Hey, I've been working on a heavily modified version of this player focused on SBS 3D. If anyone's interested:
New 3DS: H.264 MVD hardware decode, 800×240 SBS 24fps, near-zero CPU
Old 3DS: MPEG-2 software decode, 800×240 SBS 24fps, smooth
Full RGB888 pipeline (vs RGB565 in the original)...