Convert any 3D movie to watch on the 3DS!

[DiscostewSM]

In the batch file, you could replace "video.avi" with %1 so that instead of having to rename the video, you can simply drag it onto the batch file as it becomes the first argument. It works for me at least on Win7.

 

[popcorn900]

anything for us poor mac users?

 

[MG4M3R]

2. Get 32 bit or 64 bit FFmpeg from http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/ (Static 64-bit worked for me (Windows 7 x64 is what I'm using.)

Thanks for the link. I couldn't find a "usable" version of FFMPEG anywhere.

 

[SifJar]

anything for us poor mac users?

You can do it in the exact same way as mentioned in the link in the first post. Just use a Mac build of ffmpeg (it's cross-platform)

It looks like there aren't any distributed Mac builds, but you build it yourself using the instructions here: http://jungels.net/articles/ffmpeg-howto.html

 

[thedicemaster]

if you have opera you can use the FastestTube extension.
it integrates a download button on youtube pages so you can directly download all video files.
it doesn't require the video to be buffered completely, and you can choose between all available formats/resolutions available for that video.

and i'm pretty sure the video width should be 400, the 3DS screen is 400x240(WQVGA)

 

[SifJar]

if you have opera you can use the FastestTube extension.
it integrates a download button on youtube pages so you can directly download all video files.
it doesn't require the video to be buffered completely, and you can choose between all available formats/resolutions available for that video.

and i'm pretty sure the video width should be 400, the 3DS screen is 400x240(WQVGA)

No the video width is 480, as given in the instructions. If it wasn't, it wouldn't be in the instructions.

 

[thedicemaster]

it's a bit odd though, having a video on a slightly higher resolution than the screen it's supposed to play on.

 

[RupeeClock]

it's a bit odd though, having a video on a slightly higher resolution than the screen it's supposed to play on.

The 3DS downscales the video (and photos) it captures to fit the screen, which makes them look nicer on screen too.

 

[popcorn900]

im waiting for the downloads of retail movies, please.

 

[beenii]

1st of all, thank you.
second, a trailer for afatar i got from youtube (3 minutes) has 22mb before and 127mb after conversion . and its not even that good of a quality (and the 3d-effect is not that good either). dont know if its the original video, or if the quality in general wont be good

 

[KingVamp]

Not sure what point it would make,but someone mind doing a 3d video demonstrations? (long ways and short ways)

Very nice, very nice! A few questions though before I go on converting...

1) Is it limited to the same 10 minutes like with recording, or can it be longer?
2) What about simple 2D videos? While I know with a few simple changes to the ffmpeg options I could just duplicate the video so 2D videos could be in the 3D format (but won't display as 3D), but that increases the filesize. Can the 3DS Camera app playback videos that only have 1 video stream?

I also would like to know this.

 

[spinal_cord]

I can add a 2d version if people want

[edit] Just added a 2D version to the page

 

[basher11]

I can add a 2d version if people want

[edit] Just added a 2D version to the page

thanks! i don't really care for 3D.

 

[spinal_cord]

I just tried a 45 minute documentary, didn't even show. perhaps the 10mins is for playback also

 

[flaboy909]

Is there any way to increase the quality of these videos because frankly they look like shit.

 

[spinal_cord]

Is there any way to increase the quality of these videos because frankly they look like shit.

That's probably your source video, this converts then to practically uncompressed.

 

[flaboy909]

Lokao0, you don't mind making a batch file for basic 2d conversion as well do you? I'd really appreciate that !

 

[basher11]

I can't seem to work FFmpeg because I'm new to it D:
how do I add this "ffmpeg -i "video.avi" -s 480x240 -aspect 2:1 -r 20 -vcodec mjpeg -qscale 1 -acodec adpcm_ima_wav -ac 2 "VID_0001.AVI" ?

If it helps I'm using the latest one, static version.

 

[KingVamp]

I just tried a 45 minute documentary, didn't even show. perhaps the 10mins is for playback also

Wonder if there away to get around this. This must be Nintendo way of saying "don't download movies".

So is there away to break down downloaded videos into 10 mins parts?

 

[Raikage46]

I can't seem to work FFmpeg because I'm new to it D:
how do I add this "ffmpeg -i "video.avi" -s 480x240 -aspect 2:1 -r 20 -vcodec mjpeg -qscale 1 -acodec adpcm_ima_wav -ac 2 "VID_0001.AVI" ?

If it helps I'm using the latest one, static version.

Same here. I don't know how to use ffmpeg. Could someone explain?