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Side-by-Side, vs format required for 3D Blu-ray

Started Jul 25, 2011 | Discussions thread
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Cy Cheze Senior Member • Posts: 2,028
Side-by-Side, vs format required for 3D Blu-ray

I've shot some 3D photos and video that employ a side-by-side format. I don't presently have a 3D HDTV. However, I'd like to create a slide show and video that might play on a 3D Blu-ray player, if ever the occasion arrives.

Right now, I am either too cheap (or too smart) to monkey with an editor that "supports" 3D, since I don't have a 3D display or glasses.

If I create a slide show and video timeline with an ordinary video editing product, then export it to a Blu-ray disc with the side-by-side character intact, would a 3D player or 3D TV recognize it as side-by-side 3D, and display a single 3D field, or would one simply see side-by-side images in 2D? Does creation of a playable 3D disc require some on-disc signal or coding to tell the player or HDTV that it is 3D, or can one tune the player or TV to yield 3D from the side-by-side content?

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