Just starting to dig in to 360 vids now with CV-VRcam and CV tutorials and one thing I’ve noticed is a discrepancy I’m seeing between what Youtube says videos should be, and what CV tutorials and CV-VRcam think. Youtube wants 1:1 videos for VR and 2:1 for 360, but CVtuts and VRcam talk about everything 16:9. It works to use CV’s approach, but I’m wondering if there is a better “sweet spot” for appropriate and acceptable resolution and manageable render times and file sizes. I’ve done a bunch of tests and sometimes get worse results (once uploaded to Youtube) from higher resolution, and the VRcam presets only give OK quality.
I’m new to most of this so I might just be missing something, so I thought I’d throw it our here and see if people have any insight.
Youtube help for 360 videos says:
“We recommend uploading 360 videos (equirectangular format with a 2:1 aspect ratio) at a resolution of 7168x3584 or higher, up to 8192x4096.”
(from: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6178631?hl=en&ref_topic=2888648)
Youtube help for VR videos says:
“Before you upload, we recommend that you export your content in over-under equirectangular format with a 1:1 aspect ratio at a resolution of 5120x5120 or higher, up to 8192x8192. Maintain square pixels (i.e.,1:1 pixel/scale aspect ratio).”
(from: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6316263?hl=en&ref_topic=2888648