How to Rotate Video in Windows Movie Maker?

How to rotate video in Windows Movie Maker?

Step 1. Open Windows Media Maker. Go to the Start menu, type Movie Maker, and press Enter on your keyboard.
Step 2. Click “Add videos and photos” on the top toolbar, locate the video you want to rotate, and import it into the window.
Step 3. Move to the top-right rotation options. You can select “Rotate left 90°” or “Rotate right 90°” and preview the output video on the left video player.
Step 4. Click the Movie Maker button on the top left corner, head to “Save movie”, then select a setting for the export. It will usually save the video in MP4 or WMV format. Besides, you can choose “Publish movie” to upload the video to YouTube , Vimeo, Facebook, One Drive, Flickr, etc. Next, wait for the Movie Maker to rotate videos. The process may take several seconds to minutes, depending on the file size and output settings.

Step 1. Select Converter on the home interface and click Add Files to import the video you want to rotate. Direct drag-and-drop is also supported here.

Step 2. Go to the edit column (in blue) below the source file and click the “Rotate” icon to enter the rotating interface. There are two preview windows. Pick a rotation option and preview the output video in the right-side window. If it’s okay, click the OK button to save your change.
This software offers four rotation methods: 90° clockwise, 90° counter-clockwise, vertical flip, and horizontal flip. Learn how to rotate a video 90/180 degrees in detail >

Step 3. Go to the “Click to change output format” section on the right side of the main interface. Click the format image below to select an export video format. For example, choose MP4 under the Video tab to convert videos to MP4 format. You can also choose other video and device presets, such as MOV, MKV, WebM, iPhone, Huawei, Samsung TV, Xbox, Chromebooks, etc.
Then, tap the bottom inverted triangle button to specify an output path. Press Run to finalize the video rotating process. Once done, you can check the output file in your folder.

Tips. In this free video converter and editor, you can also trim video files and adjust advanced parameters like bitrate, resolution, frame rate, aspect ratio, etc.