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the movie itself has to indicate it's stereoscopic, either by according mkv headers, by keyword in filename (hsbs/hou/...) or by setting the according stereomode in videoplayback picture settings osd.
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If we convert a frame packed 3d bluray.. to Full SBS (3840x1080)
1. would this be equal quality as frame packed, right? Even sligthly better cause is frame packed is 1920x2205
2. xbmc play the full sbs correctly?
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xbmc will play fullsbs correctly if the file has the correct output resolution set in its metadata (1920x1080 and not 3842x1080). Quality should be the same as frame packed, but you end up with a larger file ofc. Let's hope ffmpeg guys manage to support MVC/frame packed soon.
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Wow thats great news da-anda! Until ffmpeg gets the support, ill try and see if i can convert the 3d bd to full SBS.
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I saw a comment recently that they would be held back from implementing MVC by licensing restrictions.
Can't say that licensing has ever held ffmpeg back before. Otherwise we wouldn't be playing anything in the mpeg spectrum...
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(This post was last modified: 2013-08-26, 19:07 by giaur.)
I think even full sbs will cause quality loss - you need to have 2x full hd to get the same quality as mvc (2 pictures 1920x1080 each). So resulting movie should be 3840x2160. Then you can separate each picture to get 1920x1080 for each eye.
But I've never seen 3840x2160 movies encoded as over under or side by side.
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I'm satisfied with hou (not hsbs). This is because I have passive 3D screen, so hou is enough, 3dbd will not provide better quality than hou.