Supported Filetypes in LeiaPlayer

This page explains which filetypes can be played back and edited in LeiaPlayer.

All of the following filetypes are supported in LeiaPlayer. It's organized by whether the filetype is 3D or 2D, and then further divided by whether it's an image or video. All 3D formats are automatically detected as 3D, either through the file's metadata or through an automatic computer vision algorithm for unlabelled 3D files.

3D Image Formats

• Leia Image Format (LIF)

  • Leia Image Format images (abbreviated as LIF) are JPG images with image metadata that may contain depth, bokeh data, and one or more images known as "views"

  • These images can be shared anywhere to any device and will automatically show as a high-resolution 2D image on all standard computing devices like laptops or phones. However, they will automatically be displayed as 3D images on Lume Pad and other Leia devices

  • They are optimized for 3D Mode by default

  • This is the default image format in the Leia ecosystem, and offers the most flexibility long-term. When you edit an SBS image in LeiaPlayer, it will automatically save as LIF

• 3D SBS Images

  • Two Side-By-Side images

    • Left eye image on the left, right eye image on the right

  • File formats supported: JPG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC

• Apple Portrait Mode Images

  • When a user takes a Portrait Mode image on an iOS device using the iOS Camera app, it may include an embedded depth map making it a true 3D file. If LeiaPlayer finds a depth map in a photo from iPhone, you can convert the file to LIF by simply tapping the 3D View Mode button

  • Tip: You can tell if a depth map will be captured when taking a photo in Portrait Mode on the iOS Camera app if the icon that says "NATURAL LIGHT" on-screen turns yellow. If it's grey, no depth will be captured

  • Tip: Newer iOS devices and especially iOS devices with LiDar take the highest-quality depth maps. Older devices may not be able to capture depth maps or will take poor quality depth images

• Legacy 3D Images

  • Support for MPO and JPS filetypes

    • Support for two images embedded in an MPO or JPS image (files with 1 or 3+ images may not be supported)

    • They look like standard 2D images on many non-3D devices

    • MPO is most commonly captured on Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D cameras, Nintendo 3DS and 2DS devices, and other 3D cameras from that era

    • JPS is most commonly captured using Nvidia 3D Vision tools, such as in-game screen captures, and from other 3D software for PC

Automatic Detection of SBS images:

In the case that the automatic file detection feature didn't correctly identify your your SBS image and shows it in 2D as two side by side images, you can force LeiaPlayer to treat image files as SBS by using the Manual 3D Tagging feature inside the app or by doing the following:

• SBS: Append "_2x1" to the end of the filename before the file extension

• Half-width SBS: Append "_half_2x1" to the end of the filename before the file extension

3D Video Formats

• Leia Video Format (LVF)

  • Leia Video Format images (abbreviated as LVF) are MP4 images with metadata that may contain a depth map and/or one or more video tracks known as "views"

  • These videos can be shared anywhere to any device and will automatically show as a high-resolution 2D video on all standard computing devices like laptops or phones. However, they will automatically be displayed as 3D videos on Lume Pad and other Leia devices

  • They are optimized for 3D Mode by default

  • This is the default image format in the Leia ecosystem, and offers the most flexibility long-term. When capturing a video in LeiaCam, it will automatically save as LVF

• 3D SBS Videos

  • Two Side-By-Side videos

    • Left eye image on the left, right eye image on the right

  • File formats supported: MP4, MKV, WEBM, H4V

  • SBS videos will open in 3D View Mode when viewed in LeiaPlayer on Lume Pad.

Automatic Detection of SBS videos:

In the case that the automatic file detection feature didn't correctly identify your your SBS video and shows it in 2D as two side by side videos, you can force LeiaPlayer to treat video files as SBS by using the Manual 3D Tagging feature inside the app or by doing the following:

• SBS: Append "_2x1" to the end of the filename before the file extension

• Half-width SBS: Append "_half_2x1" to the end of the filename before the file extension

2D Image Formats

These standard 2D image formats are supported in LeiaPlayer. You can also automatically convert any of them into 3D by tapping the 3D View Mode button in the view switcher in the bottom left of the UI. This will create a LIF copy of the image.

• JPG

• PNG

• WEBP

• HEIC

2D Video Formats

These standard 2D video formats are supported in LeiaPlayer. You can also automatically convert any of them into 3D by tapping the 3D View Mode button in the view switcher in the bottom left of the UI. This is real-time conversion and will not alter the file or make a 3D copy.

• MP4

• MKV

• WEBM