We need a Movie Player to take either one to two MOV or AVI files which consists of two stereo frames stored either side-by-side , top/bottom or as separate left and right eye streams (whichever is easier) and which will dynamically render/combine the two eyes into a red/cyan anaglyph movie with color balancing (we can supply algorithms for this) and play at no less than 25fps at 720p with audio on any reasonably modern computer.
This player does NOT need to support all of the above formats, in other words, it can support side-by-side OR top/bottom OR separate streams but does not need to support all three. Whichever is simplest to produce is fine.
It MUST work natively on both Mac & Windows and must not require any non-freeware codecs or plugins. Open Source codecs, plugins or frameworks are acceptable as long as they are released under a licensing scheme OTHER than GPL **and** you get their usage pre-approved in writing by us.
While we believe that doing this in Flash or Jitter is a good way to go, we are open to other technologies as long as they meet the above requirements.
## Deliverables
Our ultimate goal is to be able to release a Stereographic Quicktime MOV in side-by-side OR top/bottom format (in other words the images for the left and right eyes for each frame will be either next to--side-by-side--or on top of one another--top/bottom) OR Separate Streams and Player will take these two images and combine the left/right eyes to display a single color-balanced red/cyan Anaglyph movie.
Color-Balancing means taking the colors of the two images and shifting them according to a matrix/algorithm we can supply.
These movies will be upwards of 30-45 minutes in <a href='[login to view URL]'>720p format</a>, will include audio, will probably be H2.64 encoded and they need to play at a minimum of 25fps on a reasonably modern computer, e.g. dual-core or better, under both Mac OS X and Windows XP or better.
Should you have some other ideas as to how to create the same end result--playing a dual frame stereo movie as a color-balanced red/cyan anagylph on both Mac and Windows machines--we are open to using alternative technologies as long as they meet our end requirements.