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Power Director 15 importing videos in portrait mode instead of landscape
SeymourButzPlease123 [Avatar]
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I have an odd issue where I've video taped a piano player's hands playing a piano.
I filmed it in landscape mode, but it appears that Power Director 15 thinks that this particular video is in portrait mode once I import it into my project.
Any idea how to easily fix this issue?

Thanks
tomasc [Avatar]
Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline
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Quote I have an odd issue where I've video taped a piano player's hands playing a piano.
I filmed it in landscape mode, but it appears that Power Director 15 thinks that this particular video is in portrait mode once I import it into my project.
Any idea how to easily fix this issue?

Thanks

You did not indicate which Windows version is on your pc and which media player that you are using to determine this condition. Please read this sticky: https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/80133.page and supply the DxDiag.txt and a screenshot of your Timeline showing this problem. See this recent post for possible help: https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/86272.page .
optodata
Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline
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In addition to what tomasc posted, you can simply rotate the clip.

The easiest way to find features like this is to hit the F1 key to bring up the Help pages in your browser, then click on Index and then on Rotate to see how to do that.

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SeymourButzPlease123 [Avatar]
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You did not indicate which Windows version is on your pc and which media player that you are using to determine this condition. Please read this sticky: https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/80133.page and supply the DxDiag.txt and a screenshot of your Timeline showing this problem. See this recent post for possible help: https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/86272.page .


Thanks tomasc. I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium. Power Director version in 15.0.2509.0 Ultimate.

I've uploaded my DxDiag.txt file, along with a screenshot of the files in their Windows folder (the frame width and height matches the rest of my videos filmed in landscape mode)

I've also uploaded a screenshot of the files as they appear in my project. You can see in the Media Room that these 2 keyboard videos are the only 2 that import with the wrong apsect ratio.

Thanks again

Eric
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SeymourButzPlease123 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Jun 06, 2013 21:02 Messages: 49 Offline
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Quote In addition to what tomasc posted, you can simply rotate the clip.

The easiest way to find features like this is to hit the F1 key to bring up the Help pages in your browser, then click on Index and then on Rotate to see how to do that.


Thanks optodata, I took your advice and rotated the video and then stretched the 4 corners so that it fit the screen properly.
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Thank You for the screenshots. They indicate that you are using the Windows 7 media player which does not recognize the rotation flag in modern video taken with cell phones. I have seen my own videos orientation change from landscape to portrait when facing the camera downward at a keyboard or floor. That is normal. You may want to consider using a different media player that is more modern and recognize the changes in modern video.

The fix is simple. Highlight the keyboard clip as shown in your project file screenshot. Place the mouse cursor on the outer blue circle of the preview screen. Click and Drag the circle clockwise 90 degrees and release the mouse button. You will need to move those white balls at the edge of the clip outward to resize it to fill the screen. There are other ways to accomplish the same thing if you read the Help files suggested by optodata.

The DxDiag.txt was not attached. You may want to consider the suggestions made in the other post linked earlier.

Edit: Op replied while I was still typing.
SeymourButzPlease123 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Jun 06, 2013 21:02 Messages: 49 Offline
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Quote Thank You for the screenshots. They indicate that you are using the Windows 7 media player which does not recognize the rotation flag in modern video taken with cell phones. I have seen my own videos orientation change from landscape to portrait when facing the camera downward at a keyboard or floor. That is normal. You may want to consider using a different media player that is more modern and recognize the changes in modern video.

The fix is simple. Highlight the keyboard clip as shown in your project file screenshot. Place the mouse cursor on the outer blue circle of the preview screen. Click and Drag the circle clockwise 90 degrees and release the mouse button. You will need to move those white balls at the edge of the clip outward to resize it to fill the screen. There are other ways to accomplish the same thing if you read the Help files suggested by optodata.

The DxDiag.txt was not attached. You may want to consider the suggestions made in the other post linked earlier.

Edit: Op replied while I was still typing.


Thanks so much for your help and excellent explanation of the issue!
Happy Holidays.

Eric
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