Exporting square video from Oculus Quest 2

[MikeHersee]

Hi, I’ve imported video saved on an Oculus Quest 2 VR device. It’s native format is 1024 x 1024, but for some reason when I export it as 1024 x 1024, the actual video is drastically reduced in size with a huge black border, but it’s still 1024 x 1024 in the properties of the finished video. I have looked at the parameters when exporting and I can’t work out why it’s doing that. In fact, I’ve never had any kind of border before that I can recollect. I’m not exporting with the preview resolution. Any ideas?

Mike Hersee

[Hudson555x]

Make sure your Video Mode fps matches your source.
You can check by clicking on Output, then Properties.

If is not set to 1024x1024, then set a custom Video Mode.
Settings → Video Mode → Custom → Add

[MikeHersee]

Creating a custom video mode of 1024 x 1024 solved the problem, thanks

[MikeHersee]

That turned out to be a waste of time exporting the square video because youtube simply made it widescreen by adding black bars to each side anyway.

[Hudson555x]

The video may appear as widescreen. The video being square doesn’t control how YouTube positions its playback controls or its footprint on the page displayed.

Here is a 1024x1024 video using the default YouTube’s white background.

Same 1024x1024 video using the dark theme.

[MikeHersee]

Thanks. I’ve decided in future that if I export more Oculus Quest video I’ll trim the top and bottom to make it widescreen myself. It will look better.