I can only say what Facebook does. They offer a 8+2 "container" which is 2nd order Ambisonics plus a stereo-signal (for static music, e.g.). Yes, 8 channels is one down from the 9 needed, but of course it`s a proprietary solution of Facebook. During a hands-on training with their principal Ambisonics guy at the last AES convention in NY, we poked the guy repeatedly about higher orders than 2, familiar channel counts, issues like raised by Sean etc. Vague comments as was to be expected, although I have to say, the guy was bright, helpful and audio-friendly. But naturally, he didn't tell us what they are working on or what might come when in the future....
So without knowledge of their special encoding it'll be difficult, I am afraid.... Best regards, Florian Florian Camerer Senior Sound Engineer ORF - AustrianTV ________________________________________ Von: Sursound <sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu> im Auftrag von Peter Lennox <p.len...@derby.ac.uk> Gesendet: Montag, 18. Februar 2019 12:14 An: Surround Sound discussion group Betreff: Re: [Sursound] Anyone ever tried to bypass youtube/facebook360 player Ambisonics decoder? Is it possible to simply transcode back to B format, then re- decode it locally? Or does that miss the point of what you want to do? Dr. Peter Lennox SFHEA Senior Lecturer in Perception College of Arts, Humanities and Education School of Arts e: p.len...@derby.ac.uk t: 01332 593155 https://derby.academia.edu/peterlennox https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Lennox University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby, DE22 1GB, UK Sensitivity: Internal -----Original Message----- From: Sursound [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Devonport Sent: 18 February 2019 10:30 To: sursound@music.vt.edu Subject: [Sursound] Anyone ever tried to bypass youtube/facebook360 player Ambisonics decoder? Hey everyone, I'm hoping someone may be able to provide some information to me on this subject. I want to bypass youtube/facebook360 Ambisonics decoding and stream directly to my Ambisonic decoder feeding multiple loudspeakers. Does anyone have any bright ideas to get the raw encoded Ambisonic format streaming from these videos? Only one I can think of is to create a video player that decodes the 360 video, but then leaves the audio encoded and streams that out from the browser. Any help/ideas would be greatly appreciated! All the best, -- Sean Devonport -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20190218/7d3b765a/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on. The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this was sent to you in error, please reply to the sender and let them know. Key University contacts: http://www.derby.ac.uk/its/contacts/ _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on. _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
