Best Oculus Quest Settings for 360 / VR180 Video Rendering in Premiere/F...

FROM : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBGjn4rmFJU

What are the MAX resolutions and best render settings for 360° and VR180 content creators on the brand new Oculus Quest? This tutorial will give you a step by step guide on how to export your 360VR or 3D 180 videos and sideload them onto Oculus Quest for the best viewing experience with Adobe Premiere OR FFmpeg using both H.264 and H.265 (HEVC). Make sure to stay tuned and subscribe! My full review video for the HOTTEST headset of the year is coming out very soon!

⏰Timestamps for your viewing convenience:
2:57 - all MAX resolutions for Oculus Quest
4:23 - all my MAX 60fps resolutions (beyond Oculus recommendation)
6:12 - how to sideload videos onto Oculus Quest and the best way to play them
9:26 - Premiere rendering workflow with AfterCodecs
12:28 - FFmpeg workflow for BEST quality VR videos

➡️Oculus Quest MAX resolution (official)
360 / 360VR
2880x2880 60fps H264 H265
4096x2048 60fps H264 H265
3840x3840 30fps H264 H265
4096x4096 30fps ---- H265
5120x2560 30fps H264 ----
5760x2880 30fps H264 ----

3D-180 / VR180:
5120x2560 30fps H264 ----
2880x5760 30fps H264 H265

💻The command for monitoring drop frames:
adb logcat -s VideoPlayerAnalytics

💻The command for FFmpeg for 360VR video render:
ffmpeg -y -i "input.mov" -c:v libx265 -preset fast -crf 21 -vf "scale=4096x4096:out_range=full" -pix_fmt yuvj420p -aspect 1:1 -movflags faststart "output.mp4"

💻The command for FFmpeg for VR180 max resolution:
ffmpeg -y -i "input.mov" -c:v libx265 -preset fast -crf 21 -vf "stereo3d=sbs2l:abl, scale=2880x5760:out_range=full" -pix_fmt yuvj420p -aspect 1:2 -movflags faststart "output.mp4"

test videos are available to download here:
http://bit.ly/2MHmHKO
#oculusquest #adobepremiere #360 #vr180 #ffmpeg


Also read:
Encoding High-Resolution 360 and 180 Video for Oculus Quest and Oculus Go [Updated to Include h.265 Support]
  https://creator.oculus.com/blog/encoding-high-resolution-360-and-180-video-for-oculus-go/?locale=en_US

h.264, 30fps (side-by-side 3D-180 video):

ffmpeg -i "input.mp4" -c:v libx264 -preset fast -crf 18 -x264-params mvrange=511 -maxrate 50M -bufsize 25M -vf "scale=5120x2560" -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a aac -b:a 160k -movflags faststart "output_h264.mp4"

h.265, 30fps (side-by-side 3D-180 video re-arranged to over/under):

ffmpeg -i "input.mp4" -c:v libx265 -preset fast -crf 18 -maxrate 50M -bufsize 25M -vf "stereo3d=sbs2l:abl, scale=2560x5120" -pix_fmt yuv420p -aspect 1:2 -c:a aac -b:a 160k -movflags faststart "output_h265.mp4"




Video in Flex / Flash

I want to share this as a warning and a tip.

I have been contacted by several different companies that have undertaking building products based on Flex and are now stuck because Flex wasn't capable of extending very far beyond it's demos.   In each case they had outsource the work to someone who am an sure put in the cheapest bid.

Flex for those who don't know about it is one of several language that can be used to make flash applications (SWF)

Apache Flex, formerly Adobe Flex, is a software development kit (SDK) for the development and deployment of cross-platform rich Internet applications based on the Adobe Flash platform. Initially developed Macromedia and then acquired by Adobe Systems, Flex was donated to the Apache Software Foundation in 2011.  -  Wikipedia

"I do know a bit of flex, I have it and play around with it when I can. It helps make android stuff work on other platforms and works with ellipse ...  got it by joining the adobe underemployed developers program ... so became an "official" adobe developer... ha ha  ... i find swishmax, easier ... leaving me more time to figure out what i want to do, flexbuilder ( now called flashbuilder ) does make it more cross platform compatible for stuff like making your toaster ask for more toast ( see red dwarf ) ... and doing it from your android ... " 
  - Will Crawford

I think that says it all, "adobe underemployed developers program"

Meaning there is a small army of flex developers that don't know video now building web video websites and web applications.  Because of this they are underbidding, they don't understand what they are getting in to and they don't have anyone to turn to when they get stuck.

Flex makes it really easy to add video to a web site. It has some great demos with example code.  Frankly HTML5 and WebRTC should have been this easy but they missed the mark.   Flash is still one of the best options for grabbing video from a users webcam without having to make them install a native binary.  Flex make this trivial.

Displaying a webcam’s video in a Flex VideoDisplay control


attachCamera() • getCamera()


So if you just want to grab a video demo and build it in to your site, change the layout a little, great. This is a fantastic tool, it takes the complicated and make it practical and easy.

But be warned.  This simplicity is deceptive and comes at a price.  All the complexity is hidden. What this means is when it come time to do something more complex you can't control it's behavior. Your limited to what the libraries do and little else.

Now add to this a crop of novice Flex developers with little to no knowledge of video and we have a brewing storm of failed development projects on the horizon.  Many that many need to start over in some other tool.


My advice, just don't try to push the limits of video technology and you be just fine.
But if you expect something more advanced you will soon learn the hard way that all your efforts may end up a dead end.

Comparison of streaming media systems

I found an amazingly great comparison of Streaming media servers and formats on Wikipedia.
Comparison of streaming media systems

HLS: HTTP Live Streaming

Originally created by Apple, it works by breaking a video stream into a sequence of small HTTP-based file downloads, each download loading one short chunk of an overall potentially unlimited video stream. 


By using only standard HTTP transactions just like normal web pages, HLS is capable of traversing any firewall or proxy server that lets through standard HTTP traffic. This is very different then UDP-based protocols such as RTP.

This also makes it a little easier for Content delivery networks to implemented for any given stream since standard web servers can used to server live and recorded video now.

As the stream is playing, the player application can select from number of different alternate streams containing the same material encoded at different data rates, allowing the streaming session to adapt to the available speed of your Internet connect, known as Adaptive bit rate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming
http://developer.apple.com/resources/http-streaming/

• “HTTP Streaming Architecture”—how the technology works, what formats are supported, what you need on the server, and what clients are available.
• “Using HTTP Live Streaming”—how to set up live broadcast or video on demand sessions, how to implement encryption and authentication, and how to set up alternate bandwidth streams. Links to sample streams are included.
• “Frequently Asked Questions”—common questions about HTTP Live Streaming, and their answers: format details, tips, where to go for support, and so on. 
• Best Practices for Creating and Deploying HTTP Live Streaming Media for the iPhone and iPad—step by step guidance in setting up a server and network for HTTP Live Streaming.

Apple submitted HTTP Live Streaming to the IETF in 2009 as a proposed standard. This is the latest draft of the RFC at the time of this article being written.  http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-06

Adobe added HTTP Live Streaming support to Flash Media Server. Last year Adobe came up with it's own HTTP-based streaming protocol HTTP Dynamic Streaming. The main difference is that its HTTP Dynamic Streaming uses an XML-based manifest file instead of a plain-text playlist file and the MPEG-4 fragment container format (.f4f). Also, it's only compatible with Flash Player and Adobe AIR.


Adobe throws in towel, adopts HTTP Live Streaming for iOS
Adobe's new Flash DRM comes with selective output control

HTTP Live Streaming, FFMPEG & FFSERVER, and iPhone OS 3

http://3dcinecast.blogspot.com/2011/10/what-is-hls-http-live-streaming.html

http://videotechnology.blogspot.com/search?q=HLS

Critical vulnerability in Flash

Adobe is warning its users about a critical vulnerability in Flash that affects Adobe Reader and Acrobat, as well, and is being used in some highly targeted attacks right now. The vulnerability in Flash Player affects Reader and Acrobat, both of which include Flash functionality, but it does not affect Reader.

Read more:

• Security Advisory for Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Acrobat
• Critical vulnerability in Flash and Acrobat

Why Apple does not allow Flash on iPhones, iPods and iPads.

Read:
Steve Jobs publishes some 'thoughts on Flash'... many, many thoughts on Flash - Engadget.com

Thoughts on Flash - Apple.com

Adobe has repeatedly said that Apple mobile devices cannot access “the full web” because 75% of video on the web is in Flash. What they don’t say is that almost all this video is also available in a more modern format, H.264, and viewable on iPhones, iPods and iPads. YouTube, with an estimated 40% of the web’s video, shines in an app bundled on all Apple mobile devices, with the iPad offering perhaps the best YouTube discovery and viewing experience ever. Add to this video from Vimeo, Netflix, Facebook, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ESPN, NPR, Time, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, People, National Geographic, and many, many others. iPhone, iPod and iPad users aren’t missing much video.

Download flash streaming web video content.

http://www.applian.com/  record/download/rip
 

You can capture Hulu videos, record Skype calls, Record Sirius™ and XM™ Radio, download streaming video clips from Windows Media™, Real™ and Flash™ formats.



They have 2 product of interest:
Replay Capture Suite & Replay Media Catcher


With Replay Media Catcher


Download media from Flash Video, Windows Media and Wowza servers, including any site that uses the HTTP, HTTPS, MMS, RTSP, and RTMP protocols. Replay Media Catcher does not support Adobe Secure RTMP Measures.
For capturing online video, you can download videos from millions of popular places, including:

• YouTube™
• MySpace™
• Daily Motion
• iFilm™
• Metacafe™
• TV Show sites.
• Movie sites.

For a complete list see http://applian.com/recording_solutions/show_RCAT.php 

Akamai CEO: The Online-Video Tipping point is here.

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- How big of a game changer will the online video watching ultimately be for the television industry? And when will those changes really start to happen big time? According to Akamai CEO Paul Sagan, we're watching the tipping point occur right now and sweeping industry upheaval may come sooner and more dramatically then many imagine. Mr. Sagan was Keynote speaker at this week's Streaming Media East conference.

SEE VIDEO CLIP

-- my comment --
With Adobe offering TV vendors to incorporate flash for free in to New TV Sets, TV will be able to play web video clips directly from the internet without interference from Cable TV providers and without a special Set Top Box or even a PC, I expect this is really the Tipping point!

Flash TV

TV is dead, long live TV.

Youtube is the new Television. It's been long overdue, it makes no sense to use a PVR since it's mostly record content being broadcast it's just a colossal waste of bandwidth at this point.
There is no reason why we can't see all programs any time we want, without pre-planning ahead to record and making sure we are home when it's being broadcast.

I have been pitching this for years with a variety of STB solutions to investors and no one get's it!
Well it seems Adobe will have completely re-invented themselves from a postscript printing company to the next media power house.
Flash video slipped in stealthily under Microsoft and Real video's radar and has completely dominated the streaming video market since there announcement several years ago.

Now it seems that they aren't going to wait for Set top Boxes to make the next step but just IP enabled TV's with Flash that can allow a TV viewer to surf youtube and other flash video networks!

Best of all they are avoiding the whole content and copyright issues.
With Hulu, Youtube, Google Video, yahoo video and every one else jumping on the content side all using Adobe's flash technology soon broadcast TV (and all the fuss of the DTV switchover) and CATV will all become irrelivant as streaming flash video will take it all over.

The rest of the players will just be data carriers or content providers.

Press Release: Adobe Extends Flash Platform to Digital Home


From Slashdot

"In a move that should make cable companies nervous, Adobe announces they are going to push a Flash that runs directly on TVs. 'Adobe Systems, which owns the technology and sells the tools to create and distribute it, wants to extend Flash's reach even further. On Monday, Adobe's chief executive, Shantanu Narayen, will announce at the annual National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas that Adobe is extending Flash to the television screen. He expects TVs and set-top boxes that support the Flash format to start selling later this year.' With the ability to run Hulu, YouTube and others, the question of dropping your cable becomes a little bit more reasonable."

Kulabyte - Live HD H.264 Flash Adobe Streaming

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With this new product, event producers and broadcasters will be able to encode and stream the highest quality live Adobe Flash H.264 at up to 720p while using less than 2 Mbps of bandwidth. XStream Live 2.0 incorporates improved bit rate control and is designed for lower latency applications. Compatible with Adobe FMS 3.0 and FMS 3.5, XStream Live 2.0 comes standard with all Kulabyte products and services, including its full line of turn-key encoders, software encoders, Live Event Services and Media Management Services (MMS).

XStream Live 2.0’s easy-to-use interface makes encoding and publishing content a breeze and is fully compliant with Limelight, Akamai, CDNetworks, Internap and most other major Content Delivery Networks that have either Adobe or Wowza servers deployed. Major new features of XStream Live 2.0 may be viewed at www.kulabyte.com, or you can request a quote or more information at sales@kulabyte.com

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