All prebuilt tools FIX SIDEWAYS VIDEO API

Fix a Sideways or Upside-Down Video

Bake the rotation stored in metadata into the pixels so the video plays upright in every player. Run the preset directly on this page or call the same agent-ready endpoint from your product.

Run this tool View API recipe

LIVE TOOL

Run auto orient video

Drop a video, adjust the defaults if you need to, and download the result here.

BEFORE / AFTER

See what the tool changes.

A real example: the after side is the unedited output of a KinoPipe job. Run the live form above to generate the same result from your own media.

BeforeSideways playback

Rotation stored in metadata

AfterUpright everywhere

Ready

Rotation baked · metadata clean

Demo footage: public-domain timelapses (Bureau of Land Management, Oregon · NASA SVS). Processed by the same pipeline the API and MCP tools call.

BUILT FOR AUTOMATION

Useful defaults, typed options.

The tool slug stays stable while your agent supplies named media inputs and a narrow set of documented options.

Fixes phone footage that displays rotated
No manual angle to guess
Audio preserved

What this preset does

01Probe the stored rotation
02Bake the rotation into the frames
03Clear the rotation metadata
04Deliver a fast-start MP4

Stable endpointPOST /api/v1/tools/auto-orient-video

Live API request

SYNCED WITH FORM

{
  "inputs": [{ "id": "main", "url": "https://example.com/phone-video.mov" }]
}

Successful output example

{
  "result": {
    "output": {
      "filename": "auto-orient-video-output.mp4",
      "contentType": "video/mp4",
      "byteSize": 437021,
      "downloadUrl": "https://cdn.kinopipe.com/…"
    }
  }
}

CONSTRAINTS

Know the boundaries before you run.

Upload files up to 300 MB or use public HTTP(S) URLs.

A successful run consumes at least one credit.

FAQ

About auto-orient

Why does my phone video play sideways?

Phones record in one orientation and store a rotation hint in metadata. Players that ignore the hint show the raw, rotated frames. Baking the rotation removes the ambiguity.

What if the video needs a different rotation?

Use the rotate operation in a custom job for a manual 90, 180 or 270 degree turn or a flip.

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