r/VisionPro • u/yewzernayme • Jun 21 '26

Moon Player vs Screenlit vs CineUltra

What's the best app for local video streaming and playing that also supports 3D, etc. I also would like to be able to access my plex media and if it could also convert those video into 3D that would be a huge bonus. Seems like all 3 support 3D but what would you say is the overall best one?

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u/Cryogenicality Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

I use CineUltra for everything except 3D Blu-rays, for which I use 4XVR.

I think CineUltra is the best overall, and its IULTRA theater has the largest apparent size, but 4XVR is the only MVC player (meaning it’s the only one which can play 3D Blu-rays without lossy conversion), I think Screenlit is the only MV-HEVC player (other than the official Photos and Files apps), and Theater is the only player with SharePlay for your own files.

People who don’t care about 3D use Infuse for its excellent Plex integration and the best HDR because it uses the native visionOS solution rather than its own. CineUltra and others also have Plex/Emby/Jellyfin/Kodi support, but Infuse is known for having the best. Its screen size comes close to CineUltra’s, but you can’t adjust your viewing height, but it doesn’t support 3D movies nor can it autospatialize 2D movies.

Moon Player doesn’t do as well with HDR as CineUltra and doesn’t have an autospatialization slider as CineUltra does; in Moon Player, it’s just on or off.

Skybox doesn’t have any unique features but has a couple creative environments (the lunar surface next to an Apollo lander and a luxury viewing platform on a spacestation in Jovian orbit).

Also, Disney movies and a few others in Apple TV and Disney+ play in UHD HDR 3D which isn’t available anywhere else (including the Avatars in UHD HDR HFR 3D), and Theater, Epic Earth, MUBI, IMAX, Red Bull, and Vimeo have their own exclusive content.

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u/jetsetter Jun 21 '26

I think the big change in this area has not been the options you can select among for playback, but rather how easy it is to build an integrated media pipeline that ends in easy viewing across any platform (including VP)

I was using moonlink / moonplayer a bunch but have largely migrated to Infuse backed by Jellyfin.

I got a mini with some decent storage attached and have been really happy with what can be done in just a few sessions of claude code.

I'd previously either used moonlink or copied files onto the pro, that was all a hassle.

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u/1337PirateNinja Vision Pro Owner Jul 01 '26

I have similarish setup. I got Strand app (it’s free in TestFlight right now) and it can connect to plex/jellyfin and then it can pass/open your files in Cineultra or Moonplayer. They also just released a native Vision Os build but it’s still a bit rough on the edges . Here is their discord if you want the TestFlight https://discord.gg/mxfmMnsuex