VLC and DirectTV DVR content
“So far I have to say I am very impressed with the last version of VLC. It rocks!!! One thing that came up right away was my DirecTV DVR recordings. Now, I know DirecTV requires some stupid Windows Media Crap running on a machine for me to be able to play these, but I am on a Mac. I can see all the recordings on the VLC Upnp menu, but I can’t play any of these since it has a yellow triangle next to the DVR entry.”
“I just fired up VLC - mac (paid / registered version) and I was surprised to see the playlists from my DirecTV DVRs show up in the Local Network panel. Unfortunately, they will not play. The error message being: No suitable decoder module. VLC does not support the audio or video format “undf”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this. Does anyone know of a hack, program anything that I can use to extract these videos? I know my DVR is about to croak and I don’t want to loose some of the media that I have not viewed yet.”
If you have a 3D movie on your Laptop/PC, you can convert and watch 3D movie as 2D in VLC player. When you play 3D movie on your laptop, you see 2 copies of a movie on the screen. With VLC media player, you can see 3D movie as 2D. There are also some tools available to convert 3D movie to 2D movie. Download and launch the program, load your 3D files with 'Add video' or 'Add from folder', then make the suitable choice for your original 3D movies to VLC compatible video format, such like 'MOV Side-by-side 3D Video (.mov)'. 3D to VLC video converter - also a editor for 3D movies.
Why VLC fail to play DirectTV DVR content?
The content on your Directv DVR is encrypted and Videolan will ever write something that removes the encryption from your media. The truth is, even though the media is on your DVR you still don’t own it. There is a program called Directv2PC from Directv that allows you to view your DVR media on your PC. But you can’t actually save the media to your PC’s drive. The bad news is that currently there is no Direct2PC application for a Mac.
Related article: Watch DirectTV Shows on Computer | Convert Tivo to Apple TV | Stream Tivo Recordings to TV via Chromecast
Bypass DirectTV DVR encryption for VLC playback on Mac
To remove the encryption used on DirectTV DVR shows, you will need a specific program to break that protection. One of workable solution here is called Pavtube Video Converter for Mac. The application not only assists you to efficiently remove the encryption used on DirectTV DVR shows with the Media Access Key, but also facilitates you to transcode the DirectTV DVR video to various common digital file formats such as MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, H.264, 3GP, WebM, etc for conveniently viewing on your computer with VLC or other media players, transfer to smartphones, tablets to watch on the move.
Trim unwanted ads from DirectTV DVR shows
It’s very likely that your DirectTV DVR shows may be embedded with some of your unwanted ads in the beginning or end. The good news is that you can easily cut them off from the shows with the trimming function offered by the application. What’s more, the program also provides other beneficial editing functions such as cropping black edges, adding watermark, applying special effect, deinterlacing interlaced videos, inserting external subtitle, etc to get the exact video that you want.
Pavtube Video Converter for Mac works perfectly on all Mac OS including macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra, Mac OS X El Capitan, Mac OS X Yosemite, Mac OS X Mavericks, etc. For your great convenience, it is also available with a Windows 10/8.1/8/7 compatible version – Pavtube Video Converter.
How to Remove DirectTV DVR Encryption for VLC Watching on Mac?
Step 1: Enter DirectTV DVR shows Media Access Key.
Launch this DirectTV DVR Converter for Mac on your computer. Hit the “http://www.multipelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/options-button.jpg” button on the main interface, in the pop out window, enter the Media Access Key for the DirectTV DVR files, then press the “OK” button.
Tips: The copy protected DirectTV DVR recordings usually have a Media Access Key, you can find it by logging into your DirectTV account at Tivo and clicking the “Media Access Key” link.
Step 2: Import DirectTV DVR files.
After entering the Media Access Key, you can successfully import DirectTV DVR files by clicking “File” > “Load Video/Audio” or “Load from Folder” to the program.
Step 3: Define an output file format.
Go to “Format” drop-down bar, select one of VLC playable digital file format such as “H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)” under “HD Video” main category.
Step 4: Trim out ads from DirectTV DVR files.
In the video editor window, choose the “Trim” tab and this tab is selected by default when the editing window appears. You can use the trim function to cut off unwanted parts from start and end. You can either drag pointers on the process bar or set exact time point in Start and End boxes to set.
Step 5: Start DirectTV DVR files copy protection removing process.
After all setting is completed, hit the “Convert” button at the right bottom of the main interface to begin the conversion process.
When the conversion is over, hit the “Open” folder on the main interface to find and locate the converted files, then you will have no problem to view the DirectTV DVR files with VLC media player on Mac.
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I'm new to the board and hope I'm posting in the right category
So here was my Problem:
I got a 3D side-by-side MKV-Movie but I only have a 2D TV - my question was how to get only the picture of the 'left eye' in fullscreen with the right aspect ratio?
Vlc Video Mac
And after about an hour of playing around... that's how I solved it:1. Start VLC (you don't have to play a video at this time)
2. Go to 'Tools' -> 'Preferences' (CTRL+P on Windows)
3. On the lower left corner choose 'Show settings' -> 'All'
4. On the left part of the settings window, scroll down and select 'Video'
5. On the right part of the settings window, scroll down to 'Source aspect ratio'
6. Type in the aspect ratio with the width doubled - for example 32:9 for a 16:9 video, or 8:3 for a 4:3 video...
7. Click 'Save' and exit VLC
---Keep in mind that the changed aspect ratio will be saved for all your videos - remove it after watching 3D or your normal videos might seem to be a bit stretched ---
8. Start VLC and play your 3D video, pause somewhere at the start
9. If you don't already know, check your video resolution under 'Tools' -> 'Media Information' (CTRL+I on Windows) -> 'Codec'
9. Go to 'Tools' -> 'Effects and Filters' (CTRL+E on Windows)
10. Go to 'Video Effects' -> 'Crop'
11. On 'Right' type in the half of your horizontal pixels
for example: 1920x1080 ---> 1920/2 = 960 px or: 1280x720 ---> 1280/2 = 640 px
12. Click on 'Close', hit 'Play' and enjoy your movie in 2D ;D Vlc Player Mac 3d Movies Online
I'm not sure if there's an easier way to solve this, but maybe I can help someone with this!