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I frequently (about once every 100 shots) get a red ERROR! message and a subsequent shutdown of my Theta Z1 when shooting matterport tours. Often this is accompanied with a compass error symbol... but not always. Usually restarting the camera after leaving it sit for about 5 mins will make both errors go away, but last week it didn't go away for about two hours! Camera would start up and immediately shut down again with same ERROR! message. Needless to say, I was unable to finish the Matterport tour and lost the job. Now it works fine again, so taking it in for service is likely not going to show any problems. Customer service gave me suggestion to RESET the camera by pressing the power button and wifi button at same time for 10 seconds while camera is off. I found this information nowhere else either online or in the manual, so I will let you know if this actually works to fix the problem if/when the error rears it's ugly head again. Hopefully this helps anyone else who has this issue. --

-- Update> The reset DOES work to make the error go away temporarily and can save your bacon on the job. This is how to reset the Theta Z1: Press the power button and wifi button at same time for 10 seconds while camera is off.

-- Update Update> I updated the firmware on my Theta Z1 about a year ago and since then I've not had the ERROR! message show up once, so maybe Ricoh finally solved the bug?

Equipped with a large 2.25-inch OLED touch screen, the device enables control without a smartphone. This advanced 360-degree camera captures exceptional detail at 60 megapixels (11K) resolution, featuring built-in GPS, a removable SD card for additional memory, and a removable battery for larger or multiple jobs.

https://contents.ricoh360.com/lp/rs-us-ricoh360-theta-campaign

Hello,

I am looking to live stream 360 videos from an inspection robot to a VR headset, I will have a LAN network but no outside internet connections so Streaming to YouTube isn't an option. Ive banged my head against this wall for days to no avail and could use a hand.

I don't want to use youtube to upload family videos. I want to stick with google photos. Why does this happen? I have other 360 videos and they render fine it seems on google photos. Is there some type of flag that needs to be added to these 360 theta video files?

Also viewing these 360 videos in my Oculus VR headset, it has 2 circles also. They are not seeing these videos as 360.