photos sent from iPad arriving upside down

[JimInChicago]

I took six movies, one after the other, at a meeting and tho they play fine for me, my friends with a PC find them all upside down. How can I tell them how to rotate them and how can I avoid this in the future??
Jim in Chicago

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[hpulmer]

If the movies were upside down - why not try to hold the iPad the other way around?
On which side was the home button? Suggest you test both sides and send the test to Windows colleagues and ask them which arrived "correctly".
Lease don't forget to report afterwards ;o)

[JimInChicago]

I ran the tests as suggested. All computers can play them right side up IF I shoot the movies with the home button on my right. Then I tried loading Quick Time on the PC's and found that with that software, it will play right side up no matter how I shoot them. It is just Windows Media Player that plays them upside down if I shoot the .MOV with the home button on the left. Problem solved!!! I did not want to abandon these movies because they cannot be re-shot; they were at a one time event. Now with Quick Time, all is good. I figure someone out there will point me to a free or low-cost editor so I can flip the videos shot incorrectly and re-save them. If anyone knows of software like this, please do tell!!

[twerppoet]

Thanks. As I said, never have time to find out and resolve ;o)

No problem. I keep PS Express on the iPad just for screenshot fixing. It's free and it will do basic things like rotate and crop images.

[twerppoet]

I figure someone out there will point me to a free or low-cost editor so I can flip the videos shot incorrectly and re-save them. If anyone knows of software like this, please do tell!!

Hmm, try using the Export feature of QuickTime to save them again. Save As would only change the file name, but the Export will recode the movie, and might fix the problem. Hopefully the PC version of QuickTime does have Export. You'll find it under the File menu if it is there.

[Janice Rutherford]

Ok I have the same problem. I have 10 iPad movies of my mother. She died recently and my dad wants them. Problem is, the movies play upside down on my dad's windows computer. On everyone's mac they play rightside up. I understand that QuickTimes have hidden data that describes things like location and... orientation? So macs can access this data and correct it, but windows is clueless. This creates another problem, because I can't tell on my computer which, or if all of them, are upside down, or even if I have corrected them. They can be flipped in QuickTime 7 pro easily enough, but trying to do that I'm working blind. Plus to ME it looks upside down! ARRG!
I need a way to be sure an windws computer will see it the same way I see it. Expor to AVI?
Any ideas?

[twerppoet]

You should not have to actually flip them on the Mac. Just export (not save) them again, try a different format if .mov doesn't do the job. Do one, then try it out and see what happens.

[RARatEMU]

I have synced photos on my pc to my iPad, and they are arriving with a different orientation from the way they appear on my pc. How do I fix this?

[twerppoet]

I have synced photos on my pc to my iPad, and they are arriving with a different orientation from the way they appear on my pc. How do I fix this?

I've never heard of that one. What program are you using to view them on the PC? Do they show up with the right orientation on the PC if they are viewed in a different app?

That's all I can think of.

[RARatEMU]

I've never heard of that one. What program are you using to view them on the PC? Do they show up with the right orientation on the PC if they are viewed in a different app?

That's all I can think of.

They are in the correct orientation in my pictures, and they are correct orientation in Microsoft Office Picture. I also use PMB