How Do I rotate a video in media player like i rotate a picture

Anonymous
2009-04-06T00:14:23+00:00

I have a video clip that was taken with a digital camera, but they took it on a 90 degree angle of normal, like you take a picture, but I can't find a way to rotate the video frame like you can with a picture.  Is that possible??

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Anonymous
2012-04-04T21:44:03+00:00

Its fairly simple guys, i just worked it out:

1] Open the video in WIndows Live Movie Maker

2] Hit the Rotate Right icon

3] You can either upload direct to Youtube or Facebook  OR

4] Click SAVE MOVIE icon and click "For Computer"

The file saves as WMV format.

Good luck

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Anonymous
2012-01-10T16:11:17+00:00
  1. Open the video or project in Windows Live Movie Maker
  2. Go to the "Home" tab
  3. In the tool bar at the top look in the "Editing" group. There you will see Rotate Left and Rotate Right icons. Click on either of them until your video is the correct orientation.

4 Save. You're done!

I'm using Windows Live Movie Maker 2011 build 15.4.3538.0513. Download it for free here: http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials-movie-maker-get-started

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Anonymous
2009-04-06T12:53:25+00:00

Hello Ski Patrol,

Thank you for posting.   There is no way to rotate the video in Windows Media Player, but the Video can be edited in Windows Movie Maker.  Movie Maker has an option to rotate the video. 

Please let me know if this is a helpful option for you and I can guide you through the steps to do it in Movie Maker.

Zack

Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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Anonymous
2009-06-29T22:26:55+00:00

Hello devonnoved and 21Xochi,

To rotate frame in Movie Maker, on the menu bar select Tools> Effects. The effects are in aphabetical order. There is a Rotate 90, Rotate 180 and Rotate 270.

There are also a Mirror, Horizontal, Vertical to flip the image. Hope this helps you all. Make it a great day

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-01-29T05:35:26+00:00

    Obviously the thread and also response from "joe4tune" was posted over 3 years ago but I just downloaded VLC Media Player, hoping to rotate a video emailed to me by my brother.  However, I could NOT find the command to change the orientation.  It is not under "View", "Tools", or "Video".  Or at least it's not OBVIOUSLY under any of those.  I persisted because "joe4tune" was so convincing (plus I then read a very favorable review from CNET).  Eventually I DID find it.  Here's help for anyone reading this - Select "Tools", then "Effects & Filters", then "Video Effects" and then at bottom left of that window is a "dial" which allows for intricate rotation.  Very nice, but not intuitive how to get there.  But it is open source and free so I'm really not complaining.  A suggestion would be to make it more intuitive maybe?  Hope this helps someone. 

    (Oh and by the way - changing the orientation is a permanent change to the file ONLY if opened with VLC Player.   So be sure to change your default or ensure you "open with" VLC player.)

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