Watching movies and Netflix on the Oculus GO has become a favorite past time of mine thanks to the reduced SDE and improved resolution of the Oculus GO.
Text instructions below, also made a video guide here:
a) Open MakeMKV, click the big hard drive/disc icon to analyze the movie files
b) Once it’s done, in the list of ‘Titles’ untick all the boxes except the main movie file (this will almost always be the biggest file listed here)
c) Click the ‘Output Folder’ icon on the right hand side and hoose the location on your PC where you want to store the movie file
d) Click the MakeMKV button. The software will rip the BluRay disc to a file on your PC(will usually take around 30 minutes)
STEP 3: SHRINK MOVIE FILE
a) Open Handbrake and click ‘Open a Single Video File’ button and browse to the movie file you just ripped to your PC
b) Click the presets drop down list, go to the General menu and choose ‘Super HQ 720p 30 Surround’
STEP 4: SUBTITLES
Only do this step if watching movie that requires subtitles, otherwise skip to step 5.
a) Click on ‘Audio Tab’ and from the drop down lists choose the language you want to hear the movie in
b) Click on the ‘Subtitles’ tab and from the drop down list pick the correct subtitle track
Note. To find correct subtitle track, open the movie in VLC Media player, click ‘Subtitles’ at the top and try the different subtitle tracks until one of them works. Take note of that subtitle track number and pick that number from the drop down list in Handbrake.
c) Untick the ‘Forced Only’ and ‘Default’ boxes. Tick the ‘Burn In’ box.
d) Click on ‘Selection Behavior’ and tick the ‘Add Closed Captions When Available’ box and click ‘Save’
a) Click ‘Browse’ down the bottom and pick the location on your PC’s hard drive you want to save your reduced movie file to. Give file a name (like MovieName – Small) and click ‘Save’
b) Click the ‘Start Encode’ button up the top (this will take a while)
Note: If handbrake crashes when trying to encode, go to the following link and download + install the Handbrake Nightly Build by clicking the ‘WinGUI.exe’ download link and repeat from step 3.
Try VideoSolo BD-DVD Ripper. It is the software that specializes in ripping Blu-ray/DVD disc, folder/ISO files to other more compatible formats which allows you to play Blu-ray or DVD with more ease.
Wow, thanks for that, I shall give all that a go. Not that I have any 3D blu-rays, so I'll have to have a gander at your 2D-3D vid. Does that work well by the way, I mean is the end effect good? I presume all this works the same for standard DVD's too?
Hey mate, here is the vid I mentioned: https://youtu.be/xigjD679zmE
Would highly recommend the tutorial in this thread over that though. I just picked up Tron Legacy 3D for $8 and its fucking crazy good
I totally agree with hearthergillum!!! Strongly recommend VideoSolo BD-DVD Ripper! It is the best ripper that I have ever tried. It really pays off with full ripping features, and definitely it supports ripping 3D dvd/blu-ray to
I totally agree with hearthergillum!!! Strongly recommend VideoSolo BD-DVD Ripper! It is the best ripper that I have ever tried. It really pays off with full ripping features, and definitely it supports ripping 3D dvd/blu-ray to
It's funny, in the original vid I had a section for some recommended paid options for those who would want it but then I just though "eh this is YouTube, people will get up in arms if it's not totally free" Been a few people suggest paid versions instead so wish had of left it in there now, oh well.
To be fair though, for just straight ripping a Blu-Ray or DVD to an Oculus GO, MKV does it as simple as the paid version so I don't think paying $30 is justified here. But for ripping 3D blu-rays and watching them in VR then yeah, the paid version takes a LOT of the hassle out of it
I've just ordered Gravity for a fiver, the space movie with Sandra Bullock. Looking forward to testing it 🙂
Oh shit, that'd be another good one. Thanks, I've got one more on the list now haha. My current favourites have been Tron Legacy, The Lion King and Jurassic Park. Wanting to get Ready Player One, Blade Runner 2049, Avatar and now Gravity. The hunt continues
I'm a bit late to this thread but just noticed recommendations for paid-for software.
I've been ripping all my Blu-rays to NAS for a while and thoroughly recommend DVDFab. I got the All-in-One lifetime license which isn't cheap but if you have several hundred discs (including TV box-sets) it becomes a pretty reasonable proposition. Does subtitle, including resizing/repositioning/font changes and external files, 3D in various forms, audio mix-downs & a lot of useful option and gets updated around once a weak, usually to allow for the latest protection but bug fixes and new features are pretty regular. Also, if you have a lot of discs and ripping time is a factor, DVDFab is quite quick:
Non-3D titles, ripped to h.264 @ 10Mbps 2-pass & audio to AC3 640kbps (for compatibility with all my devices), rip at approximately 320 fps. So, as it's 2-pass, that equates to around 18 minutes for a 2 hour movie.
I don't have a Go and only a handful of 3D titles which look good in the Rift but probably nowhere near as good as they would in the Go. Anyway, just some info that people may find useful if deciding on paid-for software.
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