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General => Metadata => Topic started by: d728kK on February 17, 2025, 11:05:35 PM

Title: Horizontally Flip MP4 Video
Post by: d728kK on February 17, 2025, 11:05:35 PM
Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to use exiftool to horizontally flip a video upon playing?  I know there is the -Rotation tag to rotate an MP4, but wasn't sure if there was something to flip a video?  I saw there is a "VideoOrientation" tag, but that doesn't seem to be writable.
Title: Re: Horizontally Flip MP4 Video
Post by: StarGeek on February 18, 2025, 12:10:59 AM
No. I haven't heard of any way to edit the metadata to mirror a video. If there was, there would almost certainly be something online. Any search done will show that you have to process and re-encode the video.
Title: Re: Horizontally Flip MP4 Video
Post by: Phil Harvey on February 19, 2025, 12:25:22 PM
You should be able to write the QuickTime MatrixStructure to achieve any transform you want, but your mileage may vary when trying to get players to apply this setting.

- Phil
Title: Re: Horizontally Flip MP4 Video
Post by: StarGeek on February 19, 2025, 01:38:16 PM
Good to know. But that also requires that the MatrixStructure exists in the first place, correct?
Title: Re: Horizontally Flip MP4 Video
Post by: Phil Harvey on February 20, 2025, 09:19:47 AM
Correct.