Besides its ability to play most video formats, the VLC Media Player also features some nifty video editing tools, including video rotation, that you may use for free.
Thanks to VLC’s Transform feature, you can rotate your video to any angle within 360 degrees. Let’s see how to re-orient a video using this feature.
How to Rotate a Video in VLC
If you’ve not already done so, ensure you install the VLC Media Player on your computer fromVideoLAN.
To begin, open the video you want to rotate using the VLC Media Player. Once opened:
This change only affects VLC and not the rotated video. So any video you open with VLC maintains the chosen orientation until you remove it. Thus, the rotation is only temporary, and opening the video with another player doesn’t retain this orientation.
You can remove the orientation by following similar steps highlighted above. Then uncheck theRotationandTransformcheckboxes accordingly and clickSave>Close.
How to Use VLC to Rotate a Video Permanently
you may take your editing a little further by making the orientation permanent. This way, you can keep playing the video at that angle, even when opened on other media players or devices. This littleVLC secret featureinvolves converting and saving the rotated video in a fresh directory on your computer.
To rotate a video permanently with VLC:
Once done, you can now play the rotated videousing any media player for Windows—and you’ll see your changes.
Rotate Video for Free With VLC
Unlike dedicated video editors, which often require some technicalities in addition to license purchase, VLC offers a straightforward free option to rotate videos. While VLC allows you to re-orient videos in a few steps, it generally has lesser editing features than dedicated video editors.
If you want beyond video rotation and want some more filtering and trimming done, you might want to support VLC with other video editing tools.
