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Encode 360° videos using the Spherical Video standard.
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Include camera manufacturer and model metadata using manu
/ modl
or ©mak
/ ©mod
user-data atoms.
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Specify camera firmware version using FIRM
metadata within the MP4 container.
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Verify video metadata using the ffprobe
command-line tool.
Use the Spherical Video
standard for encoding 360 video.
Camera Manufacturer and Model
We strongly
recommend that you specify camera manufacturer and model in user-data atoms
in your MP4 360 video. We support
two ways of doing this:
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manu
: Camera manufacturer (make)
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modl
: Camera model
OR
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©mak
: Camera manufacturer (make)
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©mod
: Camera model
Camera Firmware Version
We strongly
recommend that you specify camera firmware version in
moov/udta/meta/ilst/FIRM as a string in your MP4 360 video.
Verification
You can verify your video with ffprobe
command:
$
ffprobe
your_video.mp4
...
Metadata:
make
:
my.camera.make
model
:
my.camera.model
firmware
:
v_1234.4321
...
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Last updated 2024-10-09 UTC.
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