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8, February 28, 2012 ====================================================== Copyright --------Copyright (c) 2001-2012 Peter Wimmer All rights reserved. Sensio 3D format decoding technology licensed by Sensio Technologies Inc. Thanks very much to Antonio Scuri, Michal Husak and Werner Bloos for their hints and support. Special thanks to Ignacio Aldazabal, Enrique Gutierrez, Paupert Francois, Peter Jacobs, Marco Lopes, Daniele Pagliani, Raffaello Galli, Samuel Mircetic Pia, Vladimir Simchenko, Masuji Suto, Andrzej Waluk, Tu Wells, Yingwen Li, Dr. Imre Zsolnai-Nagy, Tapio Hellman, John Scrept, Atakan Demiray and Magnus Dagbro for translating Stereoscopic Player to Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese (Brasilian), Italian, Serbian, Slovenian, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Chinese (Taiwan), Chinese (Simplified), Hungarian, Finnish, Greek, Turkish and Swedish language. This product ships with Open Source components. Detailed information and source code downloads are available at http://www.3dtv.at/OpenSource. Contact ------3dtv.at Peter Wimmer Wankmllerhofstr. 9 4020 Linz Austria http://www.3dtv.at office@3dtv.at Version 1.8 ----------* Fixed crash when playing HD videos. Version 1.7.9 ------------* Added hidden OEM image capture feature. * Added OEM customization feature to display 'Get product key' instead of 'Buy player'. Version 1.7.8 ------------* Added support for 2D+depth input format. * Added step reduction option for generic multi-viewer display viewing method. * Fixed sporadic player crashes.

Version 1.7.7 ------------* * * * * * * * Added mark parity for serial effect control. Added Get/SetViewingMethod OLE Automation commands. Added: Integration with GrassFish Public CMS. Added -logdir command line parameter. Fixed player crash when switching audio language. Fixed: Position of video library is not restored correctly. Fixed: Hourglass visible in fullscreen mode while loading file. Fixed crash when opening empty playlist.

Version 1.7.6 ------------* Added support for UDP output of effect control byte streams. * Fixed issue with H.264 content when switching to fullscreen mode. * Fixed H.264 DXVA2 issue with Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder. Version 1.7.5 ------------* Added DLP 3D Ready Encoding in the Glasses Control menu for software pageflipping, side-by-side and over/under viewing methods. * Added Simplified Chinese translation. Thanks very much to Yingwen Li. * Fixed: MediaLooks logo appears after a few minutes when playing mov files. * Fixed issue with Play Folder button. Version 1.7.4 ------------* Added automatic deinterlacing option. * Added support for five tiles multi-view format (also known as Tridelity 5 Tile format). * Added 256x256 pixel resolution to icon. * Changed: Updated QuickTime source filter. * Changed: Replaced MXF splitter with MXF source filter. * Fixed: Improved error message if registration fails because player is not installed properly. * Fixed: Workaround for DivX Plus Demux that breaks AVI playback. Version 1.7.3 ------------* Added: Improved auto-detection of second file in 'Open Left and Right File' dialog. The corresponding file is now found in other folders, too. * Added option to automatically load the next file of the current folder ('Play Folder' menu item). * Added tool buttons for 'Repeat' and 'Play Folder' commands. * Added OLE automation commands to set and get the Play Folder option and to go to the next or previous chapter or file within the current folder. * Added seeking forwards/backwards using the Ctrl + Scroll Wheel or Left Button + Scroll wheel. * Added support for HDMV LPCM audio.

* Changed: Renamed 'Next/Previous Image' menu items to 'Next/Previous File'. * Changed: The 'Next/Previous File' command must be used to go to next or previous playlist item instead of the Next/Previous Chapter command. * Changed hotkey of 'Next File' command from space to return key. * Fixed: Dialogs hidden by startup logo. * Fixed: Playback not possible without audio device. Version 1.7.2 ------------* * * * * * * * Added Added Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed support for interlaced MVC content. support for MVC content in MP4 containers. issue with Coraline Blu-ray disk. seeking deadlocks with left/right *.m2ts files. exception when calling GetDuration automation command on still files. that player doesn't close file handles of jpg files. long load delay with certain files when ffdshow Video Decoder is used. error after resume from sleep mode.

Version 1.7.1 ------------* * * * Added Fixed Fixed Fixed 'default' option in full screen monitor menu. crash with certain DCPs. DirectX recreation error after fast user switching. compatibility issue with DivX Demux Filter.

Version 1.7 ----------* * * * Added Added Fixed Fixed error message when opening encrypted Blu-ray files. option for DMX512 output to send only used channels. issue with H.264 AVIs with resolution greater 1920x1080. issue when opening left/right *.m2ts files from 3D Blu-ray disks.

Version 1.6.9 ------------Added Turkish and Swedish translations. Added MPEG splitter filter. Added MP4 splitter filter. Added Matroska splitter filter. Added Flash splitter filter. Added AVC/MVC video decoder. Added audio stream switcher filter. Added 'DTS Audio Decoder', 'Matroska Stream Splitter', 'WebM Stream Splitter', 'MPEG-4 MVC Video Decoder' and 'Audio Processor' categories to the preferred filters configuration. * Added groups for preferred filter categories. * Added: Prevent display power-off in fullscreen mode. * Added 'Generic Single-Viewer Display' viewing method with optional head trac king. * Added codec download dialog. * Chanced: Start menu and desktop icons do not run Windows Installer anymore. * Changed: Enabled DXVA2 by default. * Fixed DXVA2 decoding of MPEG-2 content on NVIDIA hardware. * * * * * * * *

* Fixed bug in graph building algorithm. * Fixed crash when closing player. Version 1.6.8 ------------* Added 'Generic Multi-Viewer Display' viewing method. It can be customized to work with arbitrary multiview displays. * Changed: Re-designed viewing method options in Settings dialog. Version 1.6.7 ------------* * * * * * * Added option for DXVA2 decoding (disabled by default) Added NVIDIA 3D Vision windowed mode (requires 265.76 or later driver). Added: Made Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder the preferred H.264/AVC decoder. Added audio format details in filter list of Video Properties dialog. Fixed: Blocked further commands in kiosk mode. Fixed: Player enters stop state after pausing a still image of playlist. Fixed: Slideshow interval is ignored for still images of a playlist without explicitely specified duration.

Version 1.6.6 ------------* Fixed low quality scaling of multiview viewing methods. * Removed blue line code glasses control method. Version 1.6.5 ------------* * * * * * * Added support for Tridelity multiview displays. Added AMD Stereo Driver viewing method. Added Greek translation. Thanks very much to John Scrept. Added -fsu (fullscreen mode unscaled) command line parameter. Changed: Metadata file has higher priority than embedded metadata. Fixed: Blocked further commands in kiosk mode. Fixed: Issues with DCPs created with OpenCinemaTools.

Version 1.6.4 ------------* Added 'Center views' option that centers left and right views separately instead of centering them together. This option should be checked when outputting to a 3DTV. It is enabled by default. * Added configuration options for Digital Cinema Packages. Decoding at lower resolution can be enforced if the CPU is not fast enough for full resolution decoding. * Fixed DPI awareness on Windows Vista and Windows 7. * Changed: Updated QuickTime source filter. Version 1.6.3 -------------

* Added hidden feature 'mono mode' (press Ctrl+Alt+M). It displays the left view on both eyes, but still using the selected viewing method. Version 1.6.2 ------------* * * * Added the -di command line parameter to specifiy deinterlacing. Added Finnish translation. Thanks very much to Tapio Hellman. Changed: Migrated DirectShow filters to Visual Studio 2010. Fixed deadlock when switching to fullscreen mode. The problem occured only with some files, for example AVI files when using the ffdshow decoder. * Fixed crash when using the -termkey or -termsc command line parameters. * Fixed issue with new drivers of Blackmagic Intensity card. * Fixed language ID of Portuguese translation. Version 1.6.1 ------------* Fixed incompatibility with certain DCP MXF files. * Fixed inability to display certain still files in quad-buffered OpenGL mode. Version 1.6 ----------* * * * Added frame-sequential input layout. Added support for MXF files of Digital Cinema Packages. Added JPEG2000 video decoder. Added timing correction for field-sequential content. The new timing option compensates the sync offset of 1/50 or 1/60 second between the left and right field by doubling the frame rate and delaying one eye by one frame. * Fixed: Faster audio language switching for Windows Media files. * Fixed: Player does not remember aspect ratio of separate left/right files. Version 1.5.7 ------------* Added m2ts file extension in open dialog. * Added support for horizontal span mode covering three screens (e.g. for Matrox TripleHead2Go). * Changed: Updated MXF splitter filter. * Changed: Updated QuickTime source filter. * Changed NVIDIA 3D Vision implementation, now supports unscaled fullscreen mode (requires NVIDIA 191.07 drivers or later). * Changed: Migrated DirectShow filters to Unicode. * Fixed broken playlist playback in NVIDIA 3D Vision mode with 196.21 drivers. * Fixed access violation (unaligned memory access). Version 1.5.6 ------------* * * * Added OpenDevice OLE automation command. Added support for command files. Changed: Updated QuickTime source filter. Fixed the layout selection when opening multiple files as playlist (now

the format dialog is shown). * Fixed crash when leaving exclusive fullscreen mode. Version 1.5.5 ------------* Added QuickTime source DirectShow filter. * Added MXF splitter DirectShow filter. * Added 'QuickTime Stream Splitter', 'Flash Stream Splitter', 'MXF Stream Splitter' and 'MJPEG2000 Video Decoder' categories to the preferred filters configuration. * Added JPS descriptor support. The player does not ask the user to select the stereoscopic format for JPS files anymore. * Added support ARGB input format in the Stereo Transformation filter. * Fixed crash when leaving dual screen fullscreen mode. * Fixed invalid library items when opening movies failed. Version 1.5.4 ------------* * * * * Added synchronized command execution to effect control. Added GPU-based YUV to RGB conversion in OpenGL mode. Added: Improved performance and image quality in OpenGL mode. Changed: Merged DirectX and OpenGL Stereo Renderer filters. Fixed access violation when opening a DVD the first time.

Version 1.5.3 ------------* * * * * * * * * * * * Added support for new iZ3D glasses. Added support for separate left/right still image files. Added kiosk mode. Added option to set slideshow interval. Added trace to error log files. Added GetZoom and SetZoom OLE Automation commands. Added MJPEG Decompressor as default MJPEG video decoder. Changed settings dialog. Changed behavior of 'full screen unscaled' command: now sets zoom to 100%. Changed: Moved anaglyph and iZ3D viewing methods to submenus. Fixed crashes when viewing stills on graphics cards with small memory. Fixed wrong colored pixels on the border of the screen.

Version 1.5.2 ------------* * * * * * * Added Added Added Added Added Added Fixed folder playback (plays all stills in a folder). prefetching for folder browsing. reading parallax from MPO files. support for still images in playlists. Shift+A..Z hotkeys to directly jump to playlist items beyond 35. call stack to error log file. incompatibilities of HDV capture devices with certain MPEG-2 decoders.

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support for still image files (mpo, jpg, tif, gif, png, bmp). folder browsing (next image/previous image commands) for stills. low resolution rendering if image resolution exceeds maximum texture s deadlock when switching to fullscreen mode while paused.

Version 1.5 ----------* the * * * * * . * * * * * Added DXVA2 support in the Stereo Transformation Filter (but not enabled in player yet). Added NV12 input format in the Stereo Transformation Filter. Added 'Video Processor' category to preferred filter configuration. Added optimized anaglyph output for yellow-blue and green-magenta glasses. Added gray, half-color and color anaglyph output for green-magenta glasses. Changed synchronization strategy for left/right files (now using timestamps) Changed: 'NVIDIA Stereo Driver' renamed to 'NVIDIA 3D Vision'. Fixed crash with Windows Media Files on Windows 7. Fixed several issues with left/right files. Fixed low contrast issue with decoders that output YUY2 or UYVY format. Fixed command line parameters when opening second player instance.

Version 1.4.8 ------------* Fixed assert that prevented startup of the player on some systems. Version 1.4.7 ------------* * * * * * * * * * Added iZ3D viewing method. Added serial and DMX512 effect output for 4D and 5D cinema installations. Added fast decoding mode for Sensio format on slow hardware. Added support for multi-stream AVI files. Added decoder selection for MJPEG format. Added vertical synchronization (vsync) in OpenGL mode. Changed quality statistics dialog. Changed: No audio renderer is enforced in the preferred filters list. Fixed relative paths in playlists. Fixed layout detection from file suffix in playlists.

Version 1.4.6 ------------* * * * * * * * Added "Multi-View (Tiled)" input layout. Added support for MainConcept Network Source (for RTP streaming). Added support for 180 rotation of input sources. Added button in video properties dialog to copy filter list to clipboard. Resized settings dialog for easier translations. Migrated source code to Delphi 2009 Full Unicode support Fixed: Stereo Transformation Filter property page forgets values when switching between tabs. * Fixed: URLs in playlists do not work.

* Fixed other minor bugs. Version 1.4.3 ------------* * * * * Fixed playlist crash in dual screen mode. Fixed image corruption when rotation is used. Added layout detection from file name suffix (compatible with TriDef). Changed default aspect ratio (to default instead of 4:3). Optimized DirectShow graph building.

Version 1.4.2 ------------* * * * * Fixed wrong aspect ratio with certain DVD video decoders. Fixed wrong subpicture rendering with Microsoft MPEG-2 decoder. Fixed splash screen hiding format dialog. Fixed quad-buffered OpenGL deadlock under Windows Vista Changed metadata server address to http://www.3dtv.at/sviupdates.

Version 1.4.1 ------------* * * * * * * * Faster viewing method switching. Faster switching to exclusive full screen mode. Faster parallax adjustment. Added Sensio input format. Added default aspect ratio in format selection dialog. Fixed deadlock that occurred with certain video decoders when seeking or playing DVDs. Fixed corrupted image when using the cropping and flipping features at the same time. Enhanced software pageflipping mode. Detection of dropped frames and resyncing on Windows Vista with WDDM display drivers (not old XP drivers); color line codes to turn on and off shutterglasses (eDimensional, X3D and compatible glasses); blue line code support. Support for Vuzix VR920 glasses in software pageflipping mode. The VR920 driver is detected automatically. Pressing the Ctrl key and using the mouse wheel allows you to zoom in our out the image and look around using the head tracking system. The hidden shortcut Ctrl+Alt+F turns off filtering for the head tracking values. Icons for video library items without preview image. Removed categories in video library. Removed the rarely used File|Separation menu. Setting the separation is still possible in the File|Video Properties dialog, but the File|Parallax menu provides equivalent functionality as well. Support for NVIDIA metadata (for single stream formats only). Option to allow only a single player instance (enabled by default).

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Version 1.3.4.6 --------------* Fixed command line issue: The layout selection dialog still appear even when the layout was specified as command line parameter.

Version 1.3.4.5 --------------* Improvements for *.m2t files. A third party splitter is still required, but the preferred MPEG-2 splitter select in File|Settings|Decoders is now also used for *.m2t files. * New '-audio' command line parameter to specify a separate audio file. It must be used together with the '-left' and '-right' parameters. * Warning message on attempts to open an archive file (zip, rar, tar). * Added *.mp4 to filter list of open dialog. * Updated Spanish translation (thanks top Enrique Gutierrez). * The state of the 'swap left/right' option is saved. Version 1.3.4 ------------* * * * Fixed crash on multi-core systems when playing high definition files. Fixed crash in the Stereo Transformation Filter property page. Fixed repaint issue with Enhanced Video Renderer. Improved redraw behavior for stills in OpenGL- and DirectX-based viewing methods.

Version 1.3.3 ------------* * * * Customization of icon and video window background. Primary display is selected as default full screen monitor. Fixed 'invalid floating point operation' error when closing videos. Fixed: Command line parameters are ignored when opening separate left and right files.

Version 1.3.2 ------------* Windows 2000 compatibility improvements. Version 1.3.1 ------------* Fixed crash when opening files whose width is not a multiple of 32 pixels. Version 1.3 ----------* * * * * * * * * New viewing method: Tridelity SL Series 3D Display. Full compliance with Windows Vista's User Account Control (UAC). Font sizes larger than 120 dpi are supported under Windows Vista. Faster horizontal flipping. Fixed DirectX error on older graphics hardware. Video library is stored in the user's application data directory. Migrated source code to Visual Studio 2008 and Delphi 2007. Improvements in the Stereo Windows Media Source DirectShow filter. New categories for preferred filters: MPEG-4 Stream Splitter and MPEG-4 AVC Video Decoder * The default zoom after opening a video is adjusted so that the player

window fits on the screen (not 100% anymore). * Fixed '3D Enabled DLP-TV' viewing method (reversed stereo when moving player window). * Support for Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Decoder. It is now the recommended DVD video decoder under Windows Vista. * Fix for Cyberlink Video/SP Decoder. Subpictures are renderer and the 'ActiveMovie' window does not pop up anymore. * An error message is shown when the DVD decoder does not support copyprotected disks. In previous versions, playback silently failed. * Deinterlacing support (drop-field deinterlacing). The internal deinterlacing is not used if a compatible video decoder is detected. In this case, deinterlacing is automatically enabled in the decoder and the internal deinterlacing is disabled. * Improved dual screen output viewing method: If certain requirements are fulfilled, DirectX exclusive mode rendering is used instead of two separate renderers. This guarantees that left and right view never run out of sync, avoids tearing under Windows XP and improves performance. The requirements are: (1) Both screen must belong to the same graphics card, (2) exactly two outputs of the card must be enabled (not three), (3) the resolution and refresh rate must be identical, (4) DirectX exclusive mode must not be disabled in the settings dialog. Version 1.2.1 ------------* New option 'Display mouse in full screen mode'. Deselecting this option prevents that the mouse is ever shown while in full screen mode, which is useful for presentations. * The option 'Prefer speed over quality' has been removed. * Fixed DVD playback in Windows Vista. * Fixed 'Sharp 3D Display' viewing method. * New option 'Open Video in Full Screen Mode' for the double-click action in the video library. * Improved support for the Windows Media Center infrared remote control: The teletext button activated the library. The 'previous track' and 'next track' buttons allow to set the focus to the category list or the video list. The 'OK' button causes the same behavior as double-clicking the video (use it with the new 'Open Video in Full Screen Mode' option to launch videos without using the keyboard or mouse). Version 1.2 ----------* New '3D Enabled DLP-TV' viewing method for 3D-capable DLP-TVs. * The new parameters 'manual' in playlist file to prevent that the video starts playing automatically. 'manualblack' additionally prevents that the first frame is shown until the user manually starts the playback (the video window stays black). * When pressing a numbers key, the player jumps to the selected item of a playlist or the selected chapter in DVD mode. * New customization features: It is now possible to select the color of splash screen texts and the player can be restricted to certain displays identified by EDID data. Finally, the licensee of an OEM edition can be specified. * New command line parameter -termendonly. It terminates the player when the end of the file has been reached, but not when leaving full screen mode (as -termend does). * Double buffering reduces jitter on multi core CPUs.

* Support for HDV camcorders in live mode (a suitable MPEG-2 decoder is available on request). Version 1.1 ----------* * * * * * * * * Support for separate left/right files in playlists Stereoscopic Player saves settings for capture devices New capture device list in video library Windows XP style icons in video library Small improvements to the main window design (less borders when Windows theming is enabled) Separate option for files and DVDs to enable automatic downloading of metadata from a server when opening an unknown file or DVD. Up to now, there was only one option affecting both files and DVDs. For files, automatic downloading of metadata from a server is disabled by default. For DVDs, it is enabled. Fixed File->Reset Parallax command. A random parallax value was set in previous versions. Fixed default layout: Stereoscopic Player stores the selected layout in the 'Stereoscopic Input Format' dialog and uses it as the default layout for the next file with unknown layout. In previous versions, only the layout selected in the File->Layout menu was stored. Fixed seeking in OpenGL mode, the image is immediately updated now. Fixed step forward error which occurred with certain viewing methods. Hidden feature: The OpenGL renderer can superimpose a bitmap.

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Version 1.0.2 ------------* Fixed jerky playback in live mode. If the graph contains an audio part, the Smart Tee DirectShow filter will be added to the graph now. * The audio stream of DV camcorders is rendered. * New methods SetParallax, SetParallaxHorizontal and SetParallaxVertical for OLE Automation. * Support for site licenses Version 1.0.1 ------------* Fixed crash under Windows Vista * Fixed issue with swap left/right option (swapping was not applied when opening another video, although the button was still pressed) * Fixed negative file sizes in video library * Fixed logo display duration (can be changed with customization tool now) Version 1.0 ----------* * * * * * OLE Automation Optional playback synchronization with video clock instead of audio clock Fixed memory leak in Windows Media source filter Fixed broken streaming of Windows Media dual stream content Support for non-zero default parallax in Windows Media files Updated Italian localization (thanks to Raffaello Galli)

Version 0.9.9 ------------* * * * * * * * Support for multimedia keyboards Support for Media Center IR remote control Fixed -il (input layout) command line parameter Improved support for Stereoscopic Multiplexer 0.5 New -left, -right, -termkey, -termend and -drv command Fixed bug in SSE2 path of optimized anaglyph algorithm Digital Rights Management support for side-by-side and Main window is not visible anymore before switching to when using the -fss command line parameter.

line parameters (red too dark) over/under format full screen mode

Version 0.9.8 ------------* * * * * * * * * * * * * Support for dual stream Windows Media files Digital Rights Management for dual stream Windows Media files Improved track bar behavior in DVD mode Support for uncompressed left/right files New shortcut Ctrl+R to reset parallax New option to disable hardware YUV to RGB conversion New option to disable multiprocessor optimization Rewritten NVIDIA Stereo Driver viewing method. The new implementation is more efficient, but requires DirectX 9 and stereo driver version 71.84 or higher. If an older driver is installed, the old implementation is used. Fixed compatibility issue with Cyberlink PowerDVD 3.5 decoder Fixed step backward issue with Windows Media files Fixed missing audio issue when switching from full screen to windowed mode New Slovenian and Serbian localization (thanks to Samuel Mircetic Pia) Updated Spanish translation (thanks to Ignacio Aldazabal and Samuel Mircetic Pia)

Version 0.9.7 ------------* * * * * * * * * * * * Updated video library Updated Dutch translation (thanks to Peter Jacobs) New Chinese (Taiwan) translation (thanks to Tu Wells) New metadata fields 'author' and 'copyright'. New command line parameter -termsc to terminate player on click while in full screen mode Library integration of separate left/right files Stereoscopic metafile integration of separate left/right files Fixed 'Invalid stereo layout' bug Fixed OpenGL bug (sometimes garbage appeared in bottom of the screen) Fixed issue with separate left/right sources (under certain circumstances, both audio tracks were rendered) Recent files list includes metafiles and playlists Several internal changes and bugfixes

Version 0.9.6 ------------* Fixed deadlocks on triple screen systems * Fixed errors when loading files while in full screen mode

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Fixed play list problems with DirectX Fixed error when no audio hardware is Fixed restoration of last main window Fixed mouse navigation in DVD menus Fixed startup error on non-admin user New 'About' dialog

Stereo Renderer-based viewing methods available position accounts

Version 0.9.5 ------------* * * * * * New source format: separate left and right files New viewing method: software pageflipping Optimizations for dual core CPUs Fixed Cyberlink Video/SP Decoder PAL mode compatibility problem Automatic setting of aspect ratio in DVD mode Fixed several bugs in DirectX Stereo Renderer which caused deadlocks when switching to fullscreen mode. Also fixed bug when adjusting parallax in DirectX Stereo Renderer fullscreen mode (previously, the player quit fullscreen playback). * Fixed crash when minimizing DirectX Stereo Renderer in GraphEdit * Support for Stereoscopic Player Customization Tool * New hidden feature: quality statistics (press Ctrl+Alt+Q) Version 0.9.4 ------------* * * * * Playback duration of unregistered version limited to 5 minutes. Multichannel decoding of Windows Media Audio Professional New spash screen New icon Some other minor improvements

Version 0.9.3 ------------* Fixed broken OpenGL viewing method. * Display of progress when loading playlists * Updated Dutch translation (thanks to Peter Jacobs) Version 0.9.2 ------------* New SIS input layout. Please consult the homepage of Stereoscopic Image Systems Limited (http://www.sis3d.co.uk) for more information on the SIS format. * Input format selection dialog. It appears whenever Stereoscopic Player fails to determine the input format either from an update server or a stereoscopic information file. * Support for rotated input formats. Rotation can be applied to any supported input format, independently for left and right image, allowing all variations of rotated formats. * New viewing methods for Sharp 3D LCD displays and SIS attachments. * All interlaced viewing methods now use DirectX acceleration. Interlaced pattern creation is completely done on the GPU, dramatically improving performance compared to previous versions. DirectX exclusive mode is used when switching to fullscreen mode. If a NVIDIA stereo driver prior to

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version 71.84 is installed, it must be disabled in its configuration dialog before using these methods. Else, it would try to convert the 'scene' to 3D, resulting in unexpected behavior and refresh rates. Automatic DVD decoder configuration: Stereoscopic Player now turns on deinterlacing when necessary. An 'interlaced' option has been added to the video properties dialog. Currently, the Moonlight Elecard and the GPL MPEG-1/2 Decoder are configured automatically. Support for other decoders will be added when the manufacturers reveal their proprietary configuration interfaces. The NVIDIA stereo driver and quad-buffered OpenGL viewing methods have been partially rewritten to improve stability. New command to toggle left/right. New file menu item to close the current video. Lots of bugfixes, among them a deadlock problem in dual screen mode and issues with Asian language support. New Brazilian Portuguese translation. Thanks very much to Marco Lopes. Enhanced Japanese translation. Thanks very much to Masuji Suto.

Version 0.9.1 ------------* Many people asked for this feature, now it is available: Horizontal and vertical parallax adjustments! In addition, it is possible to crop the output image. Cropping can be specified on the 'Advanced'-tab of the video properties dialog, whereas parallax adjustment can be done in the file menu, too, or using the arrow keys while pressing the shift button. * New menu items were added to allow horizontal and vertical flipping, for left and right image separately. Rotating the image by 180 is possible by activating both horizontal and vertical flipping. * New menu items, including shortcuts, were added to select the preferred monoscopic and stereoscopic viewing method. There were already buttons to do this in previous version, but now you can do the same in the menu. * Improved DVD support: New menu items to select audio language, subtitle language and to jump to a certain title or chapter. * New Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Polish and Hungarian translation. Thanks very much to Ignacio Aldazabal, Daniele Pagliani, Masuji Suto, Andrzej Waluk and Dr. Imre Zsolnai-Nagy. The localization code has been improved: Stereoscopic Player resizes controls automatically, so it is no longer necessary to modify dialogs manually. Creating a new localization is as easy as translating all string of text file now. By the way, a few important languages are still missing: I'm seeking for people who do the Portuguese and Chinese localization but any other languages are welcome as well. * SSE2 optimizations of OpenGL and optimized anaglyph viewing method. On SSE2enabled processors, the processing algorithms runs more than twice as fast. * There was a memory leak in previous versions which allocated a few kB per second. We tracked it down and fixed it in this version, so that the player is more stable during long stereo viewing sessions. * Parts of the Stereo Transformation Filter have been rewritten. The code is cleaner now and has been prepared to easily integrate new features. * The property page of the Stereo Transformation Filter has been split to three separate pages and has been extended to support all new features. Version 0.9 ----------* English, German, French, Dutch and Russian translations. Each translation is stored in a separate language file (plain Unicode text files), so you

can easily create a translation file for missing languages. * Preferred DirectShow splitter (MPEG, AVI) and decoder filters (MPEG-1/2, DivX, Xvid, Dolby Digital) can be selected. In addition, the audio output device can be chosen in case your computer has more than one built in audio output device (e.g. notebook with internal and external soundcard). * New graph-building algorithm makes the player more robust against faulty third-party filters. Previously, decoders with highest priority ("merit") have been chosen. Now, the preferred filters are used and no unnecessary DirectShow transform filters will be inserted in the playback graph anymore. * New retinal rivalry-free optimized anaglyph method. It provides bright, pleasingly images. This outstanding optimized anaglyph method is now the player's default viewing method. * New full screen mode covering both screens of NVIDIA's horizontal span mode. The side-by-side output, spanning over two screens, could not be used in full screen mode in previous versions. In version 0.9, you can select "Monitor 1 and 2" in the full screen monitor menu. However, it works only when the dual screen configuration is handled by the horizontal span mode of NVIDIA's graphic driver. Please note that using the dual screen output method, quad buffered OpenGL method or NVIDIA stereo driver output method is still preferred over the new side-by-side method! * Virtual monitor concept: You can specify any region of you desktop as virtual full screen monitor. This allows to output stereoscopic video at a fixed position of the screen, which is useful to integrate video in stereoscopic multimedia applications. Please contact me to get more details on how to create a virtual monitor. * Serial remote control: See http://www.belle-nuit.com/archives/9pin.html for more details on the protocol. A remote control application is available, which allows to control Stereoscopic Player from another PC connected by a null modem cable. * Design improvements: A new icon, following the Windows XP icon guidelines has been created. In addition a splash screen is shown during startup, informing about the player's version and license type. * Of course I also did a lots of minor improvements and bug fixes. Version 0.8.5 ------------* OpenGL output did not work in 0.8.4 - fixed * Other minor bug fixes Version 0.8.4 ------------* * * * * * Playlist support Drag & drop to open files *.svi and *.spp extensions linked with Stereoscopic Player Fixed wrong color bug when using side-by-side layout and separation Pin information in video properties dialog Bug fixes

Version 0.8.2 ------------* Fixed bugs interlaced bug (image was upside down in RGB mode)

Version 0.8.1 ------------* * * * * Row and column interlaced viewing methods Fixed bug with Moonlight-Elecard decoder 2.2 Renamed command line parameters to InterlacedRF anf InterlacedLF Fixed 'Could not connect Stereo Transformation Filter output pin' bug Many small changes I can't remember anymore

Version 0.7.5 ------------* Fixed problems when DivXG400 or Subtitle Mixer filter was installed on the system. Both filters will be removed from the graph. * Fixed thread errors on Win9x systems. * Support for GPL MPEG-1/2 Decoder. Hence, this is the recommended decoder for MPEG-2 and DVD playback. However, it cannot decode CSSencrypted discs for legal reasons. * Upgraded from Visual Studio 6.0 to Visual Studio .NET 2003. All DirectShow filters are compiled with the new version now. * Removed debug filters from setup package. Version 0.7 ----------* NVIDIA Stereo Driver viewing method * New command line parameters to force immediate playback and enable full screen mode (scaled). * As usual: minor bug fixes Version 0.6.5 ------------* * * * * * Live video viewing using capture device, including DV device control Command line parameters (see homepage for detailed information) New items in File-menu to import, export and update library items More precise separation settings Library remembers last view style and category. Corrected bug that occurred with certain codecs (e.g. On2 Technologies VP6) * Minor improvements and bug fixes Version 0.6.1 ------------* Files with unknown duration can be opened now. * Improved error handling * Improved Windows Media streaming support Version 0.6 ----------New functionality: * Dual screen viewing method

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StereoBright viewing method OpenGL viewing method (quad buffered OpenGL) Separation for side by side layout and viewing method Library backup function Internet library update service Stereoscopic information file support Stereo Transformation Filter supports UYVY input 'Filters' directory for 3rd party DirectShow filters Disabled screensaver during full screen playback Hidden mouse during full screen playback

Improvements: * * * * * * * Improved DVD decoder compatibility DVD menu navigation using cursor and return keys Improved anaglyph performance in RGB mode Faster switching between different layout and viewing methods Drag & drop to move clips and categories in video library Corrected bug, which prevented playback of some MPEG files. Bug fixes

A new method to identify DVDs was introduced in the video library. Therefore, you have to recreate all DVD items in the library. I'm very sorry for the inconvenience but it was necessary due to a bug in the old implementation. For some DVDs, the new Internet library update function can provide the information so that you need not enter it yourself. Debugging features: * Debug mode * Remote graph connection (in debug mode only) Version 0.5.1 ------------* Corrected bugs concerning URLs in video library Version 0.5 ----------Added the following viewing methods: * * * * Gray Anaglyphs Yellow - Blue Half Color Anaglyphs Red - Cyan Half Color Anaglyphs Yellow - Blue Color Anaglyphs Yellow - Blue

Other improvements and fixes: * * * * * * * * Improved error handling Corrected YUV-RGB conversion Corrected hotspot positions of DVD menus Step Forward and new Step Backward commands accessible with arrow keys Possibility to open URLs Repeat and Keep Aspect Ratio settings will be remembered New option for turning off automatic playback when opening a file Some minor bug fixes

Known Issues -----------* Before using the dual screen output viewing method, you may have to disable overlay mirroring in your graphic card driver setting. * DVD menu navigation using the mouse does not work in several viewing modes and is imprecise for PAL DVDs. In dual full screen mode, both monitors must use the same resolution for navigation to work correctly. Workaround: use cursor and enter keys instead. * Changing display settings (resolution, color depth) during playback can cause errors. * Step Backward command does not work well with all video files. This is not a bug, but it depends on the decoder and file format if fast and accurate seeking is possible. * Stereoscopic Player uses third party decoders to play media files. However, some decoder filters installed by other application may be not compatible with the Stereoscopic Player and prevent it from successfully playing a file. Either choose a different decoder in File|Settings|Decoder or find out which decoder causes the problem and uninstall it. See File|Properties| Filter or the details of the error message for a list of used filters. DVD Playback -----------Before playing a DVD, you must choose the decoder that should be used. Stereoscopic Player does not provide its own decoder, so you have to install a third DVD party decoder first. Click File|Settings|Decoders to select the video and audio DVD decoder. Please note that these settings affect DVD playback only, not MPEG file playback! See http://www.3dtv.at/Products/Player/DVDPlayback_en.shtml for a list of compatible decoders. 3D Videos --------If you need some sample movies, take a look at: * 3dtv.at sample movies http://www.3dtv.at/Movies