Windows Mixed Reality

What Video Formats Can I Play?

The formats you can play will depend on the capabilities of your computer and video card. Video cards released within the last couple years can usually play 2300p.

Downloaded videos can be played in the WMR app MoonPlayer.

Downloading Videos

We have not found that you can download our videos directly to the headset via the browser. It will fail every time, so do not do this, use your computer instead.

• Open up your web browser of choice on your computer
• Navigate to the POVR website
• Click the Member Login link and enter your username and password
• Scroll or search for the video you want to watch and click on it
• If your headset is running Windows Mixed Reality you can choose from either the Oculus or Vive menus. Make sure you choose a proper resolution so your system can play the video smoothly (if play is choppy or slow select a lower resolution)
• Click the download link of your choice and wait for the download to finish

Playing Videos with MoonPlayer

Downloaded videos can be played in the WMR app MoonPlayer.

In order to make the video playable through this app, you will need to:

• Download the video to your local system as shown in the procedure above (it is recommended to do this prior to wearing your VR headset).
• Import the files to the Moonplayer Library. To view details on how this is done click here (it is recommended to do this prior to wearing your VR headset).
• Put on your VR headset and start the Virtual Reality Portal
• Open MoonPlayer
• The Local tab should now include your VR videos.
• Select a video to play. The first time you open a video you may have to choose the 180° and side-by-side options.
• You can dismiss the controls by aiming away from them and clicking the trigger.

Playing Videos with Steam VR

• Download the video to your local system as shown in the procedure above (it is recommended to do this prior to wearing your VR headset).
• Start the WMR Mixed Reality Portal
• Launch SteamVR
• Select which player you want to use to reproduce the video: Whirligig, or our Web Player.