Let’s say I record some travel videos in 180° VR, but I want to show my family a regular version of them on a regular TV later on. Is it possible to convert these movies, or do I have to record with both a conventional camera and a VR camera at the same time?
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There must be, because YouTube can play them in a 16:9 aspect ratio (losing a lot of the image at the margins). But I’m not sure what software will accomplish it.
Although I haven’t personally done it, I’m rather certain you should hunt for editing programs that include rectilinear projection capabilities.
However, I personally only use PotPlayer, which supports mono 360 video playback natively (and actually sort of works with stereo/SBS 180 films as well). On my projector, unfortunately, it doesn’t work that well for watching VR180 videos in 3D because everything is stretched twice as big. After all, it’s meant for 360. Although I have never tried it, I believe it would most likely work on 3D 360. However, it functions well for basic 2D 16:9 framing—that is, provided you have a PC that you can connect to your TV.
You can accomplish this with a few of the filters in After Effects. It’s not user-friendly, but you can explore immersive footage and defish.