License: $43.95/Year; $45.95/lifetime license; $95.95/family license(2-4 PCs); $189.95/business pack(5-8 PCs). Get your needed one at purchase page.

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BDmate (Win/Mac)

Lossless backup Blu-ray to MKV with all audio and subtitle tracks; Rip Blu-ray to multi-track MP4; ConvertBlu-ray to almost all popular video/audio formats and devices; Copy Blu-ray to ISO/M2TS; Share digitized Blu-ray wirelessly.

DVDmate (Win/Mac)

A professional DVD ripping and editing tool with strong ability to remove DVD protection, transcode DVD to any video and audio format, and edit DVD to create personal movie.

Videomate (Win/Mac)

An all-around video converter software program that enables you to convert various video and audio files to formats that are supported by most multimedia devices.

8K Player (Win/Mac)

A mixture of free HD/4K video player, music player, Blu-ray/DVD player, video recorder and gif maker. 

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Friday, April 21, 2017

How to Make 3D Videos for HTC Vive Watching

Of the various virtual reality headsets that have emerged this year, HTC Vive is the one that's most delivered on the lofty promises of VR. It's designed to put your entire body into a digital realm. Once you find some good sources of VR videos, or have regular 3D movies like Avatar, Guardians of the Galaxy, Zootopia, Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse, Star Trek Beyond, Ice Age: Collision Course, or stuff like that, you can start watching these 3D movies on HTC Vive and putting yourself into a virtual world.



Full HTC Vive 3D Movie HOWTO Guide

Preparation:

1. Best HTC Vive Video Converter- Watch 3D videos on HTC Vive

Watching VR video on HTC Vive is a good taster of Virtual Reality within budget. Can any 3D video be viewed on HTC Vive? No. But with HTC Vive Video Converter -Dimo Video Converter Ultimate, you can watch any 3D movies on HTC Vive without error.

With it, you are able convert unsupported 3D movies including 3D Blu-ray to SBS 3D MP4 files for playback on your HTC Vive in just few clicks. It has the most amazingly easy to operate interface. Even freshers, who have no information on how to convert 3D movies, can quickly finish the 3D video conversion by following the guide. It supports not only HTC Vive, but also all VR headsets like Gear VRVR One, Rift DK2, Google Cardboard, etc. and mainstream 3D TV, 3D media players! By the way, thanks to its advanced NVIDIA CUDA technology, you'll going to process your conversion at 6X faster speed while retaining excellent output quality.

If you are a Mac user, you can turn to Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac (OS Sierra, El Capitan included), which has the same function as the Windows version.

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2. Buy/Download a 3D movie that is in these formats:

.mp4 .m4v .3gp .3g2 .ts .webm .mkv .wmv .asf .avi .flv. In my opinion, .mp4 is best, while audio is aac.

3. A VR player app

a. Whirligig 

To watch a video, click the Browse button in the top left-hand corner of the menu. You'll be able to browse your hard drive to choose a video file. (Whirligig also claims to support YouTube links in its Settings, but I couldn't get that to work at the time of this writing.)



As the video starts to play, you'll probably want to adjust some settings using Whirligig's heads-up controls. Here's what we recommend for each type of video: 
  • Regular 2D video: Set Projector to Cinema or Cinema Curved.   
  • 3D video: 3D video comes in a few different forms, so check the video you downloaded–or the settings you used when you ripped it–to see whether it's Half Side-By-Side, Full Side-By-Side, Half Over-Under, or Full Over-Under. Set the Projector to either Cinema or Cinema Curved, then select SBS or OU instead of Mono. If the video is Half SBS, set Stretch to "100" so it displays in the proper aspect ratio.   
  • 180 or 360 degree video: The video will usually tell you whether it's 180 degrees or 360 degrees on the site you download it from. If it's 180 degrees, set Projector to "Fisheye" and set FOV to 180. If it's 360, set Projector to "Barrel" and FOV to 360. You may also have to tweak "Tilt" for 180 videos or "Rotation" for 360 videos so that the video is facing the right direction.   
  • Full VR video: Combine the correct settings from "3D video" and "180 or 360 degree video" sections of this list. You can also adjust the Scale and Distance settings to fit your tastes, or click the Settings cog in the lower right-hand corner for even more options. Whirligig also has some other cool features like saving different presets, but these basics should get you up and running pretty quickly. For now, sit back and enjoy the movie!  
b. Virtual Desktop

Whirligig isn't the only way to watch videos on your VR headset, but it was the best cost-to-performance ratio in our tests. If you're willing to pay a little more, Virtual Desktop ($15) is also pretty good, and can do a lot more than play videos–it is, as the name implies, a full version of your PC's desktop in virtual reality. Just play a video in your favorite desktop player (like VLC), set it to full-screen, and go. 

Download and Install Virtual Desktop

First, download and install the Virtual Desktop from Steam. The cost is $14.99, but well worth it. If your target price is, well, free, then you can download the free GoPro VR player from Kolor. However, you need to start and stop the videos on your desktop monitor and is not entirely VR integrated.

Setup Virtual Desktop

The first thing to do is determine how BIG you want your desktop. The app lets you fully customize the size of the desktop. You can even specify with a simple slider control all the way up to 360 degrees which wrap the entire desktop around you. Although neat, 360 degrees is not too practical. Personally, I like 180 degrees with a screen distance around 3 meters.

Playing 360/SBS Videos

Now you have the virtual desktop installed and setup, playing 360 videos is easy!  Just click the 360 Videos option (top right), then browse to your video. Depending on the video format, you will need to change the Video mode. If you see the image duplicated on the left and the right, then select Side By Side (SBS). If you're unsure which format you need, then just click the option until the video looks good. Very few videos these days are 180 degrees, most are 360 degrees in the video projection option.

Steps to convert unsupported 3D videos to play on HTC Vive

Step 1. Load your 3D movies 

Launch the video converter for HTC Vive, and click "Add file" button to import your source 3D materials. Or insert the Blu-ray disc to the Blu-ray Disc drive and click the "Add Blu-ray" button to have movies uploaded to the Blu-ray Ripper. 



Step 2. Select output format 

Click "Format" and select "MP4" from "Format > Video" category as the output format. It works on HTC Vive perfectly. 

Tip: Click Settings to adjust the parameters like video codec, video bitrate, video frame rate, audio sample rate, audio channel. 1920x1080 compressed side-by-side 3D should be resampled to 1920x540 resolution full side-by-side resolution. And keep audio in AAC or MP3. 

Step 3. Select 3D mode 

Once you have gained proper information about video types then it is time to set a mode as per your video type so that it can work perfectly on your VR headset. The selection can be done as below:

To get a SBS (Side-by-side) video, click "Edit", turn to "3D" and choose "Left/Right" mode. Finally hit OK button.



Step 4. Start conversion 

Click the "Start" button to start and finish the 3D video to HTC Vive conversion.  After the conversion, click "Open" button to quickly locate the generated media file. Now you can transfer the converted 3D videos to play with HTC Vive using the above methods easily. 

Free Download or Purchase Dimo Video Converter Ultimate:

          

Need the lifetime version to work on 2-4 PCs so that your friends and family can instantly broaden their entertainment options? Please refer to the family license here



Kindly Note:

The price of Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Windows is divided into 1 Year Subscription, Lifetime/Family/Business License: $43.95/Year; $45.95/lifetime license; $95.95/family license(2-4 PCs); $189.95/business pack(5-8 PCs). Get your needed one at purchase page.

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

How to Create 3D movies and videos on Homido VR

Homido VR provides a low cost intro into smartphone-based virtual reality — and it's more convenient than Google Cardboard. Homido VR is 100% 3D compatible, allowing you to watch your favorite 3D movies via your smartphone. It is a economic way to have your own 3D home theater. In my previous post, I have give the guide on playing 3D movies on Gear VR, Daydream View, Oculus Rift CV1/DK2, View-Master VR and Zeiss VR One, and here, give you the guide to watch 3D movies and videos on Homido VR.



When you get a Homido VR, you can download some 3D SBS MP4, 3D SBS MKV, 3D FLV, 3D MKV, 3D YIFY video from online sites, prepare some 3D movie recordings from camcorders like 3D MTS, or purchase your favourite Blu-ray/DVD discs to add in your video library. And then easily make 3D SBS videos from source 2D/3D videos for viewing on Homido VR with your iPhone/Android. Actually, it's not as difficult as you imagine.

What you need is a top 3D video converter like Dimo Video Converter Ultimate to convert your 2D/3D movies to 3D SBS MP4/MOV videos for Homido VR. In addition to Side by Side, it is capable of converting 2D/3D videos to Anaglyph(Red/Cyan) and Top and Bottom. 

Besides, it can convert almost all popular formats of videos whether in SD or HD such as AVI, MPEG, H.264/MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, AVCHD Video (*.mts, *.m2ts), H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (*.mp4), MPEG2 HD Video (*.mpg; *.mpeg), MPEG-4 TS HD Video (*.ts), etc. What's more, you can easily convert these videos to play on all mainstream devices like PS VR, iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Windows mobile devices, etc. For mac users, here is the mac version.

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Creat and View 3D movies on Homido Virtual Reality Headset

Step 1. Load your 2D or 3D movies

Now it is time to load your desired 2D/3D video file onto software window. This task can be completed with two easy to follow methods: either you need to hit the "Add File" option on your screen so that file explorer can be opened and desired video file can be selected directly whereas the second most commonly used method allow users to easily drag files onto software window.



Step 2. Select 3D MP4/MOV as output format

From "Select Format" > "Format", please choose MP4 or MOV as the output format. It works on Homido VR perfectly.

Click "Settings" to adjust the parameters like video codec, video bitrate, video frame rate, audio sample rate, audio channel. Movies in 720p resolution are best for watching in the Homido VR. Note 1280 * 720 compressed side-by-side 3D should be resampled to 1280*360 resolution full side-by-side resolution.



Step 3. Add 3D effect

Click "Edit" and turn to 3D, then choose "Left-Right" and click "OK" to set 3D mode for viewing 3D Blu-ray on VR Box with 3D effect.



Step 4. Start 3D movie conversion for Homido VR

Click the "Start" button to start the 3D movie to 3D SBS MP4/MOV conversion. After the conversion, click "Open" button to quickly locate the generated media file. Now you can add the converted 3D movies to Homido VR for playback with iPhone/Android. Once all your favorite 3D movies get added to Homido VR supporting smartphones then it is right time to play and enjoy for hours.

Now you can see, it is now much easier to access your 3D movies on Homido VR via iPhone/Android smartphone as Dimo video converter tool assists in easy synchronization. More hight features are waiting for you to explore in thelatest released verion 2.7.4.

Free Download or Purchase Dimo Video Converter Ultimate:

          

Need the lifetime version to work on 2-4 PCs so that your friends and family can instantly broaden their entertainment options? Please refer to the family license here



Kindly Note:

The price of Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Windows is divided into 1 Year Subscription, Lifetime/Family/Business License: $43.95/Year; $45.95/lifetime license; $95.95/family license(2-4 PCs); $189.95/business pack(5-8 PCs). Get your needed one at purchase page.

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BDmate (Win/Mac)

Lossless backup Blu-ray to MKV with all audio and subtitle tracks; Rip Blu-ray to multi-track MP4; ConvertBlu-ray to almost all popular video/audio formats and devices; Copy Blu-ray to ISO/M2TS; Share digitized Blu-ray wirelessly.

DVDmate (Win/Mac)

A professional DVD ripping and editing tool with strong ability to remove DVD protection, transcode DVD to any video and audio format, and edit DVD to create personal movie.

Videomate (Win/Mac)

An all-around video converter software program that enables you to convert various video and audio files to formats that are supported by most multimedia devices.

8K Player (Win/Mac)

A mixture of free HD/4K video player, music player, Blu-ray/DVD player, video recorder and gif maker. 

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Source: How to Play 3D movies and videos on Homido VR