[MPlayer-users] newbie: how can I rotate an .avi and preserve the file type/codecs

[Attila Kinali]

On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:51:12 +0200
Mike Bosschaert <mike.bosschaert at hccnet.nl> wrote:

> I need to rotate some .avi files (I made some 'portrait' still pictures with 
> my DV camera) while keeping the original codec. I grab the pictures (approx 
> 7secs of film) from my camera with dvgrab --format dv2. I can rotate the 
> pictures with the option -vop rotate=2. When I use:

It's not possible to rotate a picture without reencoding it.
(there are several structures that have a orientation that can
not be changed easily).

Now, your prob with -ovc libdv could be caused by:
--
DV: only 720x480 (NTSC) and 720x576 (PAL) resolutions allowed! try with -vop 
scale=720:480
--
But i'm not sure, i never used libdv before.

HTH

		Attila Kinali

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