The above commands will re-encode audio and video parts of the given video file. $ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf 'transpose=2,transpose=2' output.mp4 To rotate videos by 180 degrees clockwise, you to need to mention transpose parameter two times like below. 3 - Rotate by 90 degrees clockwise and flip vertically.2 - Rotate by 90 degrees counter-clockwise.

0 - Rotate by 90 degrees counter-clockwise and flip vertically.Here is the list of available parameters for transpose feature. Here, transpose=1 parameter instructs FFmpeg to transposition the given video by 90 degrees clockwise. Or, use this command: $ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf 'transpose=clock' output.mp4 Using this feature, we can easily rotate videos clockwise and counter-clockwise as well as flip them vertically and horizontally.įor example, the following command will rotate the given video by 90 degrees clockwise: $ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf 'transpose=1' output.mp4 Rotate Videos Using FFmpeg From CommandlineįFmpeg has a feature called 'Transpose' that is used to rotate videos. If you haven't installed FFmpeg on your Linux box, refer the following guide. FFmpeg is available in the default repositories of many popular Linux operating systems, so installation won't be a big deal. Make sure you have the latest FFmpeg version installed on your system. If you ever wanted to rotate videos using FFmpeg, follow the steps given below. However, I do not know how to rotate videos using FFmpeg until today.

I already have compiled most commonly used FFmpeg commands for beginners and posted them in this guide. I know how to use FFmpeg to perform various operations such as converting files to another format, cropping, splitting and joining files and many. Of course, there are many GUI-based tools and media players, like Smplayer, VLC, have a built-in feature to rotate videos. Before joining the files, I thought that it would be better to align every video files in the same orientation (i.e mode). But the thing is some videos are shot in portrait mode and some are shot in landscape mode. Today I wanted to join the videos taken from my smartphone and make a single video file with audio.

Ffmpeg command