Stereoscopic video players (free and paid): How to play 3D movies and cartoons on PC

PowerDVD 10 Ultra - DVD, Blu-Ray, MKV, FLV,.... mutlimedia player.

• Convert DVDs and videos into lifelike 3D experience
• Immerse in amazing depth and realism with Blu-ray 3D playback
  CPU/GPU acceleration for smooth playback.
• Lossless HD audio quality for maximum enjoyment
• Play broad range of video formats: MKV, FLV, 3GP, and more
• Make movies social: share bookmark reviews and live comments

I used autodetection for the 3D display of HP Envy 17 3D Notebook, didn't have to do any manipulations to make my active shutter glasses to work. Side-by-side as well as top-over-bottom .MKV 3D movies, .MVC 3D demo videos, 3D Blu-Ray movies and cartoons played just fine.
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IZ3D driver provides software that transforms all kinds of PC entertainment into 3D. The IZ3D software works with a wide range of applications, including games, movies, and pictures. The iZ3D driver supports a large set of stereoscopic systems, including shutter, interlaced, anaglyph, dual view, stereo mirror, VR920, etc.

iZ3D software is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, supports DirectX 8, DirectX 9 and DirectX10 games. Most importantly, all iZ3D software works both on AMD Radeon and nVidia GeForce GPUs.

Unlimited Outputs (available in a free trial version):

• iZ3D Output
• Anaglyph Output
• ColorCode Output
• ATI 3D DLP(Free for AMD Customers)

Trial Outputs (available in a full version after the 30-day trial period):

• 120Hz 3D Device output
• 3D-DLP Output
• Dual Output
• Interleaved Output
• Zalman Output
• Stereo Mirror Output
• VR920Output
• Side-by-Side Output

3dtv.at Stereoscopic Player

Stereoscopic Player is a full-featured 3D movie player.

• Play stereoscopic movie files and 3D-DVDs
• Watch stereoscopic webcast as well as live images from your camera or TV card
• Stereoscopic Player supports a wide range of 3D hardware, including anaglyph glasses, shutter glasses, autostereoscopic displays and projection systems
• Stereoscopic Player supports all major 3D video formats

TriDef software includes TriDef 3D Media Player, TriDef 3D Ignition and TriDef 3D Experience software. This software allows to watch 3D movies, view 2D photos and movies in 3D, play nearly any PC game in 3D, view Google Earth in 3D, enjoy premium 3D content from sites such as Yabazam.com.

If you own an HP ENVY 17 3D laptop then you can use TriDef 3D for free!

Note that TriDef software can't play Blu-Ray 3D movies or .MKV 3D movies.

Bino (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux) is a freeware video player with two special features:
- Support for 3D videos, with a wide variety of input and output formats.
- Support for multi-display video, e.g. for powerwalls, Virtual Reality installations and other multi-projector setups.

Bino plays stereoscopic videos, also known as 3D videos. Such videos have separate views for the left and right eye and thus allow depth perception through stereopsis.

Supported input formats (modern formats can be autodetected):

• Monoscopic (2D) video
• Left and right view in separate video streams and/or files
• Left and right view side by side (optionally with half width)
• Left and right view on top of each other (optionally with half height)
• Left and right view in alternating rows

Supported output formats:

• Anaglyph red-cyan glasses (this works with every display)
• Bino uses the high-quality Dubois method to produce anaglyph images. This gives far better results than the usual full-color and half-color methods.
• Left and right view side by side (used by some 3D displays)
• Left and right view on top of each other (used by some 3D displays)
• Left and right view in alternating rows or columns (used by some 3D displays)
• OpenGL quad-buffered stereo (only available with some graphics cards)

StereoMovie Maker (freeware) functions both as a versatile stereo movie editor and stereo movie player.

StereoMovie Maker supports most stereo viewing methods

• IZ3d monitor
• Freeviewing (Parallel-eyed or Cross-eyed)
• Anaglyph (red/cyan or yellow/blue color anaglyphs or red-cyan/ red-green/ red-blue/ yellow-blue monochrome anaglyphs)
• Liquid Crystal Shutter Glasses (Interlacing or Page Flipping) currently requires Winx3D, the NVidia Stereo Driver, Nvidia 3D Vision or a graphics card supporting quad-buffered OpenGL.

Alternatively, RivaTuner may be used to patch an NVidia GeForce to a 'Quadro' making OpenGL stereo and other 'professional' features available.

OpenGL stereo is the only mode that lets you display a stereo image in a normal window.

After installation of any of the drivers, test various monitor refresh-rates at the required resolutions, otherwise the monitor may default to 60Hz which will produce very visible blinking.

Operating System: Windows 7/Vista/XP/98SE/Me/2000

Supported Movie File Types:

• AVI (IN/OUT)
• MPEG1 (IN)
• MPEG2 (IN)
• MOV (IN) (requires QTReader.vfp)
• DirectShow supported formats (if AVISynth installed)

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My question is how do I play an .mkv 3D file from my computer to my Samsung 40D6500 3D LED TV with shutter glasses? The TV is linked to my computer via a VGA cable, using a nVidia GeForce GTS 250 videocard.