360 and 3d video not playing

[Dung3onlord]

Since it was possible to try the software before buying i though i would give it a shot and see if it does what it primises. The cinema view is very neat and enjoyable but i didn't manage to play 360 video and 3d UO or SBS.
On the format section i don't see the right setting and i am left with the cinema mode and few others. Trying them all doesn't result in anything good.
Any suggestion?

[Whirligig]

What videos are you trying to player? It all depends on the format that they were original shot in. I would say that the majority of 360 degree videos are in equirectangular 360 format which in the player is called barrel. So the first thing to try is the barrel format and FOV 360. This would create the correct format for an image or video that looked like this:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZFfiaaptaQ/TNHjKAwjK6I/AAAAAAAAE30/IG2SO24XrDU/s1600/new.png

If it is a fisheye image then choose fisheye. The degrees can vary greatly in fisheye so you'll have to know what it's shot in. I'd say one of the most common though is 180. A fisheye would look like this.

http://cdn0.mos.techradar.futurecdn.net/Review%20images/PhotoRadar/Canon/8-15mm/5D_8mm%20Blue%20Fringe,%20out%20of%20shot.jpg

Both these formats can also be in stereo over under or side by side. I would give a word of warning though. 360 stereo video is at it's early stages and you can often find that you will only get the full 3D effect when looking in a certain direction. Any other direction can sometimes be uncomfortable. This is due to the limitations of capturing 3D 360 video so you will get a wide range of different qualities for this. Here are a couple of example stills of 360 stereo.

equirectangular
http://blog.dsky.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/06-VikingVillage_stereo_thumb.jpg

Fisheye
http://188.226.249.247/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/kitchen_sidebyside_5501.jpg

I've grabbed the images off the web so I'm not sure how good tey are :)

I hope that helps.

If you have any other questions let me know.

All the best

Phil

[Bowlcut]

To access the side by side or over/under 3d modes you have to press a button, otherwise it does not appear in the menu. On the keyboard it is y

[Whirligig]

yes. I'm currently working on updates to the interface which will add it to the menu as well. That should be release next Monday. It will still be 'y' on the keyboard and on the gamepad and Vive controllers as well though though.

[Dung3onlord]

ok great for all the info. i will try that once i get home and see if i can get it to work

[Dung3onlord]

So the y key made the trick. It is now watchable but i think the offset is wrong since the image looks kind doubled. Also the side of the image is black so not totally "immersive"....moving the FOV to 360 really stretches the images so i suppose the video was meant for 180 FOV

[Whirligig]

That does sound like a 180. It's all down to the produces of the video really. Some will work better than others. Hopefully with vr video becoming more popular we'll have much greater choice in the future :)

[Dung3onlord]

At the all all worked quite well! it was indeed a metter of how the video was shoot.
Great work

[mors]

I have 3D SBS 360 video that look "almost" good in custom format with "LatLong 360x90" ... But What I really need is a bit near "360x120" or "360x180" ... How can I create new custom format?