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Quest 2 - Watching Movies in VR - Ultimate guide

SkScotchegg
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Hi guys, since getting my Quest 2 I have been so impressed with the quality of the screen and resolution that watching movies is now a great thing to do in VR.

I think it's a good idea for the VR community to have a dedicated thread for this purpose.

So far I have tried these methods to watch Movies/Series/Games/360 Videos/MKV files:
  • Bigscreen Cinema
  • Virtual Desktop
  • Netflix
  • Disney+ 
  • YouTube VR
  • Power DVD (Not working on Quest 2)
  • VLC Player
  • Media Player classic
So I'll break down each section I have tried, the pro's and cons and I'll ask questions below for community help/feedback.


Bigscreen Cinema:
Fantastic app, great for watching films in a virtual cinema! - Free

Virtual Desktop: 
Works great to stream movies and games over 5G Wifi. - You have to install another piece of software called on your PC called - Virtual Desktop Streamer.

Netflix:
Works perfectly, just login and watch, great little app.

Disney+
No dedicated app so I had to login to my account through Oculus Browser - Works almost perfectly accept for one little issue - When I set the video I'm playing to full screen it has a small flicker every 2 seconds in the bottom left corner, no idea why, the only way I could find to get around this was to have the player not in full screen which still works fine and the video box is only a bit smaller but now you can see the browser bar at the top which some might find annoying. So, you can watch Disney+ in Oculus built-in browser but this is an issue some might find too annoying. Try it for yourself and report back what you think and if you find a solution let me know.

YouTube VR:
The quality is amazing, works perfectly, 360 videos, 4k, 8k, 12k etc, fantastic quality, no issues.

Power DVD - (Currently not working on Quest 2):
For some reason, despite the latest version of PowerDVD having a built in VR mode it would not detect my Quest 2 and when I tried the standard player I could hear my Blu-ray movie so the sound was fine but there was no picture. I really want to get this working because PowerDVD allows you to watch 3D Blu-rays so I would love to be able to watch my 3D Blu-rays in VR because I have a large collection at home. - The method I used was Virtual Desktop over 5G wifi which works fantastic but for some reason I just can't seem to get a picture through the latest version of PowerDVD, I just get a black screen - I downloaded the free 30 day trial from their website.

VLC Player:
Works great, everything is as expected for playing movies from your PC - Doesn't work for Blu-rays.

Media Player classic:
Works great, everything is as expected for playing movies from your PC. - Doesn't work for Blu-rays.

So as you can see, so far everything is looking great with the main problem being there doesn't seem to be a solution yet for watching Blu-rays from disc or 3D blu-rays from disc so far.

Please let us know if you have a method of getting 3D movies to work on Quest 2. Also please let me know if you can get PowerDVD working for 2D and 3D Blu-ray movies.

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I tried this method, but it doesn't work for me. It works when I see it on my monitor, but when I'm in VR, I get a brown screen inside the player instead of the movie. I'm using an Oculus Quest 2 with either Virtual Desktop or Air Link. Do you have any idea how to fix this?