2011-09-12, 23:00
I dunno. I would assume 3D 1080p file size would essentially be double in size from normal 1080p files so it might top out some ion machines. That thread indicates that there are relatively few places to even get the disks as of yet and that the digital file format for backups isn't even settled yet and that they don't really play in XBMC regardless.
Which is why poofy was recommending the the SBS file format (basically two 720 images forming a 3-d image) as something easier to work with in XBMC and more available as a file format.
I would be highly dubious about running any of that other than the SBS files Poofy mentioned in Linux since as mentioned earlier Linux not does actually unencode Blueray disks currently but esentially rips it "live" to a https stream it then plays back to itself to circumvent blueray encoding. At least as I understand it.
I would expect considerable lag before all this as yet unsettled propietary format 3D stuff settles into an open source standard format on the Linux side. Just as a guess.
On a side note, I'm personally sort of annoyed by the concept of 3D in a home environment. Somehow sitting on my couch and having to where special glasses to watch just feel like opposites to me. I'm sure I'm just being an old fogey about. 3D still always feels kind of gimicky and distracting to me - even in features like Avatar designed for it. It doesn't go with working on a bottle of wine, snacks, ocassionally playing with the dog and his chew toy to me somehow. Maybe its me.
Which is why poofy was recommending the the SBS file format (basically two 720 images forming a 3-d image) as something easier to work with in XBMC and more available as a file format.
I would be highly dubious about running any of that other than the SBS files Poofy mentioned in Linux since as mentioned earlier Linux not does actually unencode Blueray disks currently but esentially rips it "live" to a https stream it then plays back to itself to circumvent blueray encoding. At least as I understand it.
I would expect considerable lag before all this as yet unsettled propietary format 3D stuff settles into an open source standard format on the Linux side. Just as a guess.
On a side note, I'm personally sort of annoyed by the concept of 3D in a home environment. Somehow sitting on my couch and having to where special glasses to watch just feel like opposites to me. I'm sure I'm just being an old fogey about. 3D still always feels kind of gimicky and distracting to me - even in features like Avatar designed for it. It doesn't go with working on a bottle of wine, snacks, ocassionally playing with the dog and his chew toy to me somehow. Maybe its me.
