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Beyond 720p resolution

I've been pondering if I should get a Note 3 or Note 4. Playing with the Note 3 at the store I realized the youtube app doesn't support 1080p and I´m assuming Note 4 is the same and no way in heck for 4K(downscaled to QHD) for the Note 4, is that about correct? Is it the same if I go to youtube in the anrdoid browser and not in the youtube app? If so there is pretty much much no easy way to watch full quality new trailers without some hacked youtube apps, correct?
LG G3 seems to be the only one where youtube supports beyond 720

The YouTube app does support 1080p and above regardless of what phone you are using. You just need to select a video that is uploaded in the resolution you want
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Keisarinn said:
I've been pondering if I should get a Note 3 or Note 4. Playing with the Note 3 at the store I realized the youtube app doesn't support 1080p and I´m assuming Note 4 is the same and no way in heck for 4K(downscaled to QHD) for the Note 4, is that about correct? Is it the same if I go to youtube in the anrdoid browser and not in the youtube app? If so there is pretty much much no easy way to watch full quality new trailers without some hacked youtube apps, correct?
LG G3 seems to be the only one where youtube supports beyond 720
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You won't be getting a lot of 4k streaming content anytime soon. Plus, the amount of space it would take up on your phone would be crazy. You will get the clarity when using apps, some games, etc.

Astom22 said:
You won't be getting a lot of 4k streaming content anytime soon. Plus, the amount of space it would take up on your phone would be crazy. You will get the clarity when using apps, some games, etc.
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If I´m just streaming it and not storing it, it shouldn't take a lot of space should it. YouTube has quite a few 4K vidoes. But it's more not even being able to see any 1080p videos and trailers that I find absurd.

Keisarinn said:
I've been pondering if I should get a Note 3 or Note 4. Playing with the Note 3 at the store I realized the youtube app doesn't support 1080p and I´m assuming Note 4 is the same and no way in heck for 4K(downscaled to QHD) for the Note 4, is that about correct? Is it the same if I go to youtube in the anrdoid browser and not in the youtube app? If so there is pretty much much no easy way to watch full quality new trailers without some hacked youtube apps, correct?
LG G3 seems to be the only one where youtube supports beyond 720
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You can select res in YouTube.
BTW, watching HD1080P stuff on the Note 4 still looks sharp, just watched a bunch of vids I took with my S3 and S4.

Checked a bunch of videos on the note 3 on the YouTube app, none go above 720. Checked them on my laptop and had options of 1080p.

The old YouTube app supported 1080 and 1440(I'm using it just now) however it appears to have been removed in the newer versions of the app. You can uninstall the Youtube updates in the applications page and then install the old app version which supports 1440 (it's on the XDA forums somewhere,I think on the G3 forum). I'm sure Google will sort it out soon as they have the QHD Nexus 6 coming out.

I'm using the latest version am I have 1080p option on both my note 4 and note pro12.2.
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1080p is available in the latest version of YouTube on GS4.

Very odd. Note 3 exynos international is the version.
Can someone maybe please post a link to a YouTube video that you can get in 1080p and I will can see what the phone does?

Go to anything by mkbhd
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Some of the latest versions have a lot of the resolutions (including all above 720p) disabled for some strange reason!
You can uninstall and reinstall an old version of the apk if you want to get them back.

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!
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" 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.

[Q] What is quality 2k/4k videos?

Did anybody tried to play them using vr?
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darekz said:
Did anybody tried to play them using vr?
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you can still see sub-pixels because of the magnification. it's still great nevertheless.

nick2k said:
you can still see sub-pixels because of the magnification. it's still great nevertheless.
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the subpixels make me pine for a note 5 with a 4k screen, but still impressed with how polished the presentation is, really a great experience. hands down worth the $200 just for movies if you have a note 4. better than my sony hmz-t3. now someone hurry and make it netflix, dish anywhere, play movies, amazon compatible... and limelight for video game streaming of course, then i will be super happy.

johnnobts said:
the subpixels make me pine for a note 5 with a 4k screen, but still impressed with how polished the presentation is, really a great experience. hands down worth the $200 just for movies if you have a note 4. better than my sony hmz-t3. now someone hurry and make it netflix, dish anywhere, play movies, amazon compatible... and limelight for video game streaming of course, then i will be super happy.
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hmm, maybe "sub-pixels" is a poor choice of word... it's more like the spacing between the pixels i'm seeing. and i loaded up a 4k video and it looked odd. i'll need to try it again using the 'void theater' rather than the other ones since it's the "largest" screen.

nick2k said:
hmm, maybe "sub-pixels" is a poor choice of word... it's more like the spacing between the pixels i'm seeing. and i loaded up a 4k video and it looked odd. i'll need to try it again using the 'void theater' rather than the other ones since it's the "largest" screen.
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2D movies don't need to be larger than 720p as that is the highest resolution you can see on the screen in the Oculus cinema. Everything higher just burns unnecessary battery life.
360 videos can be higher res tho.

Downloading 3D YouTube Vids?

Looked all over in the play store and online to no avail, at least anything that works good to download the videos from YouTube in high quality 1080p with the audio intact, so I can play them on my Gear VR. Any suggestions on a program or website I might be missing? Thanks.

Dmac1984 said:
Looked all over in the play store and online to no avail, at least anything that works good to download the videos from YouTube in high quality 1080p with the audio intact, so I can play them on my Gear VR. Any suggestions on a program or website I might be missing? Thanks.
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Try YTD Video downloader, it can download youtube videos in highest quality up to 4k (if the source video provides that).

Thanks!

TubeMate has been working for me on Android, I download some 3D content from YouTube then move it into the proper directory on the sdcard and it works good.
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NewPipe For YouTube

For all that might be missing Full Screen YouTube, I'd highly suggest using NewPipe, it works and fills the screen nicely (without to much of a crop).
I can now fully enjoy the large canvas ......?
https://mega.nz/file/nEYwzT5S#OFZXVyoP_MKYDOATKRhQvM8s-q75IdRbVPGAQuS6p6c

Duncan1982 said:
For all that might be missing Full Screen YouTube, I'd highly suggest using NewPipe, it works and fills the screen nicely (without to much of a crop).
I can now fully enjoy the large canvas ......[emoji108]
https://mega.nz/file/nEYwzT5S#OFZXVyoP_MKYDOATKRhQvM8s-q75IdRbVPGAQuS6p6c
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Can you post the link somewhere else? I'm not signing up for an account. Thanks.
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StormCell said:
Can you post the link somewhere else? I'm not signing up for an account. Thanks.
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Here is a Gdrive link .......
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12bY9_tR1yBYWs1aNW2VqwqkZhAdBgExS/view?usp=drivesdk

Duncan1982 said:
Here is a Gdrive link .......
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12bY9_tR1yBYWs1aNW2VqwqkZhAdBgExS/view?usp=drivesdk
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It says I need permission to access file.
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Use vanced

https://newpipe.schabi.org

I'm only seeing a max 1080p on videos

You can adjust max video quality in the settings of the app. Definitely best viewing experience on the fold so far for YouTube. The app itself leaves a bit to be desired, however and I've found best to use YouTube Vanced for sharing content to this app as required.

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This is a great player, I like how you can set the screen zoom and playback speed, also the on-screen volume and brightness.
I think you should have posted this on the "THEMES, APPS, AND MODS" section though, but thanks for sharing all the same!
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you want to get full experience of youtube without any ads? It's easy! Samsung already did it for you. Use Samsung Internet browser with AdBlock Plus plugin. You can watch full screen Youtube in this browser either in portrait or landscape mode (Youtube app supports only landscape full screen). No ads!

Yeah, same with firefox and you don't have to use Goog's app which I find annoying and poorly laid out.