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Screen - 3D capability?

Has anyone watched the demo video with the fields, fish and mountains etc. Have you noticed that it appears to be 3Dish. Not cinema 3D but the effect is there. Everyone that I show sees the same effect. Some 3D movies (Avatar etc) look great.
Has anyone else noticed this? Is this a software thing or hardware?

RustySpoon80 said:
Has anyone watched the demo video with the fields, fish and mountains etc. Have you noticed that it appears to be 3Dish. Not cinema 3D but the effect is there. Everyone that I show sees the same effect. Some 3D movies (Avatar etc) look great.
Has anyone else noticed this? Is this a software thing or hardware?
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I noticed that too! I thought it must have been my eyes playing tricks on me, Sony Mobile Bravia Engine? I'm not sure. Oh well.
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Yes, the video looks awesome and definately "quasi" 3D, but it is not really 3D, its a trick in the video editing by slightly changing the perspective point int he video and your eye naturally follows it giving the slight impression of 3D.

where I can find the video?

Buszidko said:
where I can find the video?
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I found it in the app "play movies" (Big red icon) and went to personal videos tab. the movie is called "xperia_hd_landscapes.mp4"
Movie is here for all to see

How to watch 3D Movies on Gear VR

Step 1 - Create a folder called 3D under Oculus / Movies / My Videos /
[it'll look like this Oculus / Movies / My Videos / 3D]
Step 2 - Put your 3D movie in that new folder.
Step 3 - Get into Oculus Cinema and go to my videos. It'll be labled 3D on the top corner and the video will merge the two views when you watch it.
PS - I moved the whole Oculus folder from the gear vr sd card to my previous sd card. And I still don't know how to watch youtube other than downloading it from youtube and placing it in the 3D folder.
Have fun!
More Links
" I downloaded a few 360° videos from here that worked when copied to 360videos folder.
http://www.kolor.com/360-video/gallery " - Thanks Scoobrel for the link!
Also youtube Samsung and LG 3D video tech demos. They are really good with the 3D effects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuAhfXoRkX8
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Good to know. Thanks for sharing the info.
Is there a particular 3D format that is recommended for Note 4/Gear VR combination?
Thanks,
Osho

Surething!
Cough , For movies I already own, I just torrent any "3D" Movies. I heard Gravity looks awesome in 3D.

boodies said:
Surething!
Cough , For movies I already own, I just torrent any "3D" Movies. I heard Gravity looks awesome in 3D.
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So basically any SBS mkv should work right? How is the movie experience? Is it worth the 200$*add-on?

Toss3 said:
So basically any SBS mkv should work right? How is the movie experience? Is it worth the 200$*add-on?
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The experience is out of this world. Haven't had any real VR experience before and it is crazy awesome. It's very immersive, enough to trick my mind to thinking i'm actually there in 3d space. Like that one mogolian hut scene as well as the circus were very real. I see huge potential in this thing. Oh, about watching movies, yeah, you're in a virtual cinema which is really cool cause the lighting of the movie lights up the whole interior just like in the real movies. Youre gonna love it. yes, it's worth 200.
edit: haven't tried mkvs. The two 3d movies I had were mp4 and they worked.

boodies said:
The experience is out of this world. Haven't had any real VR experience before and it is crazy awesome. It's very immersive, enough to trick my mind to thinking i'm actually there in 3d space. Like that one mogolian hut scene as well as the circus were very real. I see huge potential in this thing. Oh, about watching movies, yeah, you're in a virtual cinema which is really cool cause the lighting of the movie lights up the whole interior just like in the real movies. Youre gonna love it. yes, it's worth 200.
edit: haven't tried mkvs. The two 3d movies I had were mp4 and they worked.
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Is there an app that allows you to watch the movies without the virtual cinema surroundings, as in just the movie in 3D? That's basically what I'm buying it for, so it would be good to know if it works without any sort of extra fluff that isn't needed.

Toss3 said:
Is there an app that allows you to watch the movies without the virtual cinema surroundings, as in just the movie in 3D? That's basically what I'm buying it for, so it would be good to know if it works without any sort of extra fluff that isn't needed.
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Yes, there are 4 options for the cinema setting. One is a blank dark screen so you don't see the seats etc.

I downloaded a few 360° videos from here that worked when copied to 360videos folder.
http://www.kolor.com/360-video/gallery
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scoobrel said:
I downloaded a few 360° videos from here that worked when copied to 360videos folder.
http://www.kolor.com/360-video/gallery
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Nice find! Ill let people know this in the op. Thanks!

boodies said:
Nice find! Ill let people know this in the op. Thanks!
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You're welcome. If I find anymore I'll share.
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Toss3 said:
Is there an app that allows you to watch the movies without the virtual cinema surroundings, as in just the movie in 3D? That's basically what I'm buying it for, so it would be good to know if it works without any sort of extra fluff that isn't needed.
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You can do that in the Void Cinema within the Oculus Cinema and also in the VR Gallery app.

I lost the SD card that came with my gear vr. I created the folders oculus/movies/myvideos/3d in my regular SD card but they still don't show. Any ideas?

perryh1 said:
I lost the SD card that came with my gear vr. I created the folders oculus/movies/myvideos/3d in my regular SD card but they still don't show. Any ideas?
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Not sure if you got this working yet, but did you create the 3d folder as "3d" or "3D" - not sure if it's case sensitive.

perryh1 said:
I lost the SD card that came with my gear vr. I created the folders oculus/movies/myvideos/3d in my regular SD card but they still don't show. Any ideas?
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my space videos

perryh1 said:
I lost the SD card that came with my gear vr. I created the folders oculus/movies/myvideos/3d in my regular SD card but they still don't show. Any ideas?
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My only guess is that you need the other files. I copied all the files over to my larger SD and works fine.
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MKV and AVI video works but NOT audio! It only works with mp4 (which are also what all the stock videos are). Anyone know how to get audio to work with other files???
Update: I can play the same 3D (SBS) MKV or AVI files with a regular app and audio is great. (also louder than VR app) If I place in front of the VR without plugging in I can watch the video in 3D fine.

Ok figured it out. If the movie is a sbs movie lets say gravity.mp4 then create a file called gravity.txt in that file put this
{
"format": "3D"
}
This works every time for me. In the oculus cinema app, under my videos you'll see the movie and it will say 3d in the top right corner

perryh1 said:
Ok figured it out. If the movie is a sbs movie lets say gravity.mp4 then create a file called gravity.txt in that file put this
{
"format": "3D"
}
This works every time for me. In the oculus cinema app, under my videos you'll see the movie and it will say 3d in the top right corner
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Weird people said that creating a 3D folder and putting the files inside is enough for it to work, but maybe not with all 3D videos?
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eozdalga said:
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Update: I can play the same 3D (SBS) MKV or AVI files with a regular app and audio is great. (also louder than VR app) If I place in front of the VR without plugging in I can watch the video in 3D fine.
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What regular app do you mean? Do you mean a video player app outside of VR?

Perry, I'm not sure if this might be the cause but like I said, your folder is not even named correctly to begin with. It's NOT myvideos folder. It's my videos folder. There is a space between my and videos. You dont need all that txt crap. Gravity works 3d, ive already watched guardians of the galaxy 3d on it.

boodies said:
Perry, I'm not sure if this might be the cause but like I said, your folder is not even named correctly to begin with. It's NOT myvideos folder. It's my videos folder. There is a space between my and videos. You dont need all that txt crap. Gravity works 3d, ive already watched guardians of the galaxy 3d on it.
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I was just going by what oculus support wrote for the gear vr bro. The my videos thing was typo on my part, my bad. Worked for me thought I'd share. This is per their site
https://support.oculus.com/hc/en-us/articles/204372193-Watching-Your-Videos-in-Oculus-Cinema
For 3D video content, Oculus Cinema supports the side-by-side and top-to-bottom formats. To designate that a file is 3D, create a text file with the same file name as your video and place it in the same directory. For instance, for mymovie.mp4, create a text file mymovie.txt, with the following content:
{
"format": "3D"
}
Where the format can be any one of:
“3D” : 3D movie side-by-side
“3DLR” : 3D movie side-by-side (same as “3D”)
“3DLRF” : 3D movie side-by-side full screen
“3DTB” : 3D movie top-to-bottom
“3DTBF” : 3D movie top-to-bottom full screen
The next time you launch Oculus Cinema, your video should automatically appear in the “My Videos” section. If it doesn't, please check the instructions and try again.

Powerslash said:
Weird people said that creating a 3D folder and putting the files inside is enough for it to work, but maybe not with all 3D videos?
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What regular app do you mean? Do you mean a video player app outside of VR?
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Correct. For example MX Player will play MLK and AVI with audio fine. Oculus only plays mp4 with audio.

Post your 360 downloadable video links here

Here's one, Just save the mp4 to your computer and drop it in the 360 folder on the SD card and it will show up and play in your headset menu under 360 videos.
http://www.pienenuvins.lv/stop360/video.mp4

i found a few on youtube actually, and just extracted them as mp4s, they played fine. also pulled a few movies as .mkv files from other places, but the audio was not supported by the oculus cinema player, so i'm converting it to an .mp4 with mp3 audio.
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i was really impressed by the 360 photos as well, hope samsung will release a camera app that will stitch my own photos together to make my own soon.

Yeah, there are a bunch of videos on youtube which you can use youtube downloaded to downloader (on xda). I love watching the Samsung and LG's 3D videos. ps - these lg samsung 3d videos are freaking awesome. they really come out at you.
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johnnobts said:
i was really impressed by the 360 photos as well, hope samsung will release a camera app that will stitch my own photos together to make my own soon.
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Have you tried the photosphere modus which you can activate/download in the Note 4 camera? I think the 360° photos you make there, can be used.
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boodies said:
Yeah, there are a bunch of videos on youtube which you can use youtube downloaded to downloader (on xda). I love watching the Samsung and LG's 3D videos. ps - these lg samsung 3d videos are freaking awesome. they really come out at you.
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Did you find 360° videos or 3D videos on youtube? And which format should i chose in the youtube 3D settings, so that they are correct for the Oculus Cinema?

Powerslash said:
Have you tried the photosphere modus which you can activate/download in the Note 4 camera? I think the 360° photos you make there, can be used.
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Did you find 360° videos or 3D videos on youtube? And which format should i chose in the youtube 3D settings, so that they are correct for the Oculus Cinema?
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Sorry i misunderstood, this was stereocopic 3d not 360. Here are downloadable 360 degree videos HERE But I think we need to figure out a way to make it work with the Gear VR.
This below is for regular 3d stereoscopic.
First, here is the LINK to Youtube Downloader on XDA.
Make sure the Video is 3D Sterescopic.
I usually download the best quality, which is usually 1080p. And HERE is a super good 3D video. Its effects are amazing.
Have fun!

boodies said:
First, here is the LINK to Youtube Downloader on XDA.
Make sure the Video is 3D Sterescopic.
I usually download the best quality, which is usually 1080p. And HERE is a super good 3D video. Its effects are amazing.
Have fun!
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Thanks, you don't happen to have 3D 360° Videos and/or 360° Videos in 1080p/1440p/4K aswell do you?

Powerslash said:
Thanks, you don't happen to have 3D 360° Videos and/or 360° Videos in 1080p/1440p/4K aswell do you?
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hi powerslash, sorry i misread and updated the post.

boodies said:
hi powerslash, sorry i misread and updated the post.
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Cool thanks. You mean how to watch 3D 360 videos on the Gear VR?
Someone said that you can watch those by renaming the videos to "_TB.mp4" (for over under videos) and "_LR.mp4" (for SBS files).

Powerslash said:
Cool thanks. You mean how to watch 3D 360 videos on the Gear VR?
Someone said that you can watch those by renaming the videos to "_TB.mp4" (for over under videos) and "_LR.mp4" (for SBS files).
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That's great, ill try it out. Seems like the 360 videos under Oculus / 360Videos / need 2 files to work. The mp4 video file and a .pvr file. I did download some 3d videos so I'll rename them and see if it works without the .pvr file.
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boodies said:
That's great, ill try it out. Seems like the 360 videos under Oculus / 360Videos / need 2 files to work. The mp4 video file and a .pvr file. I did download some 3d videos so I'll rename them and see if it works without the .pvr file.
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Hm not sure i think the renaming is only ment for the 3D 360 videos not the regular 360 ones, but better test it anyway.

Powerslash said:
Hm not sure i think the renaming is only ment for the 3D 360 videos not the regular 360 ones, but better test it anyway.
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OOOOOOOHHHHHHHH SHI#[email protected]% it works. I didn't even rename them. I downloaded some random 3d 360 mp4 video and just put it in the 360Videos folder and it works. I gotta go, rofl. Good luck!

boodies said:
OOOOOOOHHHHHHHH SHI#[email protected]% it works. I didn't even rename them. I downloaded some random 3d 360 mp4 video and just put it in the 360Videos folder and it works. I gotta go, rofl. Good luck!
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Haha ok, have fun.

Powerslash said:
Haha ok, have fun.
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You too! OP, feel free to update your post with these.
http://www.panocam3d.com/video3d360.html
http://www.kolor.com/360-video/gallery The Hawker Hunter Fighter Pilot video sounds awesome in 4k, im downloading it now. - Thanks Scoobrel for the link!
http://www.gopano.com/
http://www.airpano.com/360-videos.php

boodies said:
You too! OP, feel free to update your post with these.
http://www.kolor.com/360-video/gallery The Hawker Hunter Fighter Pilot video sounds awesome in 4k, im downloading it now. - Thanks Scoobrel for the link!
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Can Gear VR handle 360 videos in 4K or rather in 2K?
If so then maybe this the alien desert in 4k or 2k:
https://share.oculus.com/app/dryft-wild-the-alien-desert-2k-trailer
or a Night-Sky Time-Lapse video from youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azJaOQAGTJo

Powerslash said:
Can Gear VR handle 360 videos in 4K or rather in 2K?
If so then maybe this the alien desert in 4k or 2k:
https://share.oculus.com/app/dryft-wild-the-alien-desert-2k-trailer
or a Night-Sky Time-Lapse video from youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azJaOQAGTJo
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I realized youtube also has it's share of 3D 360 Videos. Here's one. Link

https://forums.oculus.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=7010
Roller Coaster, Go Kart etc
edit: these are top and bottom stereo, I don't think it'll work

Just to let you know, the 360 degree company kolor also has a app in the play store called koloreyes...doesnt seem to let you download them, but im sure if you use the built in player and rigged it up in the vr it would worknperfectly...uses the gyro on the phone with the player

Command-line Youtube downloader
youtube-dl is a pretty awesome command line tool for downloading youtube videos. it can detect the formats available, too!
google "youtube-dl "

boodies said:
https://forums.oculus.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=7010
Roller Coaster, Go Kart etc
edit: these are top and bottom stereo, I don't think it'll work
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I tried the roller coaster but it didn't work. I got audio but it was just black, no picture.

Powerslash said:
Have you tried the photosphere modus which you can activate/download in the Note 4 camera? I think the 360° photos you make there, can be used.
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The surround shot photos taken with note 4 camera worked after copying them to a folder created within the 360photos folder.
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3d blu-ray (frame packed) to Gear VR?

I have a few 3d blu-rays that I would love to watch in the Oculus Cinema. My understanding is that most 3d blu-rays are in the "frame packed" format but the Gear VR requires either side-by-side or top-to-bottom (top down). Is there any way to convert a frame packed blu-ray to a sbs or td MP4?
Thanks.
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It looks like this software might do it. Anybody have any experience with DVD Fab Blu-ray ripper for 3d?
http://www.dvdfab.cn/blu-ray-ripper.htm

Is this related to my issue?... Cannot play 3D video with top-down format. ... despite placing in appropriate directory, creating text file and changing file name...?

Not sure if this will help you with the top down video.....
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http://phandroid.com/2014/12/19/360-video-gear-vr/

Need to be mp4 with mp3 sound. Mkv are no go yet.
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darekz said:
Need to be mp4 with mp3 sound. Mkv are no go yet.
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No, MKV's work perfect....unless you're talking about something else?
All my rips are ripped straight from blu-ray into an MKV container with the only exception being that the audio is converted to 5.1 AAC (neroacc) from the DTS HD core file @ VBR- Quality 1.0 for best quality and stock video player compatibility. Only the video/audio files are in the MKV container, no subtitles etc etc.
20-30 GB per movie but the bit rate is worth it since you're so close to the actual screen hence the ability to see pixels. Anything under 20mbps bit rate is simply not sufficient enough when it comes to the black levels/darker scenes due to the close proximity. Original file is best for decent quality, and personally I noticed no change in battery life nor performance.
In regards to 3D, everything is the same except I convert to Top/Bottom. DVDfab will do just fine to convert to top/bottom.
To get 3D top/bottom working on the Gear VR, took me awhile to figure this out at first....
1. Connect the Note 4 to the computer.
2. Make a copy of one of the text files from one of the pre-loaded 3D trailers in the "Trailer" 3D folder
3. Rename it to the name of the movie file you want to use
4. Inside the text file, next to "title" rename it to the title of your movie file
5. Inside the text file, next to "format" put "3DTB" instead of "3DLRF"
6. Make sure you place the text file in the same folder as your movie, either in the
3D folder under Movies or Trailers.
(Note: you may or may not have to drag the text file to your desktop to make a copy and change the info. Just drag it back into the folder once done)
Hope this helps :good:

Why do you convert to top/bottom? SBS sould be better for VR since it would be shown as is on the screen.

ks-man said:
I have a few 3d blu-rays that I would love to watch in the Oculus Cinema. My understanding is that most 3d blu-rays are in the "frame packed" format but the Gear VR requires either side-by-side or top-to-bottom (top down). Is there any way to convert a frame packed blu-ray to a sbs or td MP4?
Thanks.
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It looks like this software might do it. Anybody have any experience with DVD Fab Blu-ray ripper for 3d?
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There are many other blu-ray ripping programs for ripping 3D Blu-ray to 3D videos which are compatible with Gear VR. I've the pleasure of using EaseFab's Blu-ray Ripper to finish my job. Have a try!

ks-man said:
I have a few 3d blu-rays that I would love to watch in the Oculus Cinema. My understanding is that most 3d blu-rays are in the "frame packed" format but the Gear VR requires either side-by-side or top-to-bottom (top down). Is there any way to convert a frame packed blu-ray to a sbs or td MP4?
Thanks.
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It looks like this software might do it. Anybody have any experience with DVD Fab Blu-ray ripper for 3d?
http://www.dvdfab.cn/blu-ray-ripper.htm
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Yes I use dvdfab to rip my 3D blu-rays to full 720p SBS mkvs. Don't get why anyone would use half-sbs 1080p, as that would result in worse quality, yet higher file sizes (you can see more than 960pixel on the horizontal axis, while you will be limited to 720 on the vertical).
EDIT: The resulting MKVs usually end up having audio sync issues on the Note 4, but just remux them with MKVtoolnix afterwards to solve the problem..

play 3D Blu-ray on Gear VR
As far as we know, Gear VR supports most conventional file formats like MP4, AVI, and FLV; however, Blu-ray format is not included. To play 3D Blu-ray with Gear VR, first you need to convert Blu-ray to Gear VR supported file type. And if you stick with 3D movie on Gear VR, you can rip Blu-ray to MP4 in side-by-side or top-to-bottom 3D formats.

To rip 3D Blu-ray movies to 3D 3BS MP4 and make your 3D Blu-ray playable on Gear VR for your own., a professional Blu-ray ripping tool is needed. Here, UFUSoft Blu-ray Ripper is higly recommended. With it you can rip any 3D Blu-ray to 3D SBS MP4 video for Gear VR with fast speed and high video quality.

Watching 3d movies on my gear vr is one of my favorite things.
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Youtube issues

I have been trying to watch vr videos in YouTube in the Samsung internet app. 2d and 2d 360 videos work fine.
If I try to watch a 3d video, there are all. Sorts of problems. The stereoscopic image is way off, and usually there is a black pop out video window on top of the video. Anyone else experienced this?
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Yeah, I'm experiencing it as well. Odd thing is, it works on some videos, just not all videos. It's like the aspect of the sbs frames is too wide on some and the algorithm for stitching the image is compensating. It's also very painful to watch the broken 3d content, instant headache. Hopefully youtube will come out with an official app that will adjust it.

liquidhaste said:
Yeah, I'm experiencing it as well. Odd thing is, it works on some videos, just not all videos. It's like the aspect of the sbs frames is too wide on some and the algorithm for stitching the image is compensating. It's also very painful to watch the broken 3d content, instant headache. Hopefully youtube will come out with an official app that will adjust it.
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Yea I've resorted to using the cardboardforgearvr app and just using the YouTube app. That works a lot better but there isn't a way to browse for videos with the headset on.
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