Quote: Hi. I've got core i7 pc with nvidia 760 and tv philips 5500 connected via HDMI. I use external BD optical drive Asus connected via USB. When i insert bd 3d film it starts. In film's menu i choose 3d version to play, but powerdvd shows it in 2d mode. What should i do?

Is that TV 3D capable? I looked but could not find that it was.

What did the 3D Advisor tell you. Get it by going to yjr Support Tab at the top of the page and download/run the Bd and 3d advisor.

I don;t think you have a 3D capable TV and if it were, then you don;t have the correct connection.. .
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Thank you for your reply.

It's a 3D TV. I can ran a MKV file on HDD with any 3D film and choose a correct 3D-mode (in TV menu) so it works. But now I've bought BD-ROM drive and 3D cartoons on Blu-ray disks.

There is 2 modes in Blu-ray disk's menu: play the cartoon in 3D and play in 2D. If I choose play in 2D - it plays just as it should - in 2D. But if I choose "Play in 3D" - it shows animated logo "3D Blue ray" and then stars the cartoon (animated logo and the cartoon play in 2D).

3D Advisor tells that all is good. I can do a screenshot if it helps. Webstudio73.com - Website development

Do you have any 3D blu ray discs that do play in 3D other than these cartoons? Do you have a friend or big box store where you can try the cartoons discs out? ? If you have the right equipment the discs may be defective.

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I have bought the bundle of 3 bluray discs with cartoons.

• Monster House


• Open Season


• Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

I think that they all are with the same 3D mechanism, so I am going to buy a 3D film to check how will it work.

But now I am trying to find out what can affect to show 3D in 2D. Doesn't it should to show two same images playing in 3D if TV didn't understood 3D data automatically? Webstudio73.com - Website development

well, the problem was in the external BD-drive Asus. It can't play 3D Blu-rays in 3D mode (asus's technical engineer told it then I called on the hotline) so I've returned it to the shop. I wonder how can it be? Doesn't drive only read and transfer data? Doesn't software do all other work? Webstudio73.com - Website development

Not so, everything has to work together.

I am surprised that the 3D/BR advisor didn;t pick up the problem.

Please edit the title of this thread (only you can) to indicate the problem is solved.
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adviser doesn't check BD-Drive, so it couldn't detect it. Webstudio73.com - Website development

AUDREY73, it may not be your BluRay player, if fact I doubt that it is since most modern BluRay readers/burners are capable of handling 3D. have you set up 3D in the Nvidia control panel?

To set up your Nvidia card for 3D playback, open the Nvidia control panel (have 3D glasses handy) and run setup wizard for "Set up Stereoscopic 3D"...this will get the 3D portion working, but will drop the resolution to 720p. You can manually increase the resolution to 1080p (1920 X 1080p) and it will look great, but, at least on my computer, it will create an audio lag, meaning the the lips are out of sync and that synch tends to get worse the longer that that movie plays.

To repair the audio delay at higher resolutions, convert your movie in an MKV and play that back through PowerDVD. Super simple. MakeMKV beta is a great all in one tool for that purpose, or use whatever works for you.

Hope that helps.

PS The BluRay drive does only read and transfer data, the software does do all other work...

One more essential piece that I forgot, you have to manually set 1080p 24 Hz in the PowerDVD 16 3D settings ("click" 3D Icon >More 3D Preferences > Display Device > HDMI 1.4 Enabled 3D TV (1080p 24Hz) after you up the resolution or else it will "auto detect" 720p by default.

well, the sterioscopic mode is turned off.

When I try to switch it on the wizard asks to choose a mode, "IR with USB", "Wired glases" and there are no any mode with a simple 3D glases. Webstudio73.com - Website development

When you connect to the TV with 3D glasses, does the TV see that that glasses are connected? (shows up on the screen?) If not, it might be a TV setting. Have you updated your Nvidia drivers? Are your HDMI cables recent? 1.4 spec is required, HDMI 2.0 is even better. Have you tested with a direct connection to the TV bypassing the receiver? (assuming that you have a receiver) To see if that's the issue?
Perhaps try the wired option just to see if you can trick it to work...
My work computer monitor outputs those options "IR with USB", "Wired glases" etc. but not my 3D TV HTPC computer, which goes straight into the 3D setup...so maybe something in the chain needs tweaking?

Actually, I don'y think the 760 is HDMI 2.0 so that's not an issue, but you should have an HDMI that can handle 1.4.

Another thing to attempt, check the box for stereoscopic mode to turn it on, and adjust the resolution refresh to 24 Hz and see if it just works. Definitely make sure that drivers are updated first.

I've already returned external BD-drive to the store and have bought 3D-BD-Player Panasonic. Now 3D movies plays just fine. It's a pity that I hadn't manage to make it work. Webstudio73.com - Website development

Well glad you got it working now, what got it working for you?

Can you play it back in 1080p as a disc without the audio lag?

Like I wrote above, Nvidia, for my system at least, defaults the 3D resolution to 720p and after I uped in to 1080p it had an audio lag, which is why I converted it to MKV. How's your playback?

I've bought BD-Player and watch movies without computer now Webstudio73.com - Website development

Simple and elegant