
In the following, I will show you how to rotate a video using Windows Movie Maker so that you can play it properly in Windows Media Player afterwards. Although the video editing program does not have many advanced video processing functions like some other professional video editors for Windows, the software’s ease of use still makes it one of the best choices for the simple multimedia editing tasks like video rotating.

In the Windows platform, you don’t need to worry about the compatibility of the program, and no more extra installation is needed for using the program as well.

To rotate videos in Windows Media Player, you are going to need Windows Movie Maker, another preinstalled multimedia processing tool in Windows.Ĭomparing to other video editing tools, Windows Movie Maker has the native support advantage. However, the default media player in Windows does not have a native support for video rotation. Part 1: How to Rotate Video in Windows Media PlayerĪs the preinstalled and default media player application in Windows, Windows Media Player is one of the most popular media players ever.

