Hello, I have my Blurays remuxed in 3D MVC, unfortunately Plex does not output 3D to my TV. Does plex not support MVC? if not when will it be supported?
Transcoding MVC to Over/Under would be great too if streaming outside of home.
Thank you.
@trumpy81 said:
Nothing supports MVC (Multi View Coding) so why on earth would you rip to an unsupported format?If your TV requires Over/Under 3D then that is what you should be ripping to, H.264 of course.
I don’t see Plex supporting MVC anytime soon. MVC has been around for at least 5 years (possibly longer), but it hasn’t gained any traction in the world of video at all.
Even VLC don’t support it and finding a TV these days that supports it is fairly difficult as well. Besides, many people regard 3D as nothing more than a fad.
3D has been tried many times in the past, starting with the 1950’s and every decade or so since then and it has failed each time.
The biggest drawback is the need to have eye wear in order to perceive the 3D image. If you could eliminate that, then 3D would become an overnight success, in the home market at least.
With all due respect, what a ■■■■■■response you just gave there…he’s not asking for your opinion of 3D, but plex’s Compatability with the format.
Blimey trumpy, are you feeling grumpy today?
Unless I’m missing something, there are loads of players that output MVC 3D files to a compatible 3D TV. Doesn’t plex via raspberry pi even support this format?
But OP, the best thing is to convert them to over/under, side/side, depending on your TVs capabilities. If you have a 4K TV you can even do full frame 1080p side by side to retain picture quality.
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What are you talking about no being supported? Every 3D bluray is released with MVC, every 3D bluray player supports MVC and I have yet to see a 3D TV which does not support it.
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@Ockingshay said:
But OP, the best thing is to convert them to over/under, side/side, depending on your TVs capabilities. If you have a 4K TV you can even do full frame 1080p side by side to retain picture quality.
Thank you for your reply. For Passive TV 3D OU is usually the best choice (horizontal line separation). But I am kind of a quality snob and would really love to use the full BD videos stream, I was quite surprised when my tests with plex did not work. Hard to justify using something else now too since I recently bought 3 life time subscriptions.
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Just checked, my playback device (Mi Box 3) states under specs “H.264 MVC, up to 1080P at 60fps”.
I thought it did, rasplex will word with mvc 3D;
Maybe worth a try setting up, as they’re cheap, or having a look in the rasplex forum
@Ockingshay said:
I thought it did, rasplex will word with mvc 3D;https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1293992/#Comment_1293992
Maybe worth a try setting up, as they’re cheap, or having a look in the rasplex forum
Another alternative is LibreELEC with the Plex for Kodi plugin on a Raspberry Pi 3. That works for 3D MVC (full resolution).
@trumpy81 said:
Nothing supports MVC (Multi View Coding) so why on earth would you rip to an unsupported format?If your TV requires Over/Under 3D then that is what you should be ripping to, H.264 of course.
I don’t see Plex supporting MVC anytime soon. MVC has been around for at least 5 years (possibly longer), but it hasn’t gained any traction in the world of video at all.
Even VLC don’t support it and finding a TV these days that supports it is fairly difficult as well. Besides, many people regard 3D as nothing more than a fad.
3D has been tried many times in the past, starting with the 1950’s and every decade or so since then and it has failed each time.
The biggest drawback is the need to have eye wear in order to perceive the 3D image. If you could eliminate that, then 3D would become an overnight success, in the home market at least.
For someone to be a ninja, they need to know what they are talking about. MVC has been a part of all Bluray 3D releases for years, which yes still happen on a regular basis, regardless of Plex support.
How about you answer his questions in regards to Plex instead of rattling off your opinion of the format or spec?
There is a device that supports it. Raspberry Pi 3 with LibreELEC / Plex for Kodi.
@eveasin said:
Hello, I have my Blurays remuxed in 3D MVC, unfortunately Plex does not output 3D to my TV. Does plex not support MVC? if not when will it be supported?Transcoding MVC to Over/Under would be great too if streaming outside of home.
Thank you.
Plex does not, but you have several other options:
JRiver Media Center (I use this. works great - full MVC support, ISO or MKV) - windows only
Kodi v17 (special build supports intel hardware or nVidia software decode) - windows only
MPC (using madVr + lav) - windows
Kodi on Raspberry Pi 2/3
Stereoscopic player
Really what you would need is Plex to support an external player like MPC and then you would be set.
I think even emby supports madvr+lav and likely supports MVC 3D playback.
and then of course you have a large number of dedicated devices that will do 3D MVC.
I have 50+ 3D MVC movies. they are still coming out but I think it’s going to slow down. I struggle with buying 3D versions vs 4K+HDR. both on the 2016 LG 4K set look stunning. I’ve actually been double-dipping on many titles as a result. sure the studios love that
alternatively you could rip to full SBS, but that is technically re-encoding your MVC movie. Played back on a 4K set you are not losing any resolution, but re-encode I am generally against.
now with DeUHD (which does work), 4K rips are now a reality.
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