How to rotate a video the right way (fix sideways phone footage)

Almost everyone has uploaded a video that plays sideways. The cause: phones record with rotation metadata, and some players ignore it. The bulletproof fix is to rotate the actual pixels.

Metadata vs real rotation

Some tools only rewrite the metadata flag — which fixes some players but not all. Our Video Rotator physically rotates the frames, so the video plays correctly everywhere.

Step-by-step

• Upload your video
• Pick 90°, 180°, or 270° (or flip horizontal/vertical)
• Download — done

Pro tips

• 90° clockwise fixes most sideways phone footage
• Mirror (horizontal flip) is useful for correcting selfie-camera video
• Rotating doesn't touch audio — it's copied through unchanged