<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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2018-02-20T04:49:19.283Z
Thanks Manuel. VLC recognized the video as a 360° video.
LeoDalmag
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2018-02-19T22:23:53.573Z
2018-02-19T22:23:53.573Z
manuel
<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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2020-12-17T09:16:55.463Z
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.
softyoda yoann
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2019-05-11T11:13:12.353Z
2022-03-13T12:44:20.297Z
2022-03-13T12:44:20.297Z
Fabrice TIERCELIN
<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>

<ffmpeg><vlc><360video><vimeo>
VLC 3.0 (Vetinari): Unable to play 360 videos
LeoDalmag
# 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 Manuel. 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`

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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