Rotate & Flip Video Online

Fix sideways phone footage, correct upside-down drone shots, mirror selfie recordings for natural text orientation, or flip clips for creative symmetry effects. Rotate 90°, 180°, or 270° and optionally mirror horizontal or vertical — then export an upright MP4 that displays correctly everywhere, not just on the device that recorded it.

Rotation metadata embedded by phones and cameras is not respected by all video players, browsers, and social platforms. Re-encoding with physical rotation baked into pixels guarantees the clip plays correctly on Windows, Android, iOS, and every major video hosting service.

How to rotate or flip a video online

1

Upload your mis-oriented clip

Common sources include phone recordings shot sideways when the orientation lock was off, action camera footage mounted at unusual angles, and DSLR secondary-angle recordings.

2

Choose rotation direction

Select 90° clockwise, 90° counter-clockwise, 180° (upside down), or flip horizontal/vertical. Preview thumbnails show the expected output orientation.

3

Preview the result

Confirm that on-screen text, logos, and subjects read correctly after the transformation. Verify at the start and end of the clip for time-coded footage.

4

Process locally

FFmpeg applies the transpose or flip filter and re-encodes the video stream to an H.264 MP4 with the correct resolution metadata for the new orientation.

5

Download the upright MP4

Upload to social platforms, email clients, and video players without relying on rotation flags that may be ignored.

Common use cases

  • Fixing sideways phone video

    Clips accidentally recorded in landscape when held sideways display rotated on most players. A 90° correction produces a correctly oriented file that plays upright everywhere.

  • Mirror correction for on-screen text

    Front-facing camera recordings often mirror horizontally so on-screen text on shirts, whiteboards, and signage reads backwards. A horizontal flip corrects it.

  • Drone and action camera reorientation

    GoPro and DJI cameras mounted at non-standard angles produce rotated footage. Rotate to match the viewer's expected perspective before editing.

  • Social symmetry and creative effects

    Flip horizontally before combining two clips for a mirror effect. Pair with the reverse and loop tools for repeating symmetry trends popular on TikTok.

  • Security and surveillance footage

    CCTV cameras installed on ceilings or at unusual angles often produce inverted recordings. Rotate or flip before sharing with investigators or insurers.

Best practices

  • Rotate before cropping — applying aspect ratio presets after fixing orientation ensures the crop calculations are based on the correct final dimensions.
  • A 180° correction is the fastest way to fix upside-down drone or dash-cam footage — one step instead of two 90° rotations.
  • Combine rotation with Video Compressor when the re-encoded 4K file is larger than your sharing platform allows.
  • Check all on-screen text after a flip operation — mirrored text is the most common error discovered after export.
  • Keep the original file until you have confirmed the rotated export is correct in all your target players.
  • For subtitles burned into the picture, they will rotate with the video — check readability after export.

Formats & compatibility

Input: MP4, MOV, WebM (common H.264 and H.265 encoded files). Output: MP4 H.264. Rotation requires full re-encoding of the video stream. 90° and 270° rotations swap width and height in the output resolution. Works on modern desktop browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox); mobile browsers are supported but process more slowly.

Related tools

  • Crop video — reframe to the correct aspect ratio after orientation is fixed
  • Video trimmer — cut unnecessary footage before rotating to speed up encoding
  • Video compressor — reduce the re-encoded file size for sharing via email or messaging

Fix orientation above and publish a correctly oriented video without desktop software.

Frequently asked questions

Rotating turns the frame 90°, 180°, or 270° around the centre. Flipping mirrors the image — horizontal flip creates a left/right reflection, vertical flip creates a top/bottom reflection.
One rotation pass at default quality settings preserves nearly all visual detail. Avoid rotating the same file multiple times — each encode is a generation of loss.
Yes. The output file has no rotation metadata flag because the correct orientation is encoded directly into the pixel data — it will display correctly on every player.
Yes on desktop browsers with sufficient RAM. Encoding 4K locally is slower — expect several minutes for longer clips.
Audio stays in sync with the video. Only the visual orientation changes.
Never. Rotation is fully client-side via FFmpeg WebAssembly.
Re-run the tool on the rotated file and apply the opposite direction, or work from the original un-rotated source.
Apply both in the same export pass — the tool supports combining rotation direction with horizontal or vertical flip simultaneously.