3D Video for Beginners Part 2 – Watching your 3D Video on Mac, Windows or Linux with BINO

Bino LogoSo now you have created your 3D video file, its time to watch it back and see how it looks. If you try to open it using Quicktime or Windows Media Player, you will see your two camera feeds simultaneously in “Side by Side” format.

side by side videoIn order to see the 3D effect, and watch your video in 3D you will need to use a player that is capable of handling Stereoscopic Video files. There are quiet a few out there, but my Favorite is called BINO. I like it because it is really easy to use, can play your side by side video file back in lots of different flavors of 3D (like red/cyan, amber/blue, green magenta), there are versions for Windows, Mac and Linux/Unix, and the best part, its completely free!

You can download BINO from the bino3d.org web site HERE.

Once you have downloaded, extracted and installed BINO you can launch it, and from the file menu select your Side By Side video file, and the player will appear. You now need to set only two parameters, you need to tell BINO what kind of file it is you want to play, and how you want it played back.

In the “Input” drop down menu, select “Left/Right Half Width”, and in the “Output” drop down menu, select the display method that corresponds to the 3D Glasses you will be using to watch the video. I have the ones with the Red and Blue lenses, so I use Red/Cyan High Quality mode. Now, just push play and see how you did.

Bino WindowYou can make your video go full screen by double clicking the playing video. Double clicking on it again takes you back to window mode.

5 thoughts on “3D Video for Beginners Part 2 – Watching your 3D Video on Mac, Windows or Linux with BINO

  1. Lhay says:

    Hi can i ask which version is good to download for MAC? coz ive tried installing the latest version but my mac can not read the bino file. thanks a lot!

  2. Greg says:

    Hi Lhay – I have just tried downloading and testing the bino packages on their download page and they work for me. If you have Mountain Lion I would use the specific package for that, otherwise for the other versions (IE Lion, Snow Leopard) I would use THIS ONE.

  3. Lhay says:

    thanks its working fine now, i just downloaded the lower version, but just the subtitle how can i make it work? ive tries changing the option from OFF to ON but it cant change i dont know why

  4. Greg says:

    I cant really assist with that, I dont have any 3D files with subtitles to play with. Have you tried the Bino Documentation HERE?

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