Video playback orientation for portrait videos

[Giacomo Marchèt]

no answers ?

[xnview]

it's a known issue of QtAV library (based on ffmpeg)

[walhalla]

Hi,
3 years and there is no solution?! Tried several other software (VNC, Faststone Image Viewer, TC, ...): everytime videos are showed correctly. Only Xnview is showing all(!) videos wrong (took videos with several devices). So, I was thinking in buying Xnview - but ... this way it is useless. Why it does work without all other software?

[helmut]

it's a known issue of QtAV library (based on ffmpeg)

Is there a solution for this known issue in the QTAV library in sight?

[xnview]

it's a known issue of QtAV library (based on ffmpeg)

Is there a solution for this known issue in the QTAV library in sight?

Currently the only way is to use windows Direct2D decoder

[helmut]

Currently the only way is to use windows Direct2D decoder

O.k., so in XnView Classic this is possible but XnView MP uses QTAV and therefore it's not possible - right? In this topic it's all about XnView MP (and not XnView Classic) right?

[xnview]

Currently the only way is to use windows Direct2D decoder

O.k., so in XnView Classic this is possible but XnView MP uses QTAV and therefore it's not possible - right? In this topic it's all about XnView MP (and not XnView Classic) right?

XnView Mp can use Direct2D driver by using

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useInternalVideoPlayer=false

[m-a-r-k]

It doesn't work here with XnView MP as already reported. Most phone (Google Pixel phones) videos simply don't play, all I get is a blank screen. Those that do play are not rotated. Other videos where I've used software to rotate these videos do play.

[xnview]

It doesn't work here with XnView MP as already reported. Most phone (Google Pixel phones) videos simply don't play, all I get is a blank screen. Those that do play are not rotated. Other videos where I've used software to rotate these videos do play.

could you send me a video file?

[213.public]

Hey Pierre,

Long time user/fan of XnView and have recently returned to a project organizing family photos. But I was pretty shocked to see that the video rotation bug is still present several years after being reported.

I've tried the suggestion of setting useInternalVideoPlayer=False but that just makes it so no video plays - I'm on Ubuntu, perhaps that works on Windows.

Did you ever get a response from the QTAV team? Going to be pretty frustrating to have to find another tool to use just for the video organization.

Any update would be appreciated. (I created an account just to post about this as it's that important).

[fussfolk]

Hi,

I might add to this topic as well (XnViewMP only):

a) Portrait videos are wrongly oriented in either preview or full-screen playback from any source (2 Samsung mobile phones, 2 Sony still cameras).
b) However, the effect exhibits differently if using the internal player (ffmpeg) vs. external codec:
b1) internal player (ffmpeg): Portrait video is flipped upside down.
b2) external codec (xnview.ini edited): video is rotated 90° to landscape format (though recorded in portrait).
c) thumbnail (1/4) is shown in landscape too.
d) "ExifToool Composite" (as shown in XnViewMP) says "Rotation 90".

Perhaps that helps in identifying the cause?


Thanks, and regards, fussfolk.