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How to Rip Blu-ray Movies and DVD’s to Oculus GO incl. Subtitles

F4CEpa1m
Adventurer
Hi all!

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:  

https://youtu.be/lr6YsfXU3iQ


NOTE:

All the software mentioned is free.

This works for normal DVD’s as well, just skip the ‘shrink file’ part (unless you want subtitles).

Rips are 720p due to Oculus GO resolution limitations but look a lot clearer than what you would expect from 720p on a PC/TV. More info here:

https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1004366416173248512


STEP 1: DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL FREE SOFTWARE

a)

Download and install latest MakeMKV Software:

http://www.makemkv.com/download/

Go to this website and copy the MakeMKV beta code from the box:

http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1053

Open MakeMKV software and at the top, click ‘Help > Register’, paste the beta code in to that field and click ‘OK’.

b)

Download and install latest Handbrake software:

https://handbrake.fr/


STEP 2: RIP BLURAY MOVIE TO YOUR PC

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’

VLC Media Player Download: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html


STEP 5: SHRINK MOVIE FILE (cont)

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.

Handbrake Nightly Build: https://handbrake.fr/nightly.php


STEP 6: TRANSFER MOVIE FILE

a) Turn on your Oculus GO

b) Plug Oculus GO in to your PC via USB cable

c) Put on Oculus GO and ‘Allow’ the connection to your PC

d) Back on your PC, go to ‘My PC’ (Windows 10) or ‘My Computer (Windows 7) and open ‘VR Headset > Internal Storage > Movies.

e) Drag and drop your reduced movie file in to that ‘Movies’ folder

f) Unplug Oculus GO and put on headset


STEP 7: FREE VR MEDIA PLAYER

a) Download and install free Skybox media player from Oculus GO store

b) Open Skybox and play movie file

c) Press the trigger on the Oculus GO controller when the movie starts and in the ‘Stereo Mode’ menu make sure that ‘2D Single’ is selected

d) On the left go over to the ‘Subtitles and Track’ menu, and in the ‘Track’ tab, select stereo or surround depending on what is available

e) Choose your environment in ‘Cinema Scene’

f) Reset your view to a comfortable position

g) Hit play, kick back, relax and enjoy the film!


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heathergillum
Honored Guest
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.

F4CEpa1m
Adventurer


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

Hannah3um
Honored Guest
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 

F4CEpa1m
Adventurer

Hannah3um said:

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

Techy111
MVP
MVP
Love your vids mate, ordered a few 3D blu rays to try this out 😉
A PC with lots of gadgets inside and a thing to see in 3D that you put on your head.

F4CEpa1m
Adventurer

Techy111 said:

Love your vids mate, ordered a few 3D blu rays to try this out 😉


Thanks  🙂

You're using this one to rip 3D movies though yeah?:
https://youtu.be/hYnGhhVJ7TA

Honestly, scavenging for cheap 3D Blu-rays and ripping them to my Oculus GO has been a favourite past time of mine for the past month  🙂  Love it

Techy111
MVP
MVP
I've just ordered Gravity for a fiver, the space movie with Sandra Bullock. Looking forward to testing it 🙂 and yes , I have the Go and Rift
A PC with lots of gadgets inside and a thing to see in 3D that you put on your head.

F4CEpa1m
Adventurer

Techy111 said:

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

Techy111
MVP
MVP
Ohhhhh Avatar......ordered £6.99 😉
A PC with lots of gadgets inside and a thing to see in 3D that you put on your head.

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.