Stereo Texture

C++ coding using Panda3D
#1

I’m trying to use the new Stereo/Multiview Texture feature of Panda3D 1.8.0.
I used this code and set red-blue-stereo #t but I always get an error.

LoaderOptions options;
options.set_texture_flags(LoaderOptions::TF_multiview);
PT(Texture) tex = TexturePool::load_texture("videos/test #.wmv", 0, false, options);

Error message:

:movies(error): Could not open videos/test 0.wmv
:gobj(error): Texture "videos/test #.wmv" cannot be read.

At first I thought it was because of the video texture but an image doesn’t work either. Loading the “test 0.wmv” as a normal texture works fine.
Do I have to enable another setting or mode for this to work?
(I’m using Panda3D devel 2011.11.29-397 on Windows 7 64-bit)

#2

Hmm, that code works fine for me. I assume you also have a file named “videos/test 1.wmv” that has the same X and Y size as your “videos/test 0.wmv” file?

Does it work if you give the full path to your videos directory instead of just “videos”? Maybe it’s not successfully seeking along the model path.

David

#3

Ok, I’m sorry it was my mistake. I have to copy the videos folder to the location of my main.cpp file for compiling. When I then launch it via the executable, it works no matter where the files are located.

Just another question. Does the automatic stereo texture also work for a setup with a stereo lens with SC-left and SC-right and two DisplayRegions with stereo channels?

#4

Yes, that should work.

David

#5

Awesome, that’s a really nice feature saving me some work, thanks for implementing.
I’ll keep this thread open to ask here when I run into problems with the stereo channel setup if that’s ok.