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Author Topic: How to play 3D content in 2D channel Edgar Simoes Film Handler Posts: 3 From: Uberlandia, MG, Brazil Registered: Nov 2017 posted 05-29-2019 10:21 AM                        Hi, I recently discovered through a friend a command for Dolby servers that lets you run 3D content using a 2D channel. I tested and worked well on Barco projectors, but I could not do the same on Christie projectors. The command line is: 31, CTRL, 1, SDUALMODE 0 1, N, ??, \ r \ n and should be sent as a message to Certainty. So if you put this cue before the 3D content, it can be played back on a 2D channel. Has anyone tried running it with Christie projectors? I would like to know if it works too. Thanks. Edgar  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 05-29-2019 11:11 AM                     Running 3D content in 2D should never been done. While I appreciate it is nice to have an 'emergency' way to run 2D, I hope this does not get too much advertised as I could see many theatres would run 3D in 2D as the norm.  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 05-29-2019 03:03 PM                     If it's a major release, it's also a little bit questionable when there's no actual 2D version available.  |  IP: Logged Stephan Shelley Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 854 From: castro valley, CA, usa Registered: Nov 2014 posted 05-29-2019 06:02 PM                     Is this a Dolby DSS server. If so it is easy to do. Turn off the auto 3D and set it to 2D on the control page.  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-29-2019 08:11 PM                     Certainty is a Doremi (now Dolby) IMB. Why would anyone want to run a 3D DCP in 2D though?  |  IP: Logged Annli Com Expert Film Handler Posts: 140 From: ShibuPaul-India Registered: May 2014 posted 05-29-2019 10:45 PM                        Try In Doremi DCP200O with your macro cues. Regards ShibuPaul  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 05-30-2019 04:06 AM                     quote: Dave Macaulay Why would anyone want to run a 3D DCP in 2D though? If you need to run a 2D version for whatever reason (no glasses, no 3D available, no 2D version available or not loaded). It's 'ok' for an emergency but I've seen way too many cinemas doing this as the norm - sometimes even when the 2D version is available in the building, but they can't be bothered to load it.  |  IP: Logged Edgar Simoes Film Handler Posts: 3 From: Uberlandia, MG, Brazil Registered: Nov 2017 posted 06-02-2019 07:31 PM                        I am still trying, this happen because this screen is only 2D and Atmos and the Disney studios in Brasil don't have Atmos content in 2D, only in 3D are avaliable. So this way to running Atmos in 2D for Disney We must do this trick  |  IP: Logged

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