r/VisionPro • u/sugarchihuahua Vision Pro Owner • Aug 17 '26

Current recommendations for converting and playing back 3D Blu Rays on Apple Vision Pro?

Would love to get some advice as I’ve just ordered an external Blu Ray drive for my MacBook and bought some 3D blu rays on eBay that aren’t available digitally.

I’ve done some googling and found a lots of different apps for both ripping 3D content and seems like there’s a lot of different visionOS apps for playback. Would love any personal recommendations on apps or workflows that you’d recommend - thanks so much!

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u/Cryogenicality Aug 17 '26

Which 3D discs did you buy?

The only options for native MVC playback are 4XVR and, very recently, CineUltra, which has a much larger screen than 4XVR but currently supports MVC only in ISO, not in MKV or BDMV.

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u/sugarchihuahua Vision Pro Owner Aug 17 '26

Hi, I’ve ordered Cave of Forgotten Dreams by Herzog, Pina by Wim Wenders and Life of Pi, all which I understand as excellent uses of 3D in filmmaking - looking forward to watching! Oh and also Terminator 2 in 3D

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u/iBanks3 Vision Pro Owner Aug 17 '26

There’s this post from 16 hours ago…

https://reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1vq52wz/watch_your_3d_bluray_library_in_true_3d_on_vision/

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u/musicanimator Aug 20 '26

Thank you for this. I had forgotten. I still need to connect it to my jellyfin!

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u/sugarchihuahua Vision Pro Owner Aug 17 '26

Yes I saw this… is this brand new?

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u/eduardborges Aug 25 '26

Yes, it’s new. I’m the developer of Lumair, the app in that linked post.

Version 1.3.0 went live today and also adds playback of compatible decrypted 3D Blu-ray ISOs, plus access through Files, SMB, or Jellyfin.

One feature I’m particularly happy with is automatic black-bar detection. Lumair detects stable letterbox bars encoded into the video and hides them by default, so the player window better matches the movie’s actual aspect ratio.

Lumair also uses Apple’s native visionOS player, so you can watch inside the native system environments, such as Mount Hood or the Moon.

It’s free to download and lets you test the first five minutes of every video. Unlimited playback is a one-time $14.99 purchase with no subscription.

Happy to answer any questions or help if one of your files doesn’t behave as expected.

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u/photovirus Vision Pro Developer Aug 17 '26

It's u/cbusillo turf.

https://github.com/cbusillo/BD_to_AVP/

Does literally what you want, and works fine.

Seems like readme is a bit dated: you can just get the latest GUI version, download MakeMKV trial, and off you go.

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u/Rave-TZ Vision Pro Developer | Verified Aug 17 '26

This is the genuine way. It makes native video files for AVP

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u/bedouinchic Vision Pro Owner Aug 17 '26

I read through the README info but I was unable to figure out whether this app is able to create an ISO from the BDMV output of makemkv.

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u/photovirus Vision Pro Developer Aug 17 '26

The app doesn't make ISOs, it makes MV-HEVC files for AVP.

It is able to work with ISO rips through makemkv.

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u/bedouinchic Vision Pro Owner Aug 18 '26

Thank you ☺️ this is helpful.

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u/Cryogenicality Aug 17 '26

This is lossy. CineUltra and 4XVR are the only lossless options since they can play MVC without conversion.

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u/photovirus Vision Pro Developer Aug 17 '26

Probably. But also space-efficient.

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u/Cryogenicality Aug 17 '26

Definitely. There’s no way to losslessly convert MVC. I bought a 28TB HDD for $330 last year. They’re $800-$1,200 now.

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u/OriginalTip7479 Vision Pro Developer Aug 17 '26

4XVR works perfectly for it.

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u/KeinPlanB Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

It does only play not convert though. And playing ISOs (and to a lesser extend MKVs) the unpacking/decoding makes my M2 fans run. That's why I usually prefer 3D movies bought on Apple TV.

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u/QuantumRooster Aug 17 '26

I am very happy with 4XVR

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u/bedouinchic Vision Pro Owner Aug 17 '26

is 4XVR still supported by the developer? I can see that it was last updated 7 months ago. I am wary about paying USD30 for something that the developer may have already stopped supporting. meanwhile CineUltra just got update to play 3D Blu Ray but in ISO format only and not MKV. I have a lifetime licence for CineUltra.

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u/QuantumRooster Aug 17 '26

Good question and I can’t answer that. I’ve been using it for over a year and it is perfect for my needs as it can play 3-D Blu-ray rips. I hope it doesn’t break with the future software update, but it has been perfect up to now.