My First 3D Test

[cardinalstud08]

Okay, so after a few hours of testing my equipment, I've got a somewhat decent video. It has a few things wrong with it, I know, but it's pretty good for my first day. I used two HD camcorders (HDR-SR5) spaced about eye-distance apart, and I was roughly 6 ft away. I used Sony Vegas to encode everything with the Make 3D plugin from Medtron. It worked out pretty nicely. Check it out.... there are many, many more to come. I'll post more as I figure this all out. I fully intend to perfect my technique!

http://rapidshare.com/files/119696258/3 ... 4.avi.html

[LukePC1]

Wanted to test it, but I don't have the codec(s).
Usually the 3D videos work, but maybe this one does not because of HD? Any tips?
Does someone experience similar things?

[Freke1]

I can't see it also. I tested from another pc, same problem.
Does anyone know what codecs are standard? We really need to have something that works here.
Anyone got some codecs links?. Normally I can see all videos, but I know my codecs are old.
I also have no knowledge about these codecs

[Tril]

I think I found the correct codec but it does not play correctly. I get some artifacts on the decoded video (white, black, red, green blue small line shaped dots).
Here's the link to the page with the codec I tried : http://www.wafian.com/KnowledgeBase.htm
It's the download link "Latest CineForm decoder for Windows".

I think this one might work too : http://www.cineform.com/products/Downlo ... rStart.htm


To cardinalstud08 : There's a major problem with your videos (if it's decoded correctly on my end). The two views don't look like they are the same height at all. Was it really made that way or is it a decoding problem on my end?

[BlackShark]

The cineform codecs aren't to be used for file distribution but for internal editor use only.
It was designed initially as a temporary transition format for HDV when the hdv format wasn't supported in edtors, then used again when avchd (the format your camcorders use) when avchd wasn't supported in editors. It is also used when your computer isn't powerful enough to decode the avchd streams realtime since it's lighter on the cpu, at the expense of fileize.

Popular internet codecs are :
Mpeg 4 asp (DivX, or it's open-source fork XviD) -> which i recommand for broad use and maximum compatibility with anyone's computer
Mpeg 4 avc (H264) -> which i recommand for high quality content, but tools to create files aren't beginner-friendly.
Microsoft wmv -> which i never recommand to anyone (due to microsoft licensing policy) but which is automatically installed by default with Windows XP or Windows Vista.
Apple quicktime -> which i don't recommand but lot's of people use "because pros who don't care about codecs use it since it's the default codec installed on their Macs for use with Final Cut Pro"

I suggest this workflow :
export to any very very high quality format your computer can read, if on your computer you can play the cineform file flawless then use it, when exporting try to keep as many image parameters native through the editing process (image resolution, framerate, interlacing, aspect ratio,...)
do the image conversion (deinterlacing, and resize if necessary) and compression in an external software (ALWAYS !!!)
i recommand either :
virtualdub (very common, lots of tutorials over the internet) for DivX and XviD. -> should be easy
Megui (huge and complex processing app which uses many different small command-line sub-applications) for best results with H264. -> hard, you'll need to install lots of stuff and interface is not intuitive.

There are lots of small apps that pretend making encoding H264 an easy process but none of them satisfy me.

[yuriythebest]

yup tried also and didn't work. use divX/xvid.