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360 video rendering onto background

Hi, I am trying to display 360 video (mp4 file) onto the background using Vizard. Any advice will be truly appreciated!
Thanks!

You can apply the video to a sphere with normals pointing inwards. Here's an example:

Code:

import viz

import vizshape

viz.go()



video = viz.addVideo('sphericalVideo.mp4')

sphere = vizshape.addSphere(flipFaces=True)

sphere.texture(video)

 

#Play and loop the video

video.play() 

video.loop() 



#Make sure sphere appears at infinite distance

#This allows other objects to be rendered in front

sphere.disable(viz.DEPTH_TEST)

sphere.drawOrder(-100)



#Keep sphere centered around main view

viz.link(viz.MainView,sphere,mask=viz.LINK_POS)



#Setup a panorama camera navigation

import vizcam

vizcam.PanoramaNavigate()

360 video not playing

Hi,

I tried to get a 360 video to play using the script provided, but all I see is a grey background. Are there some potential things I could take into consideration?

Thank you!

You may not have global codecs for the video type you are playing. Some applications like Windows Media Player have built-in codecs while Vizard relies on global codecs.