How to flip video in VLC Media Player

VLC is one of the most multifunctional media players known to date. One of the distinguishing features of this player is the ability to change the position of the reproducible picture. It is about how to turn video with VLC Media Player we will tell you in this lesson.

Sometimes uploaded from the Internet or high independently video is played not as much as I would like. The picture can be rotated or displayed upwards at all. You can correct such a defect using VLC Media Player. It is noteworthy that the player remembers the settings and reproduces the desired video in the subsequent correctly.

Change the video position in VLC Media Player

The task can be solved at the moment only in one way. Unlike analogues, VLC allows you to rotate the video not only in a particular direction, but also on an arbitrary angle. It can be quite convenient in certain situations. Let's proceed to the analysis of the process itself.

Use the program settings

The process of changing the position of the displayed picture in VLC is very simple. So, let's begin.

1. Run VLC Media Player.
2. We open the video using this player to be flipped.
3. The general view of the picture should be approximately the next. You have an image location may be different.



4. Next you need to go to the "Tools" section. It is located at the top of the program window.
5. As a result, the drop-down menu appears. In the list of options, select the very first string of "effects and filters". In addition, this window can be called using the "Ctrl" and "E" key combination.



These actions will allow you to open the "Adjustment and Effects" window. It needs to go to subsection "Video effects".



6. Now you will need to open a group of parameters called "Geometry".



7. A window with settings will appear, which will allow you to change the position of the video. First you need to put a tick in front of the string "Rotate". After that, it will be an active drop-down menu, in which you can select the specified image display settings. In such a menu, you only need to click on the required string. After that, the video will immediately be played with the specified parameters.



8. In addition, in the same window, slightly lower, you can see a section called "Rotation". In order to use this parameter, first need to put the mark opposite the corresponding string.
9. After that, the regulator will be available. Rotating it in one direction or another, you can choose an arbitrary angle of rotation of the picture. This option will be very useful if the video was removed at a non-standard angle.



10. By setting all the necessary settings, you only need to close the current window. All parameters will be saved automatically. To close the window, press the button with the appropriate name, or on the standard red cross in the upper right corner.



11. Please note that the message change settings will affect absolutely all files that will be played in the future. In other words, those videos that will be played correctly, due to the modified settings will be displayed at an angle or in inversion. In such cases, you will need to simply disable the "Rotation" and "Rotation" options, removing the checkboxes opposite these lines.

Having done such simple actions, you can easily browse the video, which would be uncomfortable under normal conditions. And at the same time you do not have to resort to the help of third-party programs and various editors.

Recall that in addition to VLC there are weights of programs that allow you to view various video formats on a computer or laptop. You can learn about all such analogues from our separate article.

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