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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Hello,<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">I would like
to contribute with an idea. Is this actually possible? I hope so.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">I am not a
developer, therefore I propose my idea and leave it for the good people to
think it further, and maybe it gets done someday. I do not ask for a feature, this
is rather a proposal.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">We all saw 360
degree videos, right? I myself really enjoy this rather new technology, but still searching for the right way to use it. I don’t do extreme
sports, but family or travel videos.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">How we
watch 360 degree videos?<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 18pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">The Interactive way<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 18pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><span> </span>- on
a smartphone we can use our phone gyroscope and look around holding the display<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 18pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><span> </span>-
on a VR headset the principle is the same, but we move our head more. Also some sort of 3D
view is achievable.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 18pt;text-indent:17.4pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">- in a video window we swipe our
finger to move the camera around, or drag with a mouse if there is no touch feature
present<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 18pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">The traditional way<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 53.25pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>-<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">we
edit our 360 degree video in a way only a directed, fixed video output
is available, that can be played in any video player, this is called
overcapture, or freecapture.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">I really think
the latter is a very good way to view a 360 degree recording, but to do this the
video should be directed, then re-encoded, or in other words, the animation
should be burned in the video. But I have been thinking how we preserve both the
ability to look around freely and watch the directed video the author
intended.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">I believe
this would be actually possible with scripting, like a caption or subtitle script.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">There
should be some tags to let know the editor it is a direction data, the
timestamp, the mark of the next position in the coordinate system, and the type
of animation and duration. Basically that’s it? Yes, I think, because VLC
actually can play 360 degree videos, and even navigate it on user interaction.
There should be no degradation on performance, nor new features to implement
(maybe the animation) to move the viewport.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">There could
be different scripts to watch the same video file in many ways, the
possibilities are endless, literally, because, we also keep the ability to
watch freely.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">That’s it,
people, I hope it will be reality one time, and maybe VLC will be the first to present
such a feature.<br>
I would be happy to help testing and give my thoughts on the 360 degree video
topic when needed.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Thank You,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">László Kara<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><span></span></span></p></div>