Sunday, December 4, 2016

Viewing 360 pictures and videos

The Insta360 Nano app for iPhone is probably the best way to view pictures and videos taken with the Insta360 Nano camera.  It can be found in the iOS App Store.

There is also desktop software for viewing and editing Nano recordings, both for Mac and for Windows.  For up-to-date links it is probably better going to the Insta360 Nano download page.

The desktop experience wasn't as compelling as on mobile.  It omits the touchscreen drag interface as well as the accelerometer mode where you can move your phone in order to move around the image.

Well what about iPad?  That has the benefit of a bigger screen than the phone and while keeping the touchscreen and accelerometer mode options of the iPhone.  Well, you can't install the Insta360 Nano app on the iPad.  I guess this is because the app has camera controls and the camera doesn't attach to the lightning connector on the iPad because, same problem with the iPhone case, the back is too thick for the Nano to sit against.   But don't despair!  Insta360 also makes an Insta360Player app, which as the name suggests, plays 360 video and images, but provides no record interface.  It's just a player. The App Store page says "Currently supports insp, insv, and mp4, mov, jpg, and png files with a screen ratio of 2:1."  Now the insp and insv are the picture and video formats that Insta360 records in.  Unfortunately, on my 4th generation iPad, I could not get the insv video files to play back.  I don't know if this is an app problem or a my-iPad-is-too-old problem.  The videos play back fine in the Insta360 Nano app on my iPhone 7 Plus, so maybe a 2012 iPad is no match for a 2016 iPhone.

Update:  Just heard back from Calvin at Inst360 who says that an iPad Air (Core A7) is the minimum required for Insta360 video playback.  Which I believe is the first generation iPad Air or the 5th generation iPad, depending how you're counting.

Many thanks for your message.
The minimum requirement begins with iPad Air(Core A7) then it can run the player normally.
iPad Air or advanced model shall work fine with Insta360 player.

Best Regards

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