Resolved How rotate a video in Windows Media?

When I view pictures sent thru email, Windows Media shows rotate buttons at the bottom of the picture where you can rotate in either direction 90 degrees at a time.

But when I receive a video there are no such buttons and I sometimes need to rotate the video also.

How can I rotate them?
I'm using Office/Outlook 2007 on a Win7 Pro64.
If Windows Media can't do that, what's my next best choice?

 

You can also just rotate the screen if you want a quick fix.

 

Pete,

Thanks, that was very helpful (sorry I forgot to reply earlier)


rikki,

I can't "just rotate the screen ", they're bolted down for earthquake protection.

 

Sorry, I didn't mean the physical screen. I actually meant the desktop, which is easy to do.

 

rikki,

How do you rotate the desktop?

 

What IS the right term for whatever appears on the screen? I have different computers with different graphics cards but usually the way to do it is just Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display\Screen Resolution (or right-click on desktop) then change between landscape and portrait. That rotates whatever you are looking at 90 degrees. I haven't tried it with a video but I assume it would work the same.

 

rikki,

Interesting solution, I'll give it a try the next time I need it.

Rob

 

Sometimes you can also use keyboard shortcuts for this, which is ideal. It depends on the capabilities of your hardware. Another possibility might be to replace Windows Media Player with one of the much better third-party alternatives that would give you this kind of flexibility.

 

rikki,

can you recommend a better 3rd party player?

 

There are three or four good ones but my personal favourite and the one I use for everything is Media Player Classic MPC-HC. Many people swear by VideoLan (VLC) but I have always found it a little buggy. I got curious and took a look at a couple of them and was surprised to find that none of them seem to support video rotation either. However, My trick above does work okay. I tried it with MPC and was able to watch a sideways video with no problem. You might have to adjust the window size to compensate for the different dimensions, and using the mouse sideways also takes some getting used to, but it is a quick and easy way to view something that is the wrong way up.

 

Great,

Thanks for the info.