Stereoscopic Movie Disk S3D-Today 27. - 29. November 2007 Munich, Germany

Overview Stereoscopic Movie Disk Concepts Architecture Authoring Demonstration Peter Wimmer - 3dtv.at

Introduction Motivation Current quasi-standards Growing interest in 3D movies No consumer distribution standard Current quasi-standards Anaglyph DVDs Fieldsequential DVDs Peter Wimmer - 3dtv.at

Stereoscopic Disk Formats Anaglyph DVDs Glasses included Low image quality Only anaglyph playback Field-sequential DVDs Low resolution Inapplicable for the mass market Compatible with most 3D hardware Peter Wimmer - 3dtv.at

Design Goals PC-based solution Combine user friendliness of anaglyph DVDs with the flexibility of field-sequential DVDs and add support for higher resolutions. PC-based solution To circumvent limitations of TV standards Resolutions beyond PAL, NTSC, 720p and 1080p Extend existing solutions rather than replace them Compatible with CD-ROMs, DVDs, HD-DVDs and Blu-ray Disks Add-on to 2D, anaglyph and/or field-sequential disk Peter Wimmer - 3dtv.at

Stereoscopic Movie Disk Disk Examples CD-ROM Stereoscopic Movie Disk DVD 2D Field-sequential Blu-ray Disk HD-DVD Anaglyph Video Section ROM Section Peter Wimmer - 3dtv.at

L R L R Architecture The movies are encoded in… Why? … Windows Media format … side-by-side or over/under layout Why? The Windows Media encoder and decoders are free. The side-by-side and over/under layouts are supported by most stereoscopic video players. Side-by-Side L R Over/Under L R Peter Wimmer - 3dtv.at

Architecture The disk contains… The start application… … the movie files ... the codecs … a player application … a start application The start application… … runs automatically when inserting the disk … updates the codecs if necessary … allows to browse the disk … allows to play the movies in 2D or 3D Peter Wimmer - 3dtv.at

Authoring Step 1: Encoding Windows Media Encoder Video: Windows Media 9 Advanced Profile (VC-1) Audio (Stereo): Windows Media Audio 9 Audio (5.1): Windows Media Audio 9 Professional Peter Wimmer - 3dtv.at

Authoring Step 2: Adding Metadata Stereo Attribute Editor Add information on the stereoscopic format Add general information (title, copyright, description) Add movie disk information (disk name, title name, title image) Peter Wimmer - 3dtv.at

Authoring Step 3: Creating the Disk Create disk image Add package files Add video files Burn disk image Ship disk bundled with anaglyph glasses Peter Wimmer - 3dtv.at

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