# Turn a sideways or upside-down video

> Turn a sideways phone video the right way up. MP4 and MOV files keep their full quality.

Rotate an MP4 or MOV by 90 or 180 degrees without re-encoding it, so the quality stays the same. Mirror and WebM save a new copy. Nothing is uploaded.

- Tool: [Rotate video](https://fixmint.cc/rotate-video)
- Category: [Audio & video](https://fixmint.cc/audio-video)
- Fixes: Video plays sideways
- Runs in the browser: files and text stay on the device, no sign-up, free.

## How to rotate a video

1. Drop an MP4 or MOV file onto the box.
2. Tap Rotate left, Rotate right or Upside down until the picture is right.
3. Save the file. MP4 keeps the quality, and mirror or WebM plays the video once to re-encode it.

## Questions

### Does rotating lose quality?

Not for MP4 and MOV. The tool changes only the rotation tag in the file and copies the picture as it is. Mirror and WebM save by re-encoding, which can lose some quality.

### Is my video uploaded?

No. The file is read and saved again in your browser, so it never leaves your device.

### Why does a re-encode take as long as the video?

The browser can only draw and record a video as it plays, so mirror and WebM saves run in real time. Videos over 10 minutes are refused.

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