Quite often on the same Internet you can find videos that cannot be watched only because they turn upside down (for example, when shooting a mobile phone on a camera). But I want to see the video in its normal orientation. Further it is proposed to consider several simple methods that will allow you to quickly flip the video 90 degrees or any other angle. Usually the turns are multiples of exactly 90 degrees, they can be carried out without any problems by the means of the system itself. If you need to install a different multiplicity, you will have to use special professional utilities. They will not be considered.
How to flip video in Windows through monitor settings?
To begin with, we will assume that the Windows user does not know how to use the built-in players, or they simply are not in the system (although it is unlikely).
One of the most common methods (but very ineffective) is the general rotation of the screen of a laptop or computer monitor. To do this, just go to the appropriate settings and from the list of options that appear, select either inverted landscape or inverted portrait orientation. Save the changes and start the video. The method is inconvenient for many reasons. At the end of viewing, you will have to change the screen settings again (this is at least).
How to flip video on a computer with video card management tools?
In principle, you can flip a video using similar actions through graphic chip management systems. But this mostly applies only to discrete rather than integrated cards.
Suppose a user has an accelerator from NVIDIA. We call the Control Center panel and go to the Display item. Here, in the right part, the desired orientation is simply selected. Changing the position of the image will be displayed in a small preview window. Having selected the desired position, save the changes and watch the video. Again, upon completion of the viewing, the settings will have to be reset.
Rotate video in Windows Media Player
The first two methods, as is already clear, are quite inconvenient. However, if you are wondering how to flip video in Windows Media, you can find some simple and affordable solutions. In most cases, Windows-systems have a standard WMP media player, which is used to play video by default (if no reassignment of programs). How to flip video in Windows Media Player? Easy peasy!
Open the video file in the player, set the full-screen viewing mode , and then use the following combinations to rotate to the standard angles:
- Ctrl + Alt + keyboard up arrow - flip the video 180 degrees;
- Ctrl + Alt + keyboard arrow to the left - rotation by 90 degrees in the corresponding arrow direction;
- Ctrl + Alt + keyboard arrow to the right - 90 degrees in the opposite previous direction.
True, the settings during repeated playback will not be saved, so the described steps will have to be performed every time. You can also use the items of the context menu, called through RMB on the image.
Using the classic MPC player
The question of how to flip video to Windows Media may have another convenient solution, which is to use the MPC software player instead of the standard WMP player. That's only in the latest versions of Windows it is missing, so first you have to download it (for free) and install. Also, this player is installed when installing the K-Lite codecs.
So, how do you flip the video 90 degrees or an angle multiple of this value in this player? Here management is much more convenient. After starting the playback of the clip or movie, you can use the standard combinations:
- Alt + Num 3 - 90 degrees clockwise;
- Alt + Num 1 - a similar rotation in the opposite direction.
The method is quite simple, but the main problem is that not all laptop keyboards have a digital block, for the activation of which the NumLock key is responsible. But the numeric keys on the keyboard are not suitable for such operations. However, there is nothing easier than going into the program settings and setting your own combinations.
Video processing in Movie Maker or similar applications
The question of how to turn video in Windows Media, figured out. Now a few words about the operations that are available in the integrated movie studios of the operating systems themselves (by and large, they can also be attributed to Windows Media applications). On older systems, you can use Movie Maker, on newer systems it isn’t, but downloading and installing will not take much time. In general, in all video processing programs built into Windows, the actions will be almost identical.
Open the desired file in one of the programs and use the left-right buttons, indicated by triangles. Having chosen the desired orientation, save the file in the preferred format and open it in any player.
Note at the end
For some laptop models, graphics card management utilities and software packages for processing third-party videos, your own keyboard shortcuts for quick screen rotation or playable (edited) video may be provided, which simplifies the task for the user even more. The same, by the way, applies to other software players, if for some reason the built-in players are not used in the system. If you figure it out, it’s best to process the video initially so that you do not use turns every time, even if this is done with a keyboard shortcut.