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I'm trying to render 3D audio so that when you turn the view on YouTube, the audio will change depending on what direction you are looking in. Please note that when I say this, I mean VR video and audio.

The Spatial Media Metadata injector (found here) only supports ambiX ACN/SN3D format audio, and I'd like to find out how to get those file types in Blender. I have 5 speakers, none moving, all playing different ambient sounds (birds, water flowing).

Speakers Audio Panel Injector

Software Available:

  • Windows 10

  • Windows 7

  • Mac OS 10.14

  • Blender

  • Audacity
  • iMovie
  • GarageBand
  • PowerDirector 12
  • AnyVideoConverter
  • VLC Media Player
  • FL Studio

Thanks for the help!

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  • $\begingroup$ Watch this: youtube.com/… $\endgroup$
    – LeoNas
    Commented Sep 17, 2018 at 16:28
  • $\begingroup$ @LeoNas Sorry, that's for a non-spherical video. I need audio that will move when your head does. $\endgroup$
    – CStafford-14
    Commented May 2, 2019 at 9:16
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    $\begingroup$ @CStafford-14 During audio rendering, first select audio container (e.g. mp3) then select the "split channel" option which will generate six tracks for 5:1 setup. Then you can mix these tracks with the help of some Ambisonics plugin to generate ACN/SN3D format, here youtube.com/watch?v=mcUwiYwgBHw, brucewiggins.co.uk/?p=666 $\endgroup$
    – 3DSinghVFX
    Commented May 2, 2019 at 19:01
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    $\begingroup$ @3DSinghVFX Can you not post it as an answer? I was able to make it work, thanks to you. youtu.be/xq06CgPveM8 $\endgroup$
    – CStafford-14
    Commented May 3, 2019 at 11:08

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It's rather simple as to do this, also, for free :)

Thanks to @3DSinghVFX for the answer in a comment.

During audio rendering, first select audio container (e.g. mp3) then select the "split channel" option which will generate six tracks for 5:1 setup. Then you can mix these tracks with the help of some Ambisonics plugin to generate ACN/SN3D format.

Add all the tracks into a DAW (I'm using Reaper), and enable the WigAmbiRemap JS Effect. Set the Outgoing Amb Normalisation to SN3D and Outgoing Channel Ordering to ACN. Then render to a file with 4 channels.
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Then, render the video and "glue" them together with ffmpeg.

Use this in the terminal (CMD or Bash will do, ffmpeg must be installed)

ffmpeg -loop 1 -i video.mov -i ambiX.wav -map 1:a -map 0:v -c:a copy -channel_layout 4.0 -c:v libx264 -b:v 40000k -bufsize 40000k -shortest output.mov

You can change the following:

video.mov can be a .mov file or image file, and represents the video.
ambiX.wav is the 4-channel B360 Ambisonic file.
output.mov is the output file.

After that, pop it through the metadata injector (Making sure you check the 1st and 3rd checkbox, 2nd is optional) and you're done! Just upload it to your site of choice.

Source: YouTube, Ambisonics, and VR

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  • $\begingroup$ Hi there! I was looking for a way to transform Blender generated audio into Spatial Audio and this is one of the few adices I found, however it's been a while and I wanted to know if it's still the best/easiest method to follow. If so where can I find step by step instructions? I've never used reaper and don't know where to start... $\endgroup$
    – joaulo
    Commented Feb 12, 2023 at 18:19

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