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Friday, November 10, 2017

How to Convert and Watch VR Videos on View-Master VR

Even though the concept of virtual reality (VR) has been preached for some time, it's only in the last two years that we've really started to see actual products take advantage of modern VR technology. Different from the most notable $1000 Oculus Rift or HTC Vive setup, 75-year Kids 3D leader Mattel's upgraded View-Master VR (price ranged from $15 to $40) must be your great affordable alternative to $20 toylike Google Carboard for enjoying virtual reality content on a smartphone. Just imagine, what an amazing exploration to watch 3D movies on View-Master VR! Well, move your head and ear to come with Dimo and you will get the key to open Pandora Gearbox of playing your own 3D movie library (avi, mkv, flv) on View-Master VR with your iOS/Android phone.

How to convert unsupported 3D movies to View-Master VR

The reason sometimes you fail to watch 3D movies on View-master VR is because decoding failed by the installed VR player. Here I recommend Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac, which enables you to preview 3D videos, edit them and then convert to be compatible with various VR devices including View-Master VR, HTC Vive, PS VR, VR Box, Oculus, etc.

It is a powerful program that makes View-master 3D video conversion easier, so that you can enjoy your favorite movies on your View-Master VR with its supported format. What's more, it allows you to edit 3D videos with basic yet useful options like trimming, adding watermark, adding effects, etc. Perfectly compatible with macOS 10.13 High Sierra, 10.12 Sierra, macOS 10.11 El Capitan, macOS 10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion and 10.7 Lion & Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista. If you're using a Windows user, simply turn to Dimo Video Converter Ultimate. Now download the right version and follow the tips below to finish your task.

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Steps to Convert 3D videos for View-Master VR

Step 1. Install and Launch the Program

I install the View-master VR video converter for Mac/Mac and launch it. Then import the ordinary video by clicking "Add File" button.

Step 2. Choose the View-Master VR Supported Format

All you need to do is go to "Select Format" > "Format" > "Video" > "MP4".

After you choose the VR output format, click the "Edit", turn to "3D" tab and decide to convert your videos in 3D mode like Left-Right (Side-by-side) or Top-Bottom perspectivly.

Step 3: Start Conversion

Specify the output folder to save the converted VR video if you need. Hit "Start" button to start the short process of View-master VR 3D video conversion. The encoding process will be finished soon. After conversion, you can find the converted 3D files under "Open" panel. Now just transfer and watch 3D movies on View-master VR.

Besides converting any video to VR video for View-master VR, Video Converter Ultimate can also do the other way around, which serves as a 3D video server to share local 3D movie library to iOS/Android phone for View-master VR for watching. What are you waiting for? Now download and try it.

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Kindly Note:

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

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

DVDmate (Mac/Win)

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 (Mac/Win)

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.

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

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Source: Import 3D movie library (avi, mkv, flv) to View-Master VR

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Convert and Play a MP4 movie clip on Philips/Epson/Benq Projector

Can Philips/Epson/Benq projector play all MP4 files? As far as we know, not all projectors have the same file formats being played. MP4 is a media container format which can be encoded with many different video and audio codecs like DivX, Xvid, H.264, H.263, MPEG-4, AC3, WMA, AAC, etc. While your 2D/3D/1080p/4K projector only supports few video and audio codec like MPEG-4/H.264 and AAC. That is to say, if the MP4 video is encode with projector unsupported video or audio codec, projector will not accept it.

If you find source MP4 file format like H.265 MP4 is not recognized by projector, the best bet to solve projector MP4 playback issues is converting MP4 to projector more compatible video format. H.264 codec MP4 format is highly recommended. Actually, it's very easy as long as you have a professional MP4 to projector converter.

Here Dimo Video Converter Ultimate is such a smart tool based on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista. It can convert any type MP4 videos like H.265 MP4, MP4 with AC3, 3D MP4 to projector supported MP4/MKV/AVI format without losing any video quality on Windows PC. Apart from that, its built-in editor can help users to do some basic editing work before conversion, like trimming, cutting, adding special effect/watermark .ect. Directly sharing local videos to projector wirelessly is allowed.

If you are a Mac user, Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac is specially designed for you. Now, download the App you want and follow below guide to start MP4 to projector conversion.

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Guide on how to convert MP4 to projector for playback

Step 1: Add MP4 movies

Install and run this top MP4 video converter for projector. Launch it to enter the main interface, and click the "Add file" button to browse and add MP4 files into this converter one by one.

Step 2: Set projector supported format

Click the drop-down box of "Select Format" and then select "Video > MP4" under "Format". Also, MKV, AVI formats are OK for playing on Philips/Epson/Benq projector. For 4K projectors, you can choose "HD Video > 4K MP4 or 4K MKV".

>> Read Top 3 Fast 4K to HD Converters Review

Tip 1. For advanced needs, you could customize the video and audio parameters of output profiles by clicking "Settings" option. You could change video codec, audio codec, bit rate, aspect ratio, resolution, frame rate, channel, and other parameters.

Tip 2. Before the conversion, you can edit the MP4 videos. By clicking "Edit" button, you can trim, crop the video, or add watermark, adjust effect to the videos which you will convert or create 3D video.

Trim – Choose to reserve the part you need. Just choose the chapter which you need to trim, to set "start time" or "end time", type the portion which you want to save.

Crop – Remove black edges of your video or just get the scale of this video you want.

Effect – Adjust the effects by adjusting the parameters, for example: Deinterlacing – If there are some stripes on the picture, you can choose this option to make a better picture effect.

3D - If you want to get 3D effect, just enable this fuction and do settings to choose 3D mode like Red-Blue, Left-Right, Top-Bottom.

Step 3: Start to make playable videos for projector

After setting the output profile or detailed parameters if necessary, you will be returned to the main interface where you need to click "Start" button to start MP4 to projector video conversion.

Step 4: Share converted video to projector

a. Install Dimo Video Converter Ultimate and run the program;

b. Keep your Windows PC and projector in the same network;

c. Turn to "Media Server" and click "Browse..." to locate the source video folder;

d. Press "Share" and write http://IP:PORT like "http://192.168.1.109:8868/" (without quotation marks)to the address bar of browser on your projector.

e. Double click the video link on the browser and play source MP4 file on your Philips/Epson/Benq projector wirelessly.

Note: Don't close the Dimo server until you don't wang to watch the movies on computer.

Then it would be easy to play all your unsupported MP4 movie clips on projector for watching on large screen. Enjoy.

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Source: Play a MP4 movie clip on Philips/Epson/Benq Projector

Saturday, November 4, 2017

How to View 3D movies and videos on PS VR

Without doubt, 2016 is the year of VR (aka Virtual Reality). Movie studios like 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate, Disney, Marvel and Warner Bro. have already spent heavily to produce 360-degree VR movies. Some popular movies, such as Star Wars, The Hunger Games and The Martian, have been produced in VR mode and released online. Can't find your need VR videosor failed to play downladed VR videos on your immersive VR devices like PSVR? In this article, you are going to learn how to convert 2D/3D movie files to watch on PlayStation VR within a few clicks.

How to watch supported 2D/3D/VR videos on PS VR?

Good News is that PS4 is updated with adding new update to the console's Media Player. If you have own PlayStatoin4 and a brand new, just launched PSVR headset, you are in good hands. You will be able to watch VR videos and enjoy an immersion with your favorite VR contents through the device.

Activating VR Mode to View 360 Content

Be sure to activate "VR Mode" from the Media Player's Option menu, and then select 360 clips of your choice from a connected server or USB device. Both video and still 360-degree content are supported, as long as they in MKV, AVI, MP4, MPEG2 PS, MPEG2 TS, AVCHD video formats, or JPEG, BMP, PNG image formats. However, each must be recorded in "equirectangular" format by a 360-degree camera in order for PS4 to recognize the file.

Steps to watch VR content on PSVR

1. Purchase and download your standard 360 VR porn movies in mono (equirectangular) MP4 format.
2. Upload the 360 VR videos in a separate folder onto a USB drive. You video files MUST be in a folder in order for PS4 system to recognize.
3. Insert the USB drive containing the VR videos into your PS4.
4. Launch the Media Player App.
5. Select VR Mode in Option (PS4 restart may be necessary).
6. Put on the headset and enjoy! The best 2D/3D movie maker for PSVR

As you can see, the supported video file formats for  PS VR  (PS4 Media Player) are very limited. If you have some videos in PSVR incompatible formats, for example, FLV, M2TS, WebM, VOB, MXF, Tivo, etc. how can you play them on PSVR? Take it easy. All you need to do is to change video format using a 3D video converter.

Here Dimo Video Converter Ultimate is a  top-notch PSVR video converter software app that capable of speedily ripping any Blu-rays in 2D/3D, stardard DVD and convert 2D/3D movie files to any type of 3D you want (Anaglyph, Top-Bottom, Side-by-Side) for VR headsets including Playstation VR, HTC Vive, Gear VR, VR One, Google Cardboard, etc. or 3D Players, 3D TV for watching amazing 3D movies. Besides, it also allows you to extract melodious soundtracks or special audios from 2D/3D movies for PlayStation VR audio experience with delivering high audio quality.

With the support for NVIDIA CUDA technology, video conversion will be finished in a flash. Its built-in powerful video editor makes it easy to cut, trim, split, join, crop, resize, rotate,  take video snapshots, add special effects/watermark. You are also allowed to adjust video/audio parameters, aspect ratio, resolution, frame rate, bit rate and more. The Mac version- Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac is also to convert 2D/3D movies to PSVR on Mac (macOS High Sierra included).

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Steps to convert unsupported 2D/3D movies to PSVR

Step 1. Add Video Files

Open this VR video converter for PSVR. You can directly use the "Add File" button to load the ordinary video that you wish to convert into PSVR format. Or it is also available to drag and drop video from PC folder into this program. Double click on the file and you can get a preview on the converter.

Step 2. Select 3D SBS mode

In order to make converted videos works perfectly with your PSVR, you need to set a video mode according to your video type. Click "Edit" and turn to "3D" tab and select Left/Right as the output video mode. Then you can turn to "Adjust" to crop and get the imported videos cropped as you want. If you encode the corrected aspect direct into your movie file you could plug your PS4 direct into the PlayStation VR for sbs 3D playback.

Step 3. Select PSVR as Output Format

Click the "Select Format" bar and you can choose "VR -> PSVR" as the target format. This format can be played well on PSVR. Also you can select "Format -> Video -> MP4" as output audio format for enjoying.

Step 4. Customize Video Settings

Before starting the conversion, click the "Setting" icon on bottom right corner where you are able to adjust the video/audio settings like encoder, resolution, frame rate, bit rate and so on. Also it is possible to change output folder path as per your need by clicking "...".

The newest kid on the block features a combined 1920 x 1080 display OLED resolution, with each eye seeing 960 x 1080. The screen also gets a 120Hz refresh rate and 100-degree field of view, which should translate to smooth visuals. Sony has also announced a 90Hz refresh rate option, for the PSVR, as well, which will allow developers to create games that aren't as hardware intensive.

Step 5. Start to Convert Normal 2D/3D video to PSVR

Click on "Start" button to accomplish the process of 2D/3D video to PSVR conversion. And this virtual reality video conversion will be finished in a short time. After the conversion, click the "Open" button to locate converted files, and then you can import the output .mp4 files into PlayStation VR for playing with the best quality including "look all around you" 3D vision and "hear things behind you" stereo sound.

Step 6. Watch converted SBS video on PSVR

Plug the PSVR HDMI cable directly to your PC(Mac), not the breakout box.
In the HDMI OUT port of the PSVR breakout box, You have to plug a HDMI cable to a TV that is turned on. Could be bypassed by connecting something like Headless Ghost, (this will trick the PSVR breakout box into thinking a display is connected to it.)
After that, you should see your PC screen on the PSVR headset, not in cinema mode but your entire screen covering the whole PSVR display, then you can use VLC or something to display a SBS 3D movie

Just make 3D movies for PSVR by yourself and leave the expensive 3D theater ticket away right now with faster conversion than ever before! The PlayStation VR connects to your PS4 via a special converter box. You plug the headset's HDMI and USB cables into the box, then the box into your PS4. A secondary HDMI port on the box lets you send the image to your TV, so you can wear the headset and still play your friend who doesn't have a headset of her own.

Free Download or Purchase Dimo Video Converter Ultimate:

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 can I Watch 3D or VR movies on PSVR

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Xbox MP4 - Convert to Play MP4 Files on Xbox One (S)

MP4 is a container format and can store video, audio and other information, has capability to shrink large video files to be much smaller. So, it is a highly sought after and popular format of video. Some game entertainment devices like Xbox One S coming with the natively support to play MP4 files via USB or DLNA, but that does not guarantee that the all MP4 video and audio data can be played correctly. So some tweaking has to be done to play MP4 in Xbox One S in this article.

Why can't play MP4 on Xbox One (S)?

Although MP4 format is listed as one of the compatible video file formats for Xbox, you may also come across the Xbox One (S) MP4 playback issue. That's because different MP4 files tends to have different video codecs and the codecs might not be compatible with the console. Probably some video & audio parameter doesn't fit the device.

Easy way to fix MP4 fail to play on Xbox One (S) issue

Well, how can you play those incompatible MP4 files on Xbox One (S) S then? Anyhow, you can resolve this problem easily by Dimo Video Converter Ultimate. Being a professional video converter program, it can finish the MP4 to Xbox One (S) conversion task.

This video converter offers quite effective solution for you to convert almost all the videos including MP4, MKV, MOV, MTS, FLV, TiVo, VOB, MPG... to Xbox One (S), Xbox 360 friendly videos without quality loss. It also allows you to adjust the video, audio parameter to get a decent output video that you want. It has an equivalent Mac version entitled Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac, which can convert MP4 to Xbox One (S) on Mac(OS Sierra included). Check the following guide to know how to change MP4 format for playing on Xbox One (S).

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How to convert and play MP4 files on Xbox One (S)

STEP 1: Load MP4 files to the converter

Launch MP4 to Xbox Converter, and click "Add file" button to import your source materials or directly drag it from your computer to this program's left pane. If you have several MP4 files, you can add them one by one.

STEP 2: Select Xbox One compatible formats

Click on the drop down menu of the Select Format, select "Device"> "Game" > "Xbox One S" as the target device.

Xbox Media Player Supported File Formats:

Video formats: 3GP video, 3GP2, AVI DivX, DV AVI, AVI uncompressed, asf, AVI Xvid, H.264 AVCHD, M-JPEG, .mkv, .mov, MPEG-PS, MPEG-2, MPEG-2 HD, MPEG-2 TS, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG-4 SP, WMV, WMV HD

Audio formats: 3GP audio, AAC, ADTS, MP3, WAV, WMA, WMA Lossless, WMA Pro, WMA Voice

Tip: If the default video/parameters can't meet your needs, just click Settings icon to adjust the video codec, bitrate, frame rate, audio sample rate, etc to get a decent video as you want. In principle, the larger input values, the better output quality, but the corresponding larger file size.

STEP 3: Start converting MP4 to Xbox One (S)

Click the "Start" button to start and finish the MP4 to Xbox One (S) conversion. After the conversion, click "Open" button to quickly locate the generated video. Now you can transfer or stream the converted MP4 videos to play with Xbox One (S) or TV easily.

How to stream movies from PC to Xbox One S?

1. Make sure you have the video application open on your Xbox One S.

2. Check your PC network settings and ensure that Xbox One S is visible on the network. If it is not, make sure both devices are properly connected and configured to see one another.

3. Check your Xbox One S Preferences under Settings and make sure "Play To" support is enabled.

4. Select a locally-stored video file on your PC. Most popular video file formats should work.

5. Right click the file or files you wish to play.

6. Select the "Play To" option.

7. A drop down menu should appear listing all compatible decides detected on your home network. You should see your Xbox One S listed among them.

8. Select your Xbox One S. The stream will load and then begin playing.

The Xbox One S's video controls will then take over, allowing you to pause and play the stream without touching your PC again.

Hands-off-PC method:

Follow the above until step 4. Using Skifta on your Apple or Android device, select the source of your media, then the Xbox One S as the target device.

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Source: Why Can't I Play MP4 on Xbox One (S)? Solved

Friday, October 27, 2017

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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)

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