Can I rotate a video?
March 18, 2006 8:18 AM Subscribe
Is there software that will rotate a video file?
A friend filmed a video in .ASF format but tilted the camera on its side (90 degrees) so the entire tall object would fit in the frame. I would like to re-encode video rotated so folks won't need to tilt their head to watch it. Is this possible?
A friend filmed a video in .ASF format but tilted the camera on its side (90 degrees) so the entire tall object would fit in the frame. I would like to re-encode video rotated so folks won't need to tilt their head to watch it. Is this possible?
Also easily accomplished with vitualdub.
File > Open video file (open your file)
Video > Filters > Add > Rotate (rotate however youwant)
File > Save As AVI
posted by whatisish at 8:50 AM on March 18, 2006
File > Open video file (open your file)
Video > Filters > Add > Rotate (rotate however youwant)
File > Save As AVI
posted by whatisish at 8:50 AM on March 18, 2006
arg - ok, I now see that newer versions of virtualdub dont support asf. You can download one that does here.
posted by whatisish at 9:25 AM on March 18, 2006
posted by whatisish at 9:25 AM on March 18, 2006
Just a warning: every time a video file is recoded, the video quality drops. Like JPG, MPEG noise accumulates with successive recodings.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 1:38 PM on March 18, 2006
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 1:38 PM on March 18, 2006
Response by poster: Thanks for your answers. I ended up using a program called SUPER to convert the file to uncompressed .AVI (very very little quality degradation), then used filters in VirtualDubMod to rotate the video, clip out the section that I want, resize (without stretching) the frame to 4:3, and finally recompress. The end result is here on YouTube.
My biggest problem was working with the codec the camera used to record the video. I don't know if it's due to codecs installed on my computer or what but Windows Media Player wouldn't play it, VirtualDub (no matter what version) didn't like it, and Window Movie Maker choked on it too. It seems that SUPER was the only program that would do anything with it. Well, let me take that back, Media Player Classic would play it.
posted by sublivious at 8:41 AM on March 19, 2006
My biggest problem was working with the codec the camera used to record the video. I don't know if it's due to codecs installed on my computer or what but Windows Media Player wouldn't play it, VirtualDub (no matter what version) didn't like it, and Window Movie Maker choked on it too. It seems that SUPER was the only program that would do anything with it. Well, let me take that back, Media Player Classic would play it.
posted by sublivious at 8:41 AM on March 19, 2006
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Start > Accessories > Entertainment > Windows Movie Maker. If you import the ASF, you should be able to rotate it.posted by matthewr at 8:23 AM on March 18, 2006