YouTube 3D not automatically engaging NVIDIA 3D Vision
Hi, I'm having an issue whereby 3D content on YouTube doesn't automatically "engage" 3D Vision for my graphics card, even though the display is set to be 'Always' in 3D mode. Loading a suitable 3D video on YouTube in Firefox 31b8 (such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riJ0eHTCeig&feature=html5_3d), the NVIDIA 3D Vision plugin is utilised by the given page (Firefox prompts for it to be enabled & highlights it is in use). The video displays as one image (not SBS as it would if 3D weren't working at all), but the video only shows in 2D. If I go back to http://www.3dvisionlive.com and play a video there first (which utilises Silverlight and the Nvidia 3D vision plugins), the graphics card engages 3D mode (flickering to black etc), and the content is now viewable in 3D on YouTube. This isn't a huge stumbling block, but I'm wondering why 3D Vision doesn't get enabled automatically by YouTube. The only difference appears to be the player -- HTML5 on YouTube vs Silverlight on 3DVisionLive.com. Anyone reasoning or solutions, or anyone finding the same issue? Thanks! Hardware acceleration is definitely enabled for Firefox; YouTube 3D wasn't working at all in the HTML5 player without this option enabled -- and required it to be turned on for 3D to function. FYI I'm running a Quadro 4000 card, Windows 7 x64, with passive 3D projection and everything else works well for stereoscopic 3D.
Hi,

I'm having an issue whereby 3D content on YouTube doesn't automatically "engage" 3D Vision for my graphics card, even though the display is set to be 'Always' in 3D mode.

Loading a suitable 3D video on YouTube in Firefox 31b8 (such as ;feature=html5_3d), the NVIDIA 3D Vision plugin is utilised by the given page (Firefox prompts for it to be enabled & highlights it is in use). The video displays as one image (not SBS as it would if 3D weren't working at all), but the video only shows in 2D. If I go back to http://www.3dvisionlive.com and play a video there first (which utilises Silverlight and the Nvidia 3D vision plugins), the graphics card engages 3D mode (flickering to black etc), and the content is now viewable in 3D on YouTube.

This isn't a huge stumbling block, but I'm wondering why 3D Vision doesn't get enabled automatically by YouTube. The only difference appears to be the player -- HTML5 on YouTube vs Silverlight on 3DVisionLive.com.

Anyone reasoning or solutions, or anyone finding the same issue? Thanks!

Hardware acceleration is definitely enabled for Firefox; YouTube 3D wasn't working at all in the HTML5 player without this option enabled -- and required it to be turned on for 3D to function.

FYI I'm running a Quadro 4000 card, Windows 7 x64, with passive 3D projection and everything else works well for stereoscopic 3D.

#1
Posted 07/14/2014 04:12 AM   
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/679636/how-to-use-3d-vision-on-youtube-/
Thanks for the link. There's so many moving parts here that I suppose it's lucky to work at all. Hopefully this will get some love and attention in time from Google/NVIDIA.
Thanks for the link. There's so many moving parts here that I suppose it's lucky to work at all. Hopefully this will get some love and attention in time from Google/NVIDIA.

#3
Posted 07/16/2014 12:38 AM   
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