04-10-2015 08:13 PM
04-13-2015 12:07 AM
04-13-2015 03:24 AM
"tinkertron" wrote:
Now I know that saving the file in this location is NOT the main reason why it would be able to play from.
04-13-2015 03:55 PM
"Ashles" wrote:
The Youtube 3d videos are side-by-side - that means the video is split into two halves, the left showing what the left eye should see and the right showing what the right should see. (These need to have been filmed/created using two different viewpoints in the first place to create meaningful 3-d)
If you just watch them on Youtube all you'll see is two different (almost identical) images at the same time.
If you drop a side-by-side video into the 3-d folder in the Gear SD card, what it tells the video player to do is to 'chop' the video in half and send the left hand to the left eye and right side to right eye so then you are receiving two slightly offset images simultaneously giving you the 3-d efffect.
This wont work for a normal video as there are not 2 different images in the first place - dropping these into the 3d folder would only chop the image in half and send confusing different images to each eye making it unwatchable."tinkertron" wrote:
Now I know that saving the file in this location is NOT the main reason why it would be able to play from.
This IS the main reason as the software knows to 'chop' videos in this folder in half and send each half to different eyes, whereas in the other folders it just sends a duplicate of the same image to each eye (so you see a meaningful image but without 3-d)
04-13-2015 03:58 PM
04-14-2015 12:27 AM
"tinkertron" wrote:"Ashles" wrote:"tinkertron" wrote:
Now I know that saving the file in this location is NOT the main reason why it would be able to play from.
This IS the main reason as the software knows to 'chop' videos in this folder in half and send each half to different eyes, whereas in the other folders it just sends a duplicate of the same image to each eye (so you see a meaningful image but without 3-d)
So if I simply create a 3D folder any where on the SD card the movie app will notice that it's a 3D movie? I will try it out and see if works.
04-14-2015 01:13 AM
"Ashles" wrote:
What makes you think you could set up a 3-d folder anywhere and it would recognise it? And why would you do that?
There are already two 3-D folders set up - in the Movies folder and in the Trailers folder. These would be the sensible locations to put any side-by-side 3d video as the software has already been set up to play 3d movies from these folders.
04-14-2015 03:05 AM
"AceHighness" wrote:"Ashles" wrote:
What makes you think you could set up a 3-d folder anywhere and it would recognise it? And why would you do that?
There are already two 3-D folders set up - in the Movies folder and in the Trailers folder. These would be the sensible locations to put any side-by-side 3d video as the software has already been set up to play 3d movies from these folders.
Pretty sure he wrote that because he could not believe the answer he was given (as he denied the possibility himself earlier in the thread).
04-14-2015 12:52 PM
"Ashles" wrote:
What makes you think you could set up a 3-d folder anywhere and it would recognise it? And why would you do that?
There are already two 3-D folders set up - in the Movies folder and in the Trailers folder. These would be the sensible locations to put any side-by-side 3d video as the software has already been set up to play 3d movies from these folders.
"Ashles" wrote:
I'm getting increasingly confused by the OP. I'm not sure how much more thoroughly it can be explained what 3-d is, how it works, and how to play 3-d movies on the Gear VR. (And that 2-d movies can't be magically converted to 3-d by use of some mystical app)
04-14-2015 02:52 PM
"tinkertron" wrote:
Are the movies that are 3D that are on blu ray are they active 3D or passive 3D? or does it matter?
04-14-2015 03:29 PM
"Ashles" wrote:"AceHighness" wrote:"Ashles" wrote:
What makes you think you could set up a 3-d folder anywhere and it would recognise it? And why would you do that?
There are already two 3-D folders set up - in the Movies folder and in the Trailers folder. These would be the sensible locations to put any side-by-side 3d video as the software has already been set up to play 3d movies from these folders.
Pretty sure he wrote that because he could not believe the answer he was given (as he denied the possibility himself earlier in the thread).
I'm getting increasingly confused by the OP. I'm not sure how much more thoroughly it can be explained what 3-d is, how it works, and how to play 3-d movies on the Gear VR. (And that 2-d movies can't be magically converted to 3-d by use of some mystical app)