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jarseneau · Joined: 06 Nov 2007 Posts: 323 Location: WI

I've seen where other folks are getting 3D playback with Lumagen processors but since my Blu-Ray player is an HTPC I figured I might only need to add the IR emitter and glasses. I bought the Nvidia 3D Vision kit but when I try to set it up it complains that I don't have a 3D tv. Is there some trick to getting this to work or do I need some other kind of glasses?

prover · Joined: 07 Nov 2008 Posts: 166 Location: Stuttgart, Germany

Hi Jerry,

here you find the solution you need:

https://www.curtpalme.com/forum_archived/viewtopic.php@t=25289.html

see my posting in this thread from 29.January.2011 and you will be able to run 3D with Nvidia 3DVision, it works great!

Cheers,
Xeno

jarseneau · Joined: 06 Nov 2007 Posts: 323 Location: WI

Thanks Xeno, I've had some success now with the glasses but still can't play BR movies. I saw your thread about using the ACER .inf file but since I'm using the SONY IFB version of the moome card and not the EXT, I didn't think that would work since the IFB doesn't have a SYNC output to connect to the emmiter which is used in the EXT + DLP setup.

But I did get the Nvidia 3D setup to complete by connecting a Viewsonic G90FB graphic CRT monitor to the PC and ran the 3D setup since the monitor is acceptable as a 3D display. To work however, I had to use 85hz rather than 100hz. Next, I connected the SONY G90 via VGA and the 3D worked when I ran the Nvidia test application. For my movie player I have TotalMediaTheater 5. When I try to play a 3D movie, the shutter glasses don't cycle but the screen looks like it's showing the 2 overlapping images. It seems like either the emmitter is not cycling to match the refresh rate.

noos@xp37+ · Joined: 17 Jun 2008 Posts: 464 Location: Berlin/Munich

Hello,

when using a CRT projector with 3D Vision, you need to create a customized monitor driver for windows (Powerstrip). Then you give it to Windows, and will be able to choose higher refresh rates in the Windows screen properties. I am not sure this is possible with digital (EDID!) input cards, but possible with RGBHV/VGA. So the cust. driver should include refreshrates like 100hz or 120hz ot higher, so that when the Nvidia software asks Windows about the possible refresh rates, the reply 100/120hz or what ever.
There is also a big sync delay when using the USB emitter from Nvidia. This is not with all motherboards, but with most of them. So you can use an old VGA dongle for correct sync + some other glasses, or you add extra porches and blank lines to move the picture into the wrong USB sync signal of the Nvidia dongle.

regards

Marc