Editing and publishing VR180 videos

Blender and YouTube!

Just edit the raw video, and upload to YouTube

  • I record using the OMI camera
  • Blender allows quick easy (and free) editing of the raw files
  • I can't figure out how to upload to YouTube!
    • This link seems to describe how to add the proper metadata with ffmpeg.
    • An alternative asks to download this "360 Video Metadata app" which also doesn't work!
      • Says "can't import file" for those on my camera, and doesn't like MP4 files, which is my output format!
    • Simply uploading to YouTube doesn't work, it leaves it in this stupid spherical format!

Actually zooming, panning, "looking around"

I tried to follow this tutorial which makes it all look so easy peasy

  • signed up for Adobe Premiere free trial ($40/mo otherwise!!)
  • VR converter looks like what I need but it doesn't seem to exist for me, and for others
  • Go-pro fusion VR explained here looks like exactly the set of tools I need. Unfortunately, the sliders for pitch, yaw, etc. don't work!
    • OK so there was a different link to install the "app" for gopro fusion VR. Maybe the app is dope
  • This video shows the simple VR display options, but these are grayed out for me, and for others.
  • Adobe Premiere supposedly has VR tools, but they only work with GPU accelleration, which doesn't seem to be an option for me (others)