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Video RotatorRotate videos by 90, 180, or 270 degrees in your browser.

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Video Rotator

Rotate videos by 90, 180, or 270 degrees in your browser.

How to Use
1

Upload Video

Drag and drop your video file or click to browse.

2

Choose Rotation

Select 90°, 180°, or 270° rotation.

3

Rotate & Download

Click Rotate and download your corrected video.

What Is Video Rotator?

The Video Rotator is a free browser-based tool that rotates videos by 90, 180, or 270 degrees. Fix sideways phone recordings, change landscape to portrait orientation, or correct upside-down videos. The tool provides a real-time preview of the rotated result before processing. It uses Canvas transformations to rotate each frame during recording, producing a properly oriented output video. All processing happens locally in your browser — your video files never leave your device. Perfect for fixing phone videos that were recorded in the wrong orientation.

Why Use Our Video Rotator?

  • Fix sideways or upside-down phone recordings
  • Real-time rotation preview before processing
  • No file uploads — complete privacy
  • Simple one-click rotation in 90° increments

Common Use Cases

Fix Phone Videos

Correct the orientation of phone recordings that were captured sideways.

Portrait to Landscape

Rotate vertical videos to horizontal orientation or vice versa.

Upside-Down Fix

Correct videos that were accidentally recorded upside down.

Creative Effects

Rotate video content for artistic or presentation purposes.

Technical Guide

The Video Rotator uses Canvas 2D transformations to rotate video frames. When rotating by 90° or 270°, the canvas dimensions are swapped (width becomes height, height becomes width). The rendering context's transform is set using ctx.translate() to move the origin and ctx.rotate() to apply the rotation in radians. Each frame from the video is drawn onto the transformed canvas, producing the rotated output. The canvas stream (with swapped dimensions for 90°/270° rotations) is combined with the audio stream and fed to MediaRecorder. The tool handles the dimensional changes properly to ensure no stretching or cropping occurs during rotation.

Tips & Best Practices

  • 1
    For 90° and 270° rotations, the video dimensions are swapped (width ↔ height)
  • 2
    Preview the rotation before processing to confirm the correct direction
  • 3
    180° rotation is useful for upside-down videos
  • 4
    Rotation does not affect video or audio quality beyond normal re-encoding

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Frequently Asked Questions

QWhy is my phone video sideways?
Some phone recordings embed rotation metadata instead of rotating the actual frames. This tool physically rotates the frames to fix the orientation.
QDoes rotation affect quality?
The rotation itself is lossless, but re-encoding the video introduces minor compression artifacts typical of any video processing.
QAre files uploaded to a server?
No. All processing happens locally in your browser. Your files stay completely private.
QCan I rotate by custom angles?
This tool supports 90°, 180°, and 270° rotations. For arbitrary angle rotation, video editing software would be needed.
QDoes it preserve audio?
Yes, the audio track is fully preserved in the rotated video.

About Video Rotator

Video Rotator is a free online tool from FreeToolkit.ai. All processing happens directly in your browser — your data never leaves your device. No registration required. No ads. Just fast, reliable tools.