Stereoscopic 3D Player (MKV)

[va4leo]

Was wondering if anyone knew of a 3D Video player (besides nVidia's) that was preferably free, otherwise, could pay a little.

I basically have a Left and Right File in MKV and wanted to play them.


Cheers!

[PVTCaboose1337]

I assume you mean you have separate MKV files. One left.mkv and one right.mkv? You want them to play side by side?

[va4leo]

Originally Posted by PVTCaboose1337

I assume you mean you have separate MKV files. One left.mkv and one right.mkv? You want them to play side by side?

Yes. I have one left. One right. And i want to play them not side by side...but in alternating frames.

[PVTCaboose1337]

Originally Posted by va4leo

Yes. I have one left. One right. And i want to play them not side by side...but in alternating frames.

Alternating frame? You cross your eyes to get the full image. I thought you meant side by side for stereoscopic images! What you want to do is not stereoscopic 3d, it is a different type, the name slips my mind.

[va4leo]

Originally Posted by PVTCaboose1337

Alternating frame? You cross your eyes to get the full image. I thought you meant side by side for stereoscopic images! What you want to do is not stereoscopic 3d, it is a different type, the name slips my mind.

I want something similar to nVidia 3D Vision player that will handle MKV. =D

[n-ster]

Do you have the alternate-frame sequencing glasses?

[va4leo]

Originally Posted by n-ster

Do you have the alternate-frame sequencing glasses?

Yes. And the relavent monitor, and IR transmitter, etc etc :P


Also, i do believe this is stereoscopy as i want to perceive depth. I want to see solids. Correct me if I am wrong, but that is what stereoscopy is.

[streetfighter 2]

Originally Posted by PVTCaboose1337

Alternating frame? You cross your eyes to get the full image. I thought you meant side by side for stereoscopic images! What you want to do is not stereoscopic 3d, it is a different type, the name slips my mind.

Now I may be an ordinary hyper-chicken from a backwoods asteroid, but I disagree with you.

On wikipedia, which is always correct like Glenn Beck, they talk about LCD shutter glasses which is an active type technique of stereoscopic imaging. I do believe this is what the good Mr. va4leo is referring.

[va4leo]

Originally Posted by streetfighter 2

I do believe this is what the good Mr. va4leo is referring.

Why thank you! And yes, that is indeed what i am referring to. =D

I need a player that will take 2 MKV files and output one file every odd frame and a second file every even frame! =D

[streetfighter 2]

Originally Posted by va4leo

Why thank you! And yes, that is indeed what i am referring to. =D

I need a player that will take 2 MKV files and output one file every odd frame and a second file every even frame! =D

Quite right.

Well after a quick google I think it may be a multi stage process. You may need to remux the MKVs to a more compatible format like ts. Then you may need to run them through a 3D muxer/encoder. Then you can play them in Nvidia 3D Vision Player or perhaps Cyberlink PowerDVD (which apparently supports 3D).

Nvidia 3D Vision Player
http://3dvision-blog.com/nvidia-has-...player-v1-5-2/

Stereo Movie Maker
http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stvmkr/

If you have a 3D capable monitor and the LCD shutter glasses, the player should be all you need. If you don't, try re-encoding to red/green glasses mode using SMM.

I'm not sure if there's a way to play it on a regular LCD. I do recall there were some video cards sold with the 3D shutter LCD glasses so it might work if you have those.

(source)

Hope that helps.

[va4leo]

I am at present converting the two files to WMV. nVidia handles them ok. Will let you know what happens next =D

EDIT:

Solution found (yes its only 3 months later... xD ). K-Lite Codex Pack and then nVidia 3D video player works like a charm.