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Hi,
I saw this mod in the internet and i really wanted to create 360 degrees video.
I manage to record with this mod.
I have only one problem,
How do i render it to a 360 degrees video that can be uploaded to youtube?
I don't want to create camera path, I want to let the viewer decide from where he is viewing.
Example of working video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtBehojUotQ
Thanks in advance,
Orma

Hello Orma,

To export 360 degree videos, you need to select "Equirectangular Rendering" from the "Rendering Method" dropdown in the Render Settings. I recommend a video resolution of 4320*2160 for good quality results.

After editing the video, maybe adding some music using a video editor like Premiere Pro or Sony Vegas, you need to inject some Metadata into the rendered video so YouTube recognises it as a 360 degree video.

For more information, read here.

Hi,
Thanks for the fast response,
Hi have one more question.
When I try to render the video it gives an error message: you need to install FFMPEG.
I downloaded the program and I have no idea how to install it,
do you know how?
Thanks in advance,
Orma
edit: my screen is 1920x1080 is there a point to render it in 4k?

A detailed installation tutorial for FFMPEG is in the Replay Mod Documentation - you should read it anyway before working with the mod.

There definitely is a point in rendering 360 degree videos in 4k, but that's a different story. Let me just tell you that 1080p 360° videos have a horrible quality when viewed in a 360 degree video player.

I wouldn't use software which contains viruses for an essential part of a program I'm creating.

Just read the tutorial. I won't repeat every step for you.

Thanks everyone i managed to install ffmpeg.
now i can upload 360 degrees videos!

I tried to upload a 360 degrees video,
but for some reason youtube don't recognize this video as a 360 degrees video.
What can I do?
Thanks in advance,
Orma
edit:
there is also just one frame for all the video time.
its like the video is frozen

First and foremost make sure you have read this Documentation to make sure you have rendered with the correct aspect ratio etc.

Once you have made sure you have done that correctly, refer to this How to inject metadata if you do not inject the metadata into the video file YouTube will not recognize the file as a 360 file.

Note: You can use this tool to inject the metadata. Just follow the instructions on the above google link and once all is done you should be fine to upload the file to YouTube.

You obviously don't understand the way 360° videos work.
There's something called Equirectangular Projection, look it up if you're interested.

Other than that, you may try using the Python script if the tool didn't work for you. It's lower on the same information page.

In Youtube it's looking weird
and in my computer it displays this error message:
0xc00d36b4

Can you please provide screenshots so I know what error message you're talking about?

You did not properly inject the Metadata if it's not 360° on YouTube.
Windows Media Player will never show it 360°, even if you injected the Metadata.

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Please do not bump in these forums.

It occurred rather often that the Metadata Injector Tool didn't work. In this case, use the Python script. You need Python 2.7 to run the script.

Hi everyone,
Thank you so much i was able to watch my video with google cardboard vr.
you are right 1080p is not looking good.
If I will render the video in 4k and watch it 1080p will it still not look good?
(my screen is only capble of 1080p)

It should look a lot better if you render it in 4k :) I am not sure of the specifics though, like what resolution it would appear at, but for ease of reference check out this video made by @User1 to get an idea of what the quality will be like:

Can you upload the replay file please? I would like to take a look. I suspect that you have not placed time/position keyframes correctly (or at all) so if I could get your replay I could check that out for you.

Remember, you still need to place paths. Not doing that will result in a static image which is what we can see in your video.

Without keyframes, essentially the video will not progress.

Please post here and I will take a look at the replay file for you, and if necessary I will put in a test camera path and upload it for you to experiment with.

Oh and as for your Sony Vegas question, I don't use Sony Vegas so I can only talk on assumption, but I don't think it would make any difference, as long as you are rendering the video to a YouTube enabled format etc, then injecting the metadata, it should work the same. Like I said though, I don't use Sony Vegas so perhaps someone who does use this can comment?