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Youtube 360 video format list

As a result of examining 10 each of Monoscopic and Stereoscopic videos of 360 videos, most of them (about 80%) became the format distribution shown in the table.

Resolution AV1 HFR High AV1 HFR AV1 VP9.2 HDR HFR VP9 HFR VP9 H.264 HFR H.264
MP4 MP4 MP4 WebM WebM WebM MP4 MP4
4320p 402/571
---/EQU
272
---
138
---
2160p 701
---
401
EQU
337
---
315
EAC
(313)
EAC
(305)
---
(266)
---
1440p 700
---
400
EQU
336
---
308
EAC
(271)
EAC
(304)
---
(264)
---
1080p 699
---
399
EQU
335
---
303
EAC
(248)
EAC
299
EAC
(137)
EAC(*EQU)
720p 698
---
398
EQU
334
---
302
EAC
247
EAC(*EQU)
298
EAC
136
EAC
480p 697
---
397
EQU
333
---
244
EAC
135
EAC
360p 696
---
396
EQU
332
---
243
EAC
134
EAC
240p 695
---
395
EQU
331
---
242
EAC
133
EAC
144p 694
---
394
EQU
330
---
278
EAC
160
EAC

---: Nothing
EQU: Equirectangulr
EAC: Equi Angular Cubemap

137, 247

In some videos, 137 and 247 were Equirectangulers with metadata.
Metadata refers to Spherical Video (V2).
example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=533QhqMQWQ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_nhjmLeGYw

More special cases

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jo4U-a7YkQ All formats in this video were Equirectangular with metadata.

EQU: Equirectangular

Monoscopic Equirectangular

This format is often used for 360 videos (images). equ

Stereoscopic Equirectangular

Youtube's Stereoscopic Equirectangular uses Top and Bottom (Over Under) (Left Eye Top). House-Over-Under-3d-360

EAC: Equi Angular Cubemap

Youtube uses a 360-degree video format called "Equi Angular Cubemap" in addition to Equirectangular. Equi Angular Cubemap has the feature that artifacts that occur directly above and below are less likely to occur in Equirectangular.

Monoscopic Equi Angular Cubemap

The 6 faces of the Cube are arranged in two rows, top and bottom, and during playback, the upper and lower rows are combined like a baseball to form a Cube. However, if you paste it on the Cube mesh, the angle will stand out, so actually paste it on the Sphere mesh and play the video. eac_mono

Stereoscopic Equi Angular Cubemap

The format is a Monoscopic Equivalent Angular Cubemap rotated 90 degrees to the left and arranged side by side (the left is the left eye). eac_stereo

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