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Converting a 3d movie to 2d

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2019 11:59 pm
by nisaea
Hello,

The search won't accept the term "3d", so I'll ask the question here: can we convert a 3d movie (in my case a side by side one) to a 2d movie in handbrae?

Thanks.

Re: Converting a 3d movie to 2d

Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2019 2:40 am
by Woodstock
That will normally happen if you try to encode a "3D" file, because the "3D" portion of it will be ignored by handbrake.

Most likely, it will not be as "clean" as a separate 2D version, because there are compromises to the "base" portion of the video to allow the 3D to work.

Re: Converting a 3d movie to 2d

Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2019 12:16 pm
by nisaea
Hello.

When I encode normally, I still get a side by side video.

Re: Converting a 3d movie to 2d

Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2019 12:57 pm
by s55
You'd have to crop out whatever half you don't want assuming your disc doesn't have a 2D title on it as well.

Re: Converting a 3d movie to 2d

Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2019 4:36 pm
by Deleted User 11865
3D Blu-rays don't do side-by-side, his source video is something else?

Re: Converting a 3d movie to 2d

Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2019 8:33 pm
by nisaea
It's a 1080p movie, so it should be 3840 pixels wide, right? But in handbrake, I can't see that number. The presets seem to overwrite the original size.

Re: Converting a 3d movie to 2d

Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2019 11:06 pm
by JohnAStebbins
1080p is 1920 wide. With side by side 3D, you will crop half of the picture to produce 2D, i.e. 960 wide. After cropping, you will also have to choose custom anamorphic mode and set the pixel aspect to 2:1.

Re: Converting a 3d movie to 2d

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 11:49 am
by nisaea
That's it! I was missing the anamorphic part.

Thanks a lot!