I just tried an original 9:16 Samsung Galaxy Video placed on a usb flash drive. The TV video player displays it properly. The MediaInfo are 1920 x 1080, Display aspect ratio: 16:9, Rotation 90 degrees.

More than likely, the media player on your TV may not be recognizing the Rotation flag. Place the original video on the flash drive and see if this is the case.

Hi and thanks for your input. I looked back at the original files from the phone and most are rotated and on their side when I look at them on windows explorer. I copied them directly onto a flash drive, put into the TV and they remain on their side. When I look at the same ones on the PD timeline they are upright and correct looking. I think i will try some test videos on my phone and try it again at different settings to try and find out where it went wrong. Thanks again.

You have confirmed that your TV is the problem. As far as I know, all modern phones use the rotation flag to differentiate between a portrait or a landscape orientation in a video. There are no settings in a phone to change this. This applies to all android and ios phones that I have seen.

It may be that your TV media player is too old to display portrait videos. There are several fixes for this. Buy a new media player, buy a new smart TV, cast the video from the phone, cast the video from a windows 10 or 11 pc are some of the solutions.

You might also try to convert one of your clips with HandBrake, I don't believe it uses the rotation flag but a display aspect ratio control, maybe your TV will accept that.

Jeff

Thank you also for that advice JL.
I will download handbrake and see if that can help.
Regards.