CONVERT 2D MOVIES TO 3D (SBS) VIRTUAL REALITY [FREE!!] | Oculus Rift, GO, Vive, GearVR, Cardboard

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RIP BLU-RAY TO .MKV FILE ON YOUR PC:

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PLAY BLU-RAY 3D MOVIES TO WATCH IN VIRTUAL REALITY:

CONVERT 2D TO 3D FOR VIRTUAL REALITY:

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**If you have an .AVI file already click here -- 5:26

0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Links
0:59 - Disclaimer
1:24 - Setup
3:11 - Convert to AVI
5:26 - Convert 2D to 3D
8:52 - Play movie on PC VR
9:22 - Shrink movie file
10:52 - Play movie on mobile VR
12:00 - Support this channel

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Select 3 options (build, OS and type. Usually default, 64bit, Static)

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Convert your 2D mp4, mkv, avi or Blu-ray and DVD Disc movies, films, cartoons, documentaries, shows or whatever in to a 3D SBS (side by side) format for free to view on any Virtual Reality headset. This includes PCVR like Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Windows Mixed Reality, and mobile VR like Oculus GO, Googles Daydream View, Samsung Gear VR / Galaxy VR, Googles Cardboard. Enjoy watching your 3D movies for free on a giant Virtual Reality movie screen!!

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[janX]

My old TV converts 2D to 3D on the fly. It's actually really impressive.

I can't wait until someone makes an app that does this with VR on the fly.

[CraigMansfield]

Lots of useful info.

My take on it is that a 2D to '3D' movie isn't really possible, but to have the illusion of stereoscopic images, all you can do is start one of the video screens a few frames before the other one.

I make 3D photos and I realised something: if you pan your camera when taking a video, frames 1 and 4 (give or take) will likely be Stereoscopic (3D).

If I was to try and make a 3D-ish movie from a 2D one, I'd just load the same movie into premier elements 2 times, delete the audio from one track, and advance one movie by about 4 frames.

The eye can't tell the difference, the audio stays with the unaltered video and in certain scenes you'll think it's 3D.

It's a lot quicker

[DlTCHMAGNET]

Hey, thanks for the vid, still a top result after all this time. So I tried it out and everything works as you said. The 3d is pretty odd (compared to a real3d) and it's hard for me to watch. So just curious if paid products produce a better, more watchable result? If so, what's a good one for it?
Thanks

[jayden]

I am dropping a like and subscribing even though I don't watch this content regularly just because they make a written guide

[sejulie]

These instructions were amazing, and very thorough. This did *technically* work, but you were not kidding. I tested it by using a music video. Whenever there was any dance movement or quick moving colored lights it became really disorienting and eyes could see a bit of "double" vision on the things that were moving. Unfortunately, I couldn't enjoy the video this way. :(

[VanGohman]

Finally got around to your video converting series and it was well worth my time. Now I can finish what George Lucas started and convert the entire 6 film Star Wars saga into 3D. :D

[JDHarrington]

Everything was working well but my resulting two-hour movie had a grey band across the entire screen, making the video semi-transparent. Any idea what I did wrong?

[brettcameratraveler]

Awesome! Will have to try this script to turn racing drone footage into 180 degree youtube videos in 3D. Probably even crazier to experience than those VR rollercoasters.

[sivajanardhan]

Thanks bro, i tried many 3d converters but this process works perfectly

[bobdee]

Hi, I have followed the instructions and so far all is good, but... I left the VirtualDub to do its thing and when I came back to check up on it (after about 15 minutes) it seemed to have finished. After checking the AVI conversion it has only done about 20 minutes on the film. The progress meter on VD seems to fill rather quickly hence (i would suppose) only a short part being encoded. Any help appreciated. I have enough HD space also over 2 Gb.

[boba_rhett]

I see myself using this some in the future. 3D blurays have begun to decline sadly. A few movies in particular are hard to find in 3D depending on the regions. For US regions, I can't find Thor: Ragnarok. I just went to Best Buy last week and they told me they are not getting RP1 in 3D. So it's around $50 on amazon. I'll probably have to buy that one, but one day when I just can't get them anymore or I am not willing to pay, this is definitely my solution. Thanks again for showing us. Seems similar to the last method with a few differences.

[Gothdir]

DO I understand it right that all this does is the split view or are there any color or timing changes going on?

[mikecanuk]

Hi, this is the only tutorial that worked for me, million thx! One question plz, how to keep original sound track?

[futurecactus]

Face man great tutorial, I know this stuff takes ages to get all figured out. I like 3D movies, I have an LG OLED with passive 3D and sometimes buy 3D Blu-ray but I think I'm pretty much the only person who still does. I bought the Terminator 2 3D Blu-ray recently, great job and fascinating how they converted it. Not too sure what I'd think of the results of this method, what do you think?

[lspizzle]

It just keeps telling me I am out of space, I have well over 600GB available. Anyone know what the issue could be?

[Noyjitat]

This is great but now I need a way to do a batch of videos. Why can't handbrake do all of this so I can queue everything up in one program?

[johnrapman]

I realize isn't not likely anyone will follow up 2 years later, but I followed the instructions as exactly as I could, and ended up with a SBS video that when I play it in the Rift default 3d player in SBS / flat mode is double-wide. So the video in a normal player is 3840 x 1080 (with 2 frames side by side). The trouble is that when the Rift player combines the SBS frames, I get a "3D-ish" single frame that's 3840 x 1080 with the people looking extra wide. Not even COVID lockdown had made me THAT wide. ;) Am I making some common beginner error?

[Mi_kid]

hey i get this every time i try this is there a way to fix it (unsupported input channel number set
Error initializing output stream 0:1 -- Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:1 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
Conversion failed!)

[MrJoker]

Converted a movie like instructed, but it stutters like hell on my Oculus Go. Tried different VR Players, but all with the same result. :(

[_callahan]

Love the tutorial! I had been using IQmango, but it actually shrinks the filesize to be even smaller than the 2d source. This worked great for saving the quality! Now, a question... As I only have a PSVR headset, I use DeoVR player since I can use my gamepad controller to select things. But there's an issue where the video is stretched really wide like it's made for a wide imax screen. Basically, it retains the 3840 resolution width but with the sbs video. Do you know a way to fix that? If not, do you know if Skybox can be controlled by a regular controller? I just don't want to drop $15 on the chance I can't even navigate it. And based on your video, Skybox will force the 1920x1080 ratio, right? Really appreciate the video, and hope you can help!