Whirligig Media Player
phileday · 2024 · Utilities, Video Production, VR, 360 Video, 3D
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About Whirligig Media Player
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Whirligig is a versatile media player that handles 2D, 3D, 180°, and 360° video across VR headsets and standard displays with full control over projection modes and stereoscopic settings. It stands out as the most comprehensive solution for immersive video, supporting everything from anaglyph glasses to 3D TVs while offering advanced playback options like Plex integration, multiple decoding methods, and customizable controls.
Whirligig is the ultimate VR and desktop media player for anyone who wants to watch 2D, 3D, 180°, and 360° video in the most immersive way possible. Whether you're using a VR headset or a standard monitor, projector, or 3D TV, Whirligig is a fully featured video player that gives you complete control over how your movies and immersive media play back.Key FeaturesVR + Non-VR Playback Works as both a VR video player (compatible with OpenXR/SteamVR headsets) and a desktop media player — perfect for 360° immersive, panoramic, and stereoscopic media, as well as everyday 2D movies.Comprehensive 3D Support
- Side-by-Side (SBS) and Over/Under (OU) support, with desktop viewing options for anaglyph (red/cyan glasses).
- Output to 3D TVs and projectors — send SBS or OU formatted video to your 3D display so it can switch into 3D mode.
- Adjustable 3D depth and convergence for perfect stereoscopic viewing.
- Support for 180° and 360° 3D video in both desktop and VR modes.
- Multiple projection modes: Cinema, Fisheye, Equirectangular/Barrel, cubemap, and a selection of custom formats.
- Watch your media in a variety of immersive 3D environments.
- Connect to your Plex server over local and remote connections.
- Three decoding methods (DirectShow, Media Foundation, libVLC) for maximum compatibility with any video format.
- Save/load presets for different media types and viewing environments.
- Full 5.1 surround sound with positional audio in VR (when using Media Foundation).
- Subtitle support.
- Map all functions to your keyboard, gamepad or VR controls.
- The most versatile 3D and 360° media player on Steam, with support for both VR and flat-screen viewing.
- Regular updates with new features and improvements.
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What Steam players say
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Great software for watching movies. Has lots of cool enviroments to choose from including some that allow background lighting to match the movie or TV shows. UI is still quite complicated and devided at the moment although hoping for improvements to this in the future. Dev seems to be active and still working on this app so with this app on PC is my favorite for watching my own movies (including 3D movies) and Fluid app for watching movies via Plex. Both are good for different reasons. Would recommend to pick this up as to me this is the best PC app for watching your own movies. I would however recommend after installation to download and install LAV filters codecs to have everything work well. The default VLC codec does not work the best for me (video is very jerky like low frames) but the other codecs work great once the new codecs are installed.1 found this helpful
Works on linux ootb when using vlc media patch c:
A fantastic VR video viewer still in development years later, always having new features added. Highly recommend for anyone who wants to have a great experience watching videos in VR.
Absolutely brilliant. Plays all known vr formats with or without vr helmet with lots of control options. Got it to play gopro formats all other players cannot play this one no problem.
Cool VR video app that works well.
best vr media player
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