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Stereoscopic Movie Disk

S3D-Today

27. - 29. November 2007

Munich, Germany

Overview

Stereoscopic Movie Disk

Concepts Architecture Authoring Demonstration

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Introduction

Motivation

Growing interest in 3D movies No consumer distribution standard

Current quasi-standards

Anaglyph DVDs Fieldsequential DVDs

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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

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Design Goals

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

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Combine user friendliness of anaglyph DVDs with the flexibility of field-sequential DVDs and add support for higher resolutions.

Disk Examples

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VideoSection

ROMSection

Architecture

The movies are encoded in…

… Windows Media format … side-by-side or over/under layout

Why?

The Windows Media encoderand decoders are free.

The side-by-side and over/under layouts are supported by most stereoscopic video players.

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Side-by-Side

L R

Over/Under

LR

Architecture

The disk contains…

… 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

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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

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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)

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Authoring Step 3: Creating the Disk

Create disk image

Add package files Add video files

Burn disk image

Ship disk bundled with anaglyph glasses

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