<p>I don't have enough reputation to make a comment on the selected answer, but if you're using a version of ffmpeg with GPU support, you can use the GPU to render the output way faster. This is what I used. I don't know if all the settings are appropriate, especially the bitrate (I used a 45M bitrate in the input video and wasn't sure if halving that is appropriate for the outputs, so I didn't halve it). This took me a while to figure out, so I wanted to leave this here for others.</p>
<pre><code>ffmpeg -i sbs.mkv -filter_complex &quot;split[l][r];[l]stereo3d=sbsl:ml[left];[r]stereo3d=sbsl:mr[right]&quot; -map [left] -map 0:a -c:a copy -c:v h264_nvenc -b:v 45M left.mkv -map &quot;[right]&quot; -map 0:a -c:a copy -c:v h264_nvenc -b:v 45M right.mkv
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<p>If you're using hsbs (half resolution side-by-side) like I am, you may also want to change sbsl to sbs2l so the video outputs are at &quot;unsquished&quot; aspect ratios.</p>
<pre><code>ffmpeg -i sbs.mkv -filter_complex &quot;split[l][r];[l]stereo3d=sbs2l:ml[left];[r]stereo3d=sbs2l:mr[right]&quot; -map [left] -map 0:a -c:a copy -c:v h264_nvenc -b:v 45M left.mkv -map &quot;[right]&quot; -map 0:a -c:a copy -c:v h264_nvenc -b:v 45M right.mkv
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2022-11-29T04:54:40.217Z
2022-11-29T04:54:40.217Z
EthanSpitz
<p>You can use <a href="http://ffmpeg.org/download.html" rel="nofollow">FFmpeg</a>, a free commandline tool to do this.</p>

<pre><code>ffmpeg -i sbs.mkv -filter_complex "split[l][r];[l]stereo3d=sbsl:ml[left];[r]stereo3d=sbsl:mr[right]" -map [left] -map 0:a -c:a copy left.mkv -map [right] -map 0:a -c:a copy right.mkv
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how do l till it where the fill is
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Gyan
<p>Let’s suppose I have a 3D SBS video and I want to convert it such that I get two video files, one for left side video and one for the right. How can I do it? Is it possible to do so programmatically?</p>

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How can I convert a 3D SBS video to individual left side video and right side video?
Sohil
# How can I convert a 3D SBS video to individual left side video and right side video?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-09-22)

Let’s suppose I have a 3D SBS video and I want to convert it such that I get two video files, one for left side video and one for the right. How can I do it? Is it possible to do so programmatically?

**Tags:** video, 3d, standards-converter


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-09-22. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

You can use FFmpeg, a free commandline tool to do this.
ffmpeg -i sbs.mkv -filter_complex "split[l][r];[l]stereo3d=sbsl:ml[left];[r]stereo3d=sbsl:mr[right]" -map [left] -map 0:a -c:a copy left.mkv -map [right] -map 0:a -c:a copy right.mkv

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: how do l till it where the fill is  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2022-11-29. Score: 1

I don't have enough reputation to make a comment on the selected answer, but if you're using a version of ffmpeg with GPU support, you can use the GPU to render the output way faster. This is what I used. I don't know if all the settings are appropriate, especially the bitrate (I used a 45M bitrate in the input video and wasn't sure if halving that is appropriate for the outputs, so I didn't halve it). This took me a while to figure out, so I wanted to leave this here for others.
ffmpeg -i sbs.mkv -filter_complex "split[l][r];[l]stereo3d=sbsl:ml[left];[r]stereo3d=sbsl:mr[right]" -map [left] -map 0:a -c:a copy -c:v h264_nvenc -b:v 45M left.mkv -map "[right]" -map 0:a -c:a copy -c:v h264_nvenc -b:v 45M right.mkv

If you're using hsbs (half resolution side-by-side) like I am, you may also want to change sbsl to sbs2l so the video outputs are at "unsquished" aspect ratios.
ffmpeg -i sbs.mkv -filter_complex "split[l][r];[l]stereo3d=sbs2l:ml[left];[r]stereo3d=sbs2l:mr[right]" -map [left] -map 0:a -c:a copy -c:v h264_nvenc -b:v 45M left.mkv -map "[right]" -map 0:a -c:a copy -c:v h264_nvenc -b:v 45M right.mkv


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