Rotation distorts video

[Guest]

Hi

When using WMM 2.1 to rotate a video from landscape orientation to portrait
the video gets distorted (in my case it starts off at 640 wide by 480 high
and ends up at what looks like 480 x 480, although the output file is
apparently still 640 x 480). I would like the output to be 480 wide x 640
high, ie the aspect ratio should be retained, but the orientation is reversed.

1) Is this possible?

2) What is the point in using the rotation functions if the end result is
distorted?

Many thanks

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

If rotation results aren't suitable, then you need to use another app such
as VirtualDub to crop, resize and rotate the video clip, and bring it in at
the right aspect ratio.

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[Rehan]

You can achieve the required effect within Windows Movie maker by
using the custom rotate effects i made a while ago. These effects
rotate the video while keeping the aspect ratio unchanged. Copy paste
the following xml code into notepad and save as "rotate.xml" in "C:\Program
Files\Movie Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX. Create the fodler if not there. Restart
WMM afterwards.


<TransitionsAndEffects Version="1.0" >
<Effects>
<EffectDLL guid="{B4DC8DD9-2CC1-4081-9B2B-20D7030234EF}">
<Effect name="Rotate Right" iconid="24" >
<Param name="InternalName" value="Simple3D" />
<Param name="RotateA" value="right" />
<Param name="Progress" value="0.25" />
</Effect>
<Effect name="Rotate Left" iconid="23" >
<Param name="InternalName" value="Simple3D" />
<Param name="RotateA" value="left" />
<Param name="Progress" value="0.25" />
</Effect>
<Effect name="Rotate Right Fit" iconid="24" >
<Param name="InternalName" value="Simple3D" />
<Param name="RotateA" value="right" />
<Param name="ScaleA" value="0.75" />
<Param name="InitialScaleA" value="0.75" />
<Param name="Progress" value="0.25" />
</Effect>
<Effect name="Rotate Left Fit" iconid="23" >
<Param name="InternalName" value="Simple3D" />
<Param name="RotateA" value="left" />
<Param name="ScaleA" value="0.75" />
<Param name="InitialScaleA" value="0.75" />
<Param name="Progress" value="0.25" />
</Effect>
</EffectDLL>
</Effects>
</TransitionsAndEffects>