Fix to Install Gear 360 Action Director and Using it to Stitch Photos

Samsung Gear 360 Cameras are having serious usability problems due to a lack of software support. Even the official Windows PC software, Gear 360 Action Director, is having installation problems, namely with Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2013. This video explains how to solve that and how to use this software to stitch pictures and not just videos.
You can read about the fix on Reddit:
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You can download the REG file and the application, in case the official webpage is down, from here:
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[@marsBWR]

OUTPUT OF ACTION DIRECTOR STITCHED VIDEO IS ALL BLACK, Only Audio Present - In an effort to consolidate some comments, I'd like to start a new thread regarding this issue. If anyone has this issue, please comment below and if anyone has ideas or fixes, please let us know what you think. I have Action Director 1.0 still installed on my PC with a Nvidia 960 graphics card. I made hundreds of stitched pics and videos in 2017 using this setup. Uploaded to FB and KZbin. All was good. Recently, I dusted off my Gear 360 from 2016-2017 and tried to make a few new videos. First, I notice that I cannot get the app on my S22, so I go get my S20 with the app still installed. It opens, pairs just fine, and as soon as it tries to load the gallery it dies. Fine, I'll just record my videos and go to PC. I import the media into Action Director and it process it, says stitching, I watch as it uses about 10% of the GPU and then it finishes. However, the output is just black with the audio track. It's the correct time, but only audio is there. I thought maybe it's because it's a new video, so I look at my archive and try to stitch a video that I already have a stitched copy of. It also comes out black. Then I search the internet and realize a lot of people are having this problem. So my question is, what do I do? Is it related to Nvidia graphics driver? Would installing Action Director 2.0 fix it? For everyone that is still using Action Director 2.0, do you have a Nvidia card, AMD, or integrated graphics? My camera is completely flawless and I don't want to just throw it away. What else can I try?

[@personal6657]

if you have black and gray screen output, it means you having newest graphic card too much : (. cyberlink stop to support after nvidia 416.x driver so (either amd) so you have to use it(action director) under intel integrated graphic or older system. it means you need to other computer like a laptop or some kind of old pc

[@daciansolgenrelaxationmusi4145]

when i stitch my videos they are all black but have audio.

[@Alaa_alshahed]

any idea why after importing the 360 images to the action director and after the convert finish i end with gray images!!! i tried that in two computers and am getting the same result

[@hopesea]

Thank you! Now I only need a video that shows any mod for my new S21 to access the Gear 360 gallery on the app.

[@And2-1]

Helped me so much, thanks a lot man ! What a shame that Samsung doesn't support it anymore, I was about ta buy an insta 360 and now I can just use my gear 360 to record 360 vids, really good enought for me for the moment. I gonna try it on mac os to see if it's working, I'll let it know under this comment, otherwise it means that it doesn't. Thanks a lot again!

[@joegreene3968]

This still works. June 2024. The APK no longer works though but I was able to get the PC app working just fine.

[@EkoKolo_Katowice]

Works on Win 11 too .

[@Julian-gf2ot]

it works on an old iphone 6s runniing ios 15

[@daciansolgenrelaxationmusi4145]

it did not work :( and i have no money to afford for a new camera.

[@wiktor_ir7504]

I have a problem with the action director. After sitching the file, I have sound but a dark screen. Please help

[@anthonyscott16]

Greetings.

[@agilberstadt]

So thankful for this video, and with the addition of the solution once Samsung killed the activation servers, I was finally able to use the software that was impossible for years. You're the best!

[@XcelentTom.]

I can finally use the software! I've tried for 4 years now to enhance the process of making the videos. And this will really help with that!. Thank you so much! Also random person on Reddit. Equally thanks to you too.

[@bernabecaballero2000]

Excellent!!! It worked for me thanks for your material and valuable time Andre Grajo .....

[@SkyChaserCom]

This "hack" solved an on-going problem not being able to stitch videos using my Gear 360 (2017 version) since 2020! I tried the phone app (from Samsung), which crashes instantly, and even the modified version (APK on the XDA forums I tried but could not get it to work on my s20). It worked right off the bat (even bypassed the dreaded "activation" road-block) using the REG and EXE downloads you provided, allowing me to successfully import and stitch a video file! Note that for the "stitched" videos or data (after importing) are saved, and these should be found in the "...Documents\Samsung\ActionDirector\2.0\360" folder on most installations. What a wonderful fix and THANK YOU so much for doing this!

[@ErikSamaro]

This totally worked! Thank you. I broke out my camera while skiing and wanted to use the camera.

[@ajfromwa1]

Thanks heaps, Andre. After buying a new Samsung phone a couple of years ago, I stopped using my Gear 360. I've been thinking of buying a Insta360 as I thought my Gear 360 was obsolete. But now I can use it again.

[@deresonkim4096]

i still use this thing and i been doing it on my old samsung man u finally fix problem i dont know how i have not find this video before thank bro

[@loscou]

Big UP, André ! Thanks a lot for the video. It works fine ! You are very helpful !