In-Progress Another 3D question: View 3D in 2D

[Diedrich 370]

I have users should would like to watch a 3D movie in 2D through the HTML5 web interface as well as iPad app. Is this possible? I know it's possible through Kodi and my 3D TV but I'm not sure how to do it through the Emby interfaces.

[Luke 40072]

You should be able to just press play and watch it.

[Diedrich 370]

You should be able to just press play and watch it.

On the iPad I press play and I get the side-by-side. I also just tried HTML5 and I get the same result with no ability to switch to 2D.

[Luke 40072]

can you provide an example file for testing? thanks.

[stettler 30]

What the OP mean is that he would like to play a 3D encoded movie (SBS, TAB,...) on a device (TV, browser) that can't handle 3D. Emby would need to transcode the 3D into a regular 2D video (which should be possible).

 

There was several requests for that feature in the past but, if I remember, the answer was that it wasn't a priority and 3D movies was a dead thing anyway....

 

Edit: you would need a button to explicitly turn on the 3D to 2D stream conversion.

Edited October 3, 2016 by stettler

[Vidman 590]

Yea that's pretty much the gist of it

[Diedrich 370]

What the OP mean is that he would like to play a 3D encoded movie (SBS, TAB,...) on a device (TV, browser) that can't handle 3D. Emby would need to transcode the 3D into a regular 2D video (which should be possible).

 

There was several requests for that feature in the past but, if I remember, the answer was that it wasn't a priority and 3D movies was a dead thing anyway....

 

Edit: you would need a button to explicitly turn on the 3D to 2D stream conversion.

Correct. Thanks for elaborating! [emoji4]