Auto3D Configuration

Content:

• How it Works
• Configuration

Configuration

The plugin has its own setup. You can activate/deactivate the plugin in the MediaPortal Configuration > Plugins. It is listed as 'Process Plugin' from where you can configure it

This is how the setup dialog looks like:

If you haven’t a supported TV, please select “No device”.
In this case only switching the MediaPortal GUI into 3D mode will work. Switching TV has to be done manually.

If your TV is supported then select it and fill in the necessary information.

3D Detection

• MediaPortal Input Type

Select if TV (experimental) and/or Video should be supported.

• 3D Detection Methods

Always show 3D selection Menu in MediaPortal
The mode selection is always done via the menu. Only supported formats are listed. Supported means that a command sequence is defined for that format (will be explained later).

If name contains only “3D” …
Always switches into the preselected 3D mode. Makes sense if somebody has only SBS or only TAB movies.

If name contains …
Switches into the mode that is exactly contained in the movie title.

Video Analysis for Side by Side / Video Analysis for Top and Bottom …
Makes a video analysis of the current movie and switches then into the corresponding format. This works best if you have no reverse coded material.

Show selection menu if key „CTRL+D“ is pressed 
Opens the selection menu anytime to switch into the desired mode. This makes sense if you watch a 2D movie and the TV supports 2D/3D conversion. Via the menu you can then select the 2D/3D conversion mode to view the video in pseudo 3D. The hotkey can be changed to any desired value. Just click into the field and enter the desired combination. Instead of the Keyboard it is also possible to use a MCE 2005 remote.

3D Subtitles

3D Subtitles

Turns 3D subtitle generation on/off. When using movies with integrated 3D subtitles this should be turned off.

3D Subtitle depth 
With this settings the distance of the subtitles can be adjustet. The default value is 0, i.e. the subtitles are direct on the Screen. The higher the values get, the more the subtitles pop out of the screen.

Options

Send Events to EventGhost
In this case every format change will be propagated to the running EventGhost instance. You could perhaps use a USB-IR controller to switch a TV that has no API into 3D mode with IR commands.
 

Info

Version information about the loaded plugin / sub-plugins.

TV Configuration

If you press the “Config…” button the following dialog will appear:

It’s possible to define the sequences to switch the TV into the desired 3D mode. Once a remote button on the right side is pressed, the command appears in the list and is sent in parallel to the TV.

Commands can be deleted and moved upwards and downwards. A complete sequence can be tested with the button containing a green flash.

To save a sequence under a different name just change the name in the “Device Name” box.

Command Timmings:
This allows to modify the timings, if for some reasons your TV takes longer to open a menu:

If a sequence has to be saved the user is asked for confirmation when leaving the dialog with the close button.

Hints for creating a sequence:
The safest way to create a sequence is to never make any assumptions in which mode a TV could be. The plugin will never know what the TV is currently doing.

3D Top and Bottom correction

A wide screen 3D TAB movie looks in MediaPortal this way:

As you can see the black bars above and below will bring your TV into trouble. 
This makes correct 3D impossible for the TV.

As soon as the plugin switches into the 3D TAB mode it looks this way:

This is something a 3D TV can handle.

3D to 2D conversion via MediaPortal

It is now possible to convert a 3D Movie to 2D. With CTRL+D menu activated in settings it is possible to switch on 3D to 2D conversion for both SBS and TAB.