Overview
When preparing ambisonic/spatial audio for a video for playback within ArborXR Home, you have the ability to select a supported spatial or ambisonic audio format based on its given configuration.
💡 You can change a video's audio formatting in the ArborXR Web Portal under Content Library > Videos > click on your video > Details > Audio Encoding.
Encoding Types
When setting up your encoding, the following settings are available to set your audio for VR:
TBE
TBE_8_2 = 0
8 channels of hybrid TBE ambisonics and 2 channels of head-locked stereo audio
TBE_8
8 channels of hybrid TBE ambisonics. NO head-locked stereo audio
TBE_6_2
6 channels of hybrid TBE ambisonics and 2 channels of head-locked stereo audio
TBE_6
6 channels of hybrid TBE ambisonics. NO head-locked stereo audio
TBE_4_2
4 channels of hybrid TBE ambisonics and 2 channels of head-locked stereo audio
TBE_4
4 channels of hybrid TBE ambisonics. NO head-locked stereo audio
TBE_8_PAIR0
Channels 1 and 2 of TBE hybrid ambisonics
TBE_8_PAIR1
Channels 3 and 4 of TBE hybrid ambisonics
TBE_8_PAIR2
Channels 5 and 6 of TBE hybrid ambisonics
TBE_8_PAIR3
Channels 7 and 8 of TBE hybrid ambisonics
TBE_CHANNEL0
Channels 1 of TBE hybrid ambisonics
TBE_CHANNEL1
Channels 2 of TBE hybrid ambisonics
TBE_CHANNEL2
Channels 3 of TBE hybrid ambisonics
TBE_CHANNEL3
Channels 4 of TBE hybrid ambisonics
TBE_CHANNEL4
Channels 5 of TBE hybrid ambisonics
TBE_CHANNEL5
Channels 6 of TBE hybrid ambisonics
TBE_CHANNEL6
Channels 7 of TBE hybrid ambisonics
TBE_CHANNEL7
Channels 8 of TBE hybrid ambisonics
Headlocked Stereo
HEADLOCKED_STEREO
Head-locked stereo audio
HEADLOCKED_CHANNEL0
Channels 1 or left of head-locked stereo audio
HEADLOCKED_CHANNEL1
Channels 2 or right of head-locked stereo audio
ambiX
AMBIX_4
4 channels of first order ambiX
AMBIX_4_2
4 channels of first order ambiX with 2 channels of head-locked audio
AMBIX_9
9 channels of second order ambiX
AMBIX_9_2
9 channels of second order ambiX with 2 channels of head-locked audio
AMBIX_16
16 channels of third order ambiX
AMBIX_16_2
16 channels of third order ambiX with 2 channels of head-locked audio
Other
MONO
Mono audio
STEREO
Stereo audio
UNKNOWN
Unknown channel map
INVALID
Invalid/unknown map. This must always be last.