2014-01-22, 04:35
What is the advantage of not using your preferred mode, if XBMC is changing it in a way that doesn't lose any information?
Here's a hypothetical situation:
I have a passive TV and all of my 3D movies are encoded in TAB format as that is the most efficient way on a passive TV.
One day, my friend decides to bring over a 3D movie encoded in SBS format because he has an active TV.
Why would it be an advantage to play it back in SBS mode rather than TAB mode if XBMC can convert between the two? Either way, the vertical resolution will be halved and the horizontal stretched, won't it?
Have I misunderstood anything fundamental, because I don't see why after setting your preferred mode you would ever need to switch, regardless of the input format.
Here's a hypothetical situation:
I have a passive TV and all of my 3D movies are encoded in TAB format as that is the most efficient way on a passive TV.
One day, my friend decides to bring over a 3D movie encoded in SBS format because he has an active TV.
Why would it be an advantage to play it back in SBS mode rather than TAB mode if XBMC can convert between the two? Either way, the vertical resolution will be halved and the horizontal stretched, won't it?
Have I misunderstood anything fundamental, because I don't see why after setting your preferred mode you would ever need to switch, regardless of the input format.
