2D 3D Movie Tips: How to Play 3D Movies via Apple TV 4 on 3D-capable televisions?

The Apple TV 4 is capable of supporting stereoscopic 3D apps on 3D-capable televisions, according to longtime Apple game developers Pangea Software. However, lack of 3DTV content continues to be a major problem. Disregarding some movies and PC games, our entertainment continues to be 2D and I don’t envision that changing in the near future. So if you want to play 3D content o your 3D TV via Apple TV 4, you have to prepare your own 3D movies, no matter comes from 3D Blu-ray, or downloads from torrent sites.

From the main spec of the new Apple TV, we find Apple TV 4 supported formats is still limited to MP4, M4V and MOV. Thus, your local 3D movies should be 3D MOV/MP4 format if you want to successfully play 3D content on Apple TV 4. For those 3D MKV/AVI, 3D Blu-ray, you’d better convert them with a 3D converter.

Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac is a Mac 3D Movie converter that can convert any 3D content to 3D MP4/MOV/MKV/AVI. So it should be able to convert your local 3D content, even 3D Blu-ray to Apple TV 4 and other 3D devices like Samsung Gear VR and Optoma HD25e Projector with Side by Side effect in MP4 format.

Free download and install

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How to Convert 3D movies to 3D MP4 for Apple TV 4?

Step 1. Add 3D Movies

Install the Mac 3D Converter (Supported El Capitan). For 3D Blu-ray, click “Load from disc” button to load Blu-ray from ROM. For video file, click the “Add video” button, browse to computer hard drive and import video into this app.

Step 2. Choose output format

Click the format bar to follow “3D Videos” and choose the 3D Side-by-Side MP4 format which is most compatible with Apple TV.

Tip: If you like, you can click “Settings” which is next to “Format”, free change your target video size, bitrate, frame rate and 3D depth. If you want to get best video quality, pls switch them to “original”.

Step 3: Start to convert 3D movies for Apple TV 4

Hit the “Convert” button to transform your 3D Movie to 3D MP4 video. When if finishes, click the “Open” option to locate the created 3D video and you are ready to transfer your 3D movies to Apple TV 4.

Now you can play 3D content on the new Apple TV 4 on 3D -capable TV. You should know, for streaming media from a Mac, iTunes must be 10.6 or later.

Stream 3D Movies on Apple TV 4 via AirPlay or iTunes

Via AirPlay:

Firstly, to use AirPlay, you need to prepare one of the following devices: iPhone 4 (or later), iPad, iPad mini, or iPod touch (4th generation or later). Add the ripped 3D Blu-ray movies to iTunes and sync to your iOS device.

Secondly, be sure iOS device and Apple TV are in the same Wi-Fi network; start play the video on your device, and then swipe up from the bottom of your device screen to access Control Center and tap AirPlay;

Thirdly, tap the name of the device you want to AirPlay to.

Via iTunes:

Firstly, add the ripped 3D Blu-ray videos to iTunes. Then, go to iTunes > Preferences, choose Apple TV, and make sure "Look for Apple TVs" is selected.

Secondly, on your Apple TV, choose Settings > Computers > "Connect to iTunes," and note the passcode displayed; in iTunes, select the Apple TV (below Devices), and enter the passcode.

Thirdly, click the Summary button and select one of "Automatic Sync" and "Custom Sync".

After all the operation, you should be able to play 3D videos on your Apple TV 4 on 3D TV freely. Just enjoy now!

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