How can I play video with spacial audio stored locally on device?
How can I locally store a video file on my iPhone and play it with spacial audio support using AirPods?
I'm ok transcoding it into a format specific for this. The audio info from mediainfo for the track I'm interested in is below.
Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1 h 46 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -5 ms
Stream size : 488 MiB (7%)
Title : Surround
Language : English
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Spatial audio changes the left right balance of any sound. You don’t have to encode anything other than having stereo sound.
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211775
Playing video from the files app works for me. Whether you choose local storage or Cloud storage, the processing of my head moving relative to the device works.