3D SBS with XBMC

[Mackila]

(11th Apr, 2013 06:43 AM)Enigmach Wrote:  Hi,

I am unsure how a regular bluray carries it's 3D information, but I have succesfully watched a SBS and Top-Bottom .mkv on an LG LM620s. An important issue for the SBS was to make sure there is little to no overscan because it was not recognized otherwise by the TV. Unfortunately the menu and subtitles will not be rendered properly, as is also mentioned in the XBMC FAQ: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=XBMC_all_platforms_FAQ#3D_movies

Hello again.

I am actually talking about regular SBS/H-SBS files, mainly MKVs, and not about bluerays. The information and procedure you mentioned in the FAQ was exactly how I expected XBMC to handle SBS files, until I came across the raspbmc post in my first comment, which specifically says that if the "3DSBS" string is found in the name of the SBS file, XBMC will automatically trigger the TV's 3D mode and render the GUI (and subtitles, but I'm not sure) in 3D. I did a bit more research and it seems it might be an OMXPlayer specific feature, which would explain why it is not really documented in the XBMC FAQs. I found an interesting post that seems to confirm this behavior.