Quick Guides

CenarioVR 360 Video Compression Guidelines

Compressing video is the final step in producing video for distribution. There are a few things that should be constant for all video used in  CenarioVR:

Container Format: MP4
Codec
: H.264
Max frame rate
: 30fps

We recommend encoding videos using the following compression guidelines:

 
Device Type
 
Max Resolution
 
Max Bitrate
Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR
3840x1920 (4K) 25Mbps
Samsung Galaxy S8+
Google Pixel+
LG G6+
3840x1920 (4K) 25Mbps
Other Android Phones
1920x1080 (HD) 20Mbps
iPhone 8+ 3840x1920 (4K) 15Mbps
iPhone 7 1920x1080 (HD) 12Mbps

To get started, we recommend using Handbrake to compress your videos, along with presets available here you can download and use in Handbrake:

To use these presets in Handbrake, select the “Presets” menu item from the menu, select the “Import from file” menu item, choose your preset file, and start encoding!

If you use Adobe Premiere or Adobe Media Encoder, you can get that preset here: CenarioVR4K preset