How to rotate a MOV file? I just gave up.

[Pixelrage]

I've spent the past hour Googling every possible thing imaginable to figure out how to rotate a MOV file that was made with an iPhone, and I can't find it. I've downloaded Virtualdub, Avidemux, Avisynth and have tried Roxio 2010 - nothing can do it. Only Avidemux can open MOVs, and it has no rotate tool (just wonderful)...even if it did, I can't open the AVIs it creates in any other program -- Virtualdub refuses to open the AVIs that Avidemux makes, with an error "Virtualdub requires a Video for Windows (VFW) compatible codec". So, I downloaded the codec, as well as Quicktime codecs for Virtualdub, and I still get the same error.

Can someone please point me in the right direction of a program I can use? All I want to do is rotate it counterclockwise and edit it in Roxio for an internet video....

Thanks

[poisondeathray]

Avidemux can open MOVs, and it has no rotate tool (just wonderful)...even if it did, I can't open the AVIs it creates in any other program -- Virtualdub refuses to open the AVIs that Avidemux makes, with an error "Virtualdub requires a Video for Windows (VFW) compatible codec". So, I downloaded the codec, as well as Quicktime codecs for Virtualdub, and I still get the same error.

Can someone please point me in the right direction of a program I can use? All I want to do is rotate it counterclockwise and edit it in Roxio for an internet video....

avidemux has a rotate filter. You have to use some encoder (instead of "copy") to enable filters

You probably used wrong encoding settings if vdub couldn't open it. Why would you rotate it in avidemux and then use vdub anyway?

[Pixelrage]

I've tried that rotate filter in avidemux, but it doesn't "save" the filter when I close the window, nor does it when I save the file. I don't know why it doesn't work - even though the preview window shows the rotated video.

I was looking to convert the MOV to AVI, then rotate the AVI in virtualdub. This doesn't really appear to be my night, I think I'll just go to sleep and try it tomorrow

[poisondeathray]

An alternative is to rotate it in avisynth, then use something like vdub to encode the script

Open a notepad text file in the same director as your video, and write the following, changing the filenames to match. Save it, then rename the extension to .avs from .txt. TurnLeft() will rotate it counter-clockwise 90 degrees

DirectShowSource("movie.mov")
TurnLeft()

You can open that .avs file in vdub, for example, then encode your video to something else.

[Cornucopia]

Quicktime Pro

Has features exactly like what you're looking for (rotate, flip, etc) And it's saved in the "display metadata", so it's non-destructive (but saved back to the .MOV).

If Roxio accepts QT .MOV, it should be able to correctly read the rotation data and work with it as if it WAS already encoded in rotated mode.

Scott

[Pixelrage]

Thanks - I guess the next step for me is to buy Quicktime Pro. I just can't believe something so simple like rotating a video has to be so hard to do.

[darkknight145]

Let me guess, You're left handed. ....... i always have the same problem to

[Pixelrage]

I think my friend is - these are 2 videos he took on his iPhone.

[zoobie]

rotate the iphone left

[Pixelrage]

I just bought Quicktime Pro. There doesn't seem to be an option to rotate videos...I HOPE I'm wrong....I've just searched google and there are a ton of forum posts about this topic from many years ago, talking about a "preferences" menu that no longer exists...how do you do this in QT Pro 7.3?

[poisondeathray]

window=>show movie properties => highlight video track => visual settings tab => rotate

once you're done, file=>save as

It usually doesn't work in other programs (i.e you are usually limited to QT, because it's a metadata change and not re-encoded) , you usually have to rotate it with an editor or avisynth to make the changes carry into other programs