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# 📋 Supported Media Specifications

In this article:
1. [Immersive media specifications - 180° / 360° videos & photos](#2-immersive-media)
2. [Flat media specifications](#2-flat-media)
3. [Transcoding notes](#2-transcoding-notes)


## 📽️ Immersive media

Immersive media forms the background of the virtual environment, allowing trainees to experience scenarios as if they were really there.

### Immersive video (180° / 360°)

|  | **Supported** | **Recommended** |
| ---- |
| Container | **MP4** | **MP4** |
| Codec | **H264, H265, AV1, VP9** | **H.264** |
| Resolution | **No limitation*** | **6K (5760 x 2880 px)** |
| Bitrate | **No limitation** | **VBR, ≥ 150 Mbps** |
| Frame rate | **Between 23 and 60fps** | **30 fps** |
| Duration | **Between 1 sec and 30 minutes** |  |
| Max file size | **5 GB** |  |

**Aspect ratios**
|  | **Supported** |
| ---- |
| 360° mono | **2:1** |
| 360° stereo | **1:1 (top/bottom)** |
| 180° mono | **1:1** |
| 180° stereo | **2:1 (left/right)** |


|| ⚠️ Warp Studio does not upscale videos. Any higher resolutions are automatically downscaled to a maximum of 5120 pixels for mono media and 3480 pixels for stereo media.


### Immersive photo (180° / 360°)

|  | **Supported** | **Recommended** |
| ---- |
| Format | **JPG / JPEG, PNG** | **PNG** |
| Resolution | **No limitation*** | **6K (5760 x 2880 px)** |
| Max file size | **5 GB** |  |

**Aspect ratios**
|  | **Supported** |
| ---- |
| 360° mono | **2:1** |
| 360° stereo | **1:1 (top/bottom)** |
| 180° mono | **1:1** |
| 180° stereo | **2:1 (left/right** |


|| ⚠️ Warp Studio does not upscale photos. Any higher resolutions are automatically downscaled to a maximum of 5120 pixels for mono media and 3480 pixels for stereo media.


## 🎞️ Flat media

Flat media can be used on top of the immersive environment for UI elements, instruction screens, or embedded content within scenarios.

### Flat video
|  | **Supported** | **Recommended** |
| ---- |
| Container | **MP4** | **MP4** |
| Codec | **H.264, H.265, AV1 and VP9** | **H.264** |
| Resolution | **No limitation** | **Full HD (1920px)** |
| Framerate | **No limitation** | **30 fps** |
| Aspect ratio | **16:9** | **16:9** |
| Max file size | **5 GB** |  |

### Flat photos
|  | **Supported** | **Recommended** |
| ---- |
| Format | **JPG / JPEG, PNG** | **PNG** |
| Resolution | **No limitation** | **Full HD (1920px)** |
| Aspect ratio | **No limitation** | **16:9** |


## 👩🏻‍💻 Transcoding notes

After upload, Warp Studio automatically creates optimized versions of your media for different devices:
* Smartphones & tablets
* Online playback in webbrowsers
* VR headsets
We use a **quality-based variable bitrate (QVBR)** transcoding method with a high quality setting to preserve visual fidelity while ensuring smooth performance.
If you follow these specs, your content will upload, transcode, and play optimally across all Warp VR supported devices.