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ExifTool => Newbies => Topic started by: nickcobby on April 12, 2021, 03:16:15 PM

Title: Youtube 360 video crop - editing the metadata the answer?
Post by: nickcobby on April 12, 2021, 03:16:15 PM
Hi there, many thanks in advance for any help with this.

I am uploading a 360 video to Youtube, for viewing without a VR headset, just in the browser.
But Youtube automatically puts a crop on the video, cutting off lots of content, and requiring any viewer to initially zoom out to see the whole composition (by either pressing [ on the keyboard or pinching the touchpad.)

Is there a way to edit the metadata of the video file using exiftool to tell youtube to zoom out automatically and show the whole width of the video?

Title: Re: Youtube 360 video crop - editing the metadata the answer?
Post by: StarGeek on April 12, 2021, 03:28:30 PM
Please do not cross post the same post to multiple subforums.  One post is enough.
Title: Re: Youtube 360 video crop - editing the metadata the answer?
Post by: nickcobby on April 12, 2021, 04:53:17 PM
No problem, sorry about that. Hopefully this doesn't put people off helping me with this issue.

I have come across these allowed global metadata elements:

InitialViewHeadingDegrees   
InitialViewPitchDegrees
InitialViewRollDegrees
Timestamp   
FullPanoWidthPixels
FullPanoHeightPixels
CroppedAreaImageWidthPixels   
CroppedAreaImageHeightPixels

But I am unsure if these would solve the issue - any thoughts appreciated!

Title: Re: Youtube 360 video crop - editing the metadata the answer?
Post by: StarGeek on April 12, 2021, 05:46:40 PM
Unfortunately, I can't help much here as I have no experience with the 360° videos.  Though I would suggest using the command in FAQ #3 (https://exiftool.org/faq.html#Q3) so you can see both the groups that the tags belong to and any tags with duplicated names.

Also try searching these forums, as I know there have been previous posts about these videos before.  I'd suggest using Google with Site:Exiftool.org so as to limit the scope of the search to this website.
Title: Re: Youtube 360 video crop - editing the metadata the answer?
Post by: Cosmicvoid on September 24, 2022, 02:13:14 AM
Hello Nick!

I have crossed along the same issue regarding the cropping of the 360 video when I uploaded it to youtube or watch it in VLC for example.

I've been trying to find (unsucessfully until this point) a way to set the initial fov with a metadata injector funcionality like the exiftool has.

Did you have any luck in finding a solution?

Thank you in advance,

Best