Answers.Body: <p>The 360° video you downloaded is encoded as an equirectangular projection, meaning the video was projected onto a rectangular surface. This makes the video indistinguishable from a normal video.</p>
  
  <p>In order to be recognized as a 360° video, the video must contain specific metadata. You can use a tool provided by Google for uploading videos to YouTube: <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6178631?hl=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Upload 360-degree videos</a>. Apply this tool to your video and VLC will correctly recognize it as a 360° video.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks Manuel. VLC recognized the video as a 360° video.
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Answers.Body: <p>The problem comes from the video which should have the metadata <code>projection=equirectangular</code>. To fix it:</p>
  <ol>
  <li><p>Install <a href="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.3/python-3.7.3.exe" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Python 3</a></p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Download <a href="https://github.com/tongwenchao/spatial-media/archive/refs/heads/master.zip" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Spatial Media</a></p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Unzip Spatial Media</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Go into the folder (where there is a subfolder <code>spatialmedia</code>)</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Copy the path of the folder</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Launch <code>cmd</code> on Windows (by searching <code>cmd</code> on your system)</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Go on the folder by typing <code>cd </code> and the path of the folder</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Inject the spherical metadata by typing <code>py spatialmedia -i </code><strong><code>&lt;yourVideoOnTheDisk&gt;</code></strong><code> </code><strong><code>&lt;aVideoName&gt;</code></strong></p>
  </li>
  </ol>
  <p>Open the created file with VLC. It should be launched as a 360° video. You can remove <code>spatialmedia</code> and uninstall Python.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: This methode might work, VLC can't read stereoscopic tom-bottom and i don't think there is any windows player that would allow read a 4096x4096 top bottom video for inspection.
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Body: <p>I installed the last VLC version (3.0.0 (Vetinari) on Windows 7 64 bits) which supports 360 video playback.</p>
  
  <p>In order to do some tests I downloaded the following 360 video from Vimeo:
  <a href="https://vimeo.com/215984568" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://vimeo.com/215984568</a></p>
  
  <p>But VLC is unable to play the 360 video correctly; the video contains all the 360 degree video information but it's showed at the same time (on Vimeo the video plays OK). The result is the following:
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Isixp.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Isixp.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>I think that maybe the video could be reencoded with ffmpeg to be more VLC friendly.</p>
  
  <p>The media info of the downloaded 360 video is this:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Mrpmb.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Mrpmb.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
Tags: <ffmpeg><vlc><360video><vimeo>
Title: VLC 3.0 (Vetinari): Unable to play 360 videos
UserDisplayName: LeoDalmag
ThreadText: # VLC 3.0 (Vetinari): Unable to play 360 videos
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-13)
  
  I installed the last VLC version (3.0.0 (Vetinari) on Windows 7 64 bits) which supports 360 video playback.
  
  In order to do some tests I downloaded the following 360 video from Vimeo:
  <https://vimeo.com/215984568>
  
  But VLC is unable to play the 360 video correctly; the video contains all the 360 degree video information but it's showed at the same time (on Vimeo the video plays OK). The result is the following:
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Isixp.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Isixp.jpg)
  
  I think that maybe the video could be reencoded with ffmpeg to be more VLC friendly.
  
  The media info of the downloaded 360 video is this:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Mrpmb.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/Mrpmb.png)
  
  **Tags:** ffmpeg, vlc, 360video, vimeo
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-19. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  The 360° video you downloaded is encoded as an equirectangular projection, meaning the video was projected onto a rectangular surface. This makes the video indistinguishable from a normal video.
  
  In order to be recognized as a 360° video, the video must contain specific metadata. You can use a tool provided by Google for uploading videos to YouTube: [Upload 360-degree videos](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6178631?hl=en). Apply this tool to your video and VLC will correctly recognize it as a 360° video.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks username_1. VLC recognized the video as a 360° video.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2019-05-11. Score: 2
  
  The problem comes from the video which should have the metadata `projection=equirectangular`. To fix it:
  
  1. Install [Python 3](https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.3/python-3.7.3.exe)
  2. Download [Spatial Media](https://github.com/tongwenchao/spatial-media/archive/refs/heads/master.zip)
  3. Unzip Spatial Media
  4. Go into the folder (where there is a subfolder `spatialmedia`)
  5. Copy the path of the folder
  6. Launch `cmd` on Windows (by searching `cmd` on your system)
  7. Go on the folder by typing `cd`  and the path of the folder
  8. Inject the spherical metadata by typing `py spatialmedia -i` **`<yourVideoOnTheDisk>`****`<aVideoName>`**
  
  Open the created file with VLC. It should be launched as a 360° video. You can remove `spatialmedia` and uninstall Python.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: This methode might work, VLC can't read stereoscopic tom-bottom and i don't think there is any windows player that would allow read a 4096x4096 top bottom video for inspection.  
  
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