Hi Sam,

The original image was written using a proprietary dpx library, but now
that OIIO can replicate its behaviour, I am using that instead.

Are you having trouble reading / writing stereo dpx's with OIIO?

I can dig up some example code if you like.

Cheers,
Mark
On 13 May 2014 23:57, "Sam Richards" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Mark, I'm doing some testing with your stereo test image. How did you
> create that image?
>
> Sam.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Mark Boorer <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Awesome. Thanks!
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Larry Gritz <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Great.  All other things being equal, this feels like a 1.3 feature to
>>> me.  But if you come to the point where you need it backported, just let me
>>> know.
>>>
>>> -- lg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 16, 2013, at 10:13 AM, Mark Boorer wrote:
>>>
>>> We're mostly running 1.1 here, but the tool utilising the stereo writing
>>> via OIIO isn't even finished yet, so I'm happy to wait till the next major
>>> version (assuming that's not terribly far away). Until then, i'll just keep
>>> using the copy I compiled this morning and be mindful that any further
>>> hiccups are probably related to its Beta nature. No need to back port from
>>> my perspective.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Larry Gritz <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Great, I'm glad it checks out on your end.
>>>>
>>>> It's such a big change to the DPX code that I'm not comfortable merging
>>>> it into a release branch immediately.  So here's my plan: I'll merge it
>>>> into master fairly soon, and if it seems well behaved after some time there
>>>> (at SPI, we build from the master branch, so it will get thoroughly
>>>> production tested), then I'll think about back-porting it to 1.2.  (If you
>>>> guys are on 1.2 and start itching for this, just let me know.)
>>>>
>>>> -- lg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 16, 2013, at 9:26 AM, Mark Boorer wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey Larry,
>>>>
>>>> I managed to compile your version today, and it worked great! I was
>>>> able to read and write both stereo and mono DPX's, and they were viewable
>>>> in both iv and our own in house playback software.
>>>>
>>>> I've never been able to read back DPX's with subimages in Nuke. I don't
>>>> think it supports them. Also I think i was mistaken when i mentioned that
>>>> RV could read them. I must've been looking at the source EXRs :/ . So I do
>>>> believe you are correct that OIIO is now the most complete implementation 
>>>> :D
>>>>
>>>> Everything is groovy from my perspective, so assuming things look okay
>>>> to you, I guess we'll see this in a future release.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again for all your effort!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Larry Gritz <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Incidentally, I was never able to get Nuke to properly read those
>>>>> stereo files, no matter what I do it only recognizes one of the views.  
>>>>> And
>>>>> also, even for single-image DPX files, Nuke gives errors if you try to 
>>>>> feed
>>>>> it a DPX file with 'float' data, ugh.  OIIO may very well be the most
>>>>> complete DPX implementation readily available.  If all else fails, you can
>>>>> use OIIO's 'iv' to view these stereo files (with the '<' and '>' hotkeys
>>>>> stepping through the subimages/views within a file).
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh, and thanks for pointing all this out, Mark.  Even though this
>>>>> deficiency had not yet been noticed where I work, surely it was only a
>>>>> matter of time before somebody sent us stereo DPX (or wanted to generate
>>>>> them) and found the problem.  It's always nice to fix a bug before it ever
>>>>> becomes an issue that could hold us up.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- lg
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 15, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Larry Gritz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://github.com/OpenImageIO/oiio/pull/658
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a pretty big change to the DPX module, which is a fairly
>>>>> important file format for us, so it does make me a little nervous.  It
>>>>> would be very helpful if you could build the branch referenced in the pull
>>>>> request (git pull https://github.com/lgritz/oiio lg-dpx) and give
>>>>> that a spin on a bunch of your files, that would give me a lot more
>>>>> confidence about committing it to master.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- lg
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 15, 2013, at 11:40 AM, Mark Boorer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Wow, you are a legend! Thank you so much for putting the time in to
>>>>> fix it!
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Mark
>>>>> On 15/08/2013 7:15 PM, "Larry Gritz" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Update: It turned out that it was a bit of an overhaul of DPXOutput
>>>>>> to get it in shape to output subimage, but I dove in and did it last 
>>>>>> night.
>>>>>>  I also found some bugs in the underlying implementation of libdpx.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But I got success!  -- I can write multi-image DPX files, read them
>>>>>> back correctly, as well as read the sample image you provided.  Whew!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I left it late last night working, but with some cleanup left to do.
>>>>>>  If I can get some of my real work out of the way first, I'll try to get 
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> chance to tidy things up enough to send out a pull request today.  
>>>>>> Tonight
>>>>>> at the latest.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- lg
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Aug 14, 2013, at 12:51 PM, Mark Boorer wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Hi Larry, It should contain an image with L and an image with R.
>>>>>> The view of the plant in the center is also from a different camera in 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> R eye.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not sure if Nuke allows for subimages in DPX files, and I've
>>>>>> never been able to view these images in Nuke. (They are able to be read 
>>>>>> by
>>>>>> our own grading / playback software).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It could be that our library is doing things wrong, but not having an
>>>>>> alternative library to write a stereo DPX, I was unable to test it ;)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To answer your previous question, your initial summation was correct.
>>>>>> I am unable to read or write stereo DPX's with the OpenImageIO DPX plugin
>>>>>> (assuming my stereo DPX is valid).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Larry Gritz <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I loaded the image in Nuke, added a "SideBySide" node between the
>>>>>>> read node and the viewer, and what I see in the preview window is side 
>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>> side images where they both have a big "L", neither has "R".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can you confirm?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Aug 14, 2013, at 12:18 PM, Larry Gritz wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Aha, I misunderstood.  I thought you meant that you could neither
>>>>>>> read nor write.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The underlying "libDPX" looks like it should support multiple image
>>>>>>> elements (that's what DPX calls subimages) for both reading and writing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The dpxinput.cpp code looks like it supports reading multiple
>>>>>>> elements, but although the test file you sent is reported as having two
>>>>>>> elements, they both look the same (with an "L", I presume the other is
>>>>>>> intended to have "R"?). I don't yet know if that is because we have a 
>>>>>>> bug,
>>>>>>> or because your file has two identical elements. Can you verify on your
>>>>>>> end? Do you have an app that can view the two subimages and be sure that
>>>>>>> they are actually different?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The dpxoutput.cpp is, indeed, written in such a way that it ignores
>>>>>>> the possibility of multiple elements when writing the file, but I think
>>>>>>> it's a pretty simple matter to fix it up. Let me take a stab at it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Aug 14, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Mark Boorer wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks again Larry,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just confirming though, this is for reading sub image DPX's. The
>>>>>>> writing is still very much unimplemented?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>> On 14/08/2013 6:30 PM, "Larry Gritz" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for the test case.  I briefly glanced at the code yesterday,
>>>>>>>> and it's structured as if it expects subimages to work in the DPX 
>>>>>>>> code.  So
>>>>>>>> it's probably just a bug, not a case of it being written without
>>>>>>>> considering subimages at all and needs a total rewrite.  I'll try to 
>>>>>>>> take a
>>>>>>>> quick look and see if it's something obvious, I'll let you know what I 
>>>>>>>> find.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -- lg
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Aug 14, 2013, at 1:34 AM, Mark Boorer wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Larry,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for your quick reply and willingness to take a look.
>>>>>>>> I've attached an example file (its a test plate so no copyright
>>>>>>>> issues). It was written using an internal, quite old library, and is 
>>>>>>>> fine
>>>>>>>> for reading back by said library (it also seems okay in RV). I'm 
>>>>>>>> looking to
>>>>>>>> transition new code over to OIIO, so as I mentioned, if you don't have 
>>>>>>>> time
>>>>>>>> to tinker with it, I'm happy to take a stab :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> File can be downloaded from here:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7tMukhco9MwVjZWa09ZWW04Vm8/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Larry Gritz 
>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Nobody is working on it as far as I know.  We use the DPX support
>>>>>>>>> extensively here, but I think our convention is to save L & R as 
>>>>>>>>> separate
>>>>>>>>> images, so it hadn't been brought to my attention that our DPX 
>>>>>>>>> subimage
>>>>>>>>> support was lacking.  A fix for that would be very welcome.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But before you dive in too deep... if you want to send me
>>>>>>>>> (privately is ok, I won't share) one of these stereo DPX files, I 
>>>>>>>>> would be
>>>>>>>>> happy to take a *quick* look at the DPX code -- which I didn't write, 
>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>> am at least passingly familiar with -- just to see if it's an 
>>>>>>>>> extremely
>>>>>>>>> minor alteration (or even an obvious bug) to fix subimages, and if so 
>>>>>>>>> I can
>>>>>>>>> just bang it out.  But if it's more extensive, I'll let you know 
>>>>>>>>> because if
>>>>>>>>> I don't know immediately how to do it, you'll probably get a fix 
>>>>>>>>> faster if
>>>>>>>>> you are able to do it yourself rather than wait for me to free up a 
>>>>>>>>> bigger
>>>>>>>>> block of time.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>         -- lg
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Aug 13, 2013, at 11:50 AM, Mark Boorer wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> > Hi,
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > I'm looking to read/write some stereo DPX files I have, and I
>>>>>>>>> noticed
>>>>>>>>> > that the DPXOutput class explicitly does not support subimages.
>>>>>>>>> > I've also tried reading some files that contain subimages
>>>>>>>>> (written
>>>>>>>>> > from a custom library), but I'm unable to get the data out of
>>>>>>>>> them
>>>>>>>>> > after calling seek_subimage() (though the seek call works as
>>>>>>>>> > expected).
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > Is anyone presently working on supporting subimages in the DPX
>>>>>>>>> writer?
>>>>>>>>> > I'm not too familiar with the guts of the format, but I do have
>>>>>>>>> access
>>>>>>>>> > to the spec and may be motivated to add support.
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > Cheers,
>>>>>>>>> > Mark
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Larry Gritz
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>
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