Abstract: A video generating device obtains Laplace pyramid levels of 360° video frames; upscales each of the obtained Laplace pyramid levels so as to recover a set of corresponding Gaussian pyramid levels for each 360° video frame; determines a recovered Gaussian pyramid level among the set of recovered Gaussian pyramid levels for each pixel in each 360° video frame based on a bitrate budget for live streaming and a viewport region by performing a pyramid level assignment procedure; composes a 360° video with heterogeneous spatial quality based on summing up the determined recovered Gaussian pyramid levels for each pixel in each 360° video frame. Thereby, reduction of bitrate while providing a high video quality to the user when watching 360° videos is possible. Furthermore, the disclosure also relates to a download proxy comprising such a video generating device, corresponding methods, and a computer program.

Abstract: A video generating device obtains Laplace pyramid levels of 360° video frames; upscales each of the obtained Laplace pyramid levels so as to recover a set of corresponding Gaussian pyramid levels for each 360° video frame; determines a recovered Gaussian pyramid level among the set of recovered Gaussian pyramid levels for each pixel in each 360° video frame based on a bitrate budget for live streaming and a viewport region by performing a pyramid level assignment procedure; composes a 360° video with heterogeneous spatial quality based on summing up the determined recovered Gaussian pyramid levels for each pixel in each 360° video frame. Thereby, reduction of bitrate while providing a high video quality to the user when watching 360° videos is possible. Furthermore, the disclosure also relates to a download proxy comprising such a video generating device, corresponding methods, and a computer program.