Media Rotator

Rotate or flip images and videos in place, preserving original timestamps.

Download

Download the latest Windows .exe (built automatically via GitHub Actions)

Features

• 🔄 Rotate media 90° clockwise or counter-clockwise
• 🪞 Flip (mirror) media horizontally or vertically
• 📁 Process multiple files at once
• 🖼️ Supports images: JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, WebP
• 🎬 Supports videos: MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, WMV, WebM, and more
• ⏱️ Preserves original file timestamps
• 🎨 High-quality video encoding (CRF 18, visually lossless)
• 🚀 Fast image processing with Pillow
• 🔇 Silent operation - no popups or interruptions

Requirements

ffmpeg is required for video processing.

Installing ffmpeg on Windows:

1. Download from: https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/
2. Download "ffmpeg-release-essentials.zip"
3. Extract to C:\ffmpeg\
4. Add C:\ffmpeg\bin to your PATH

OR simply place ffmpeg.exe in the same folder as Media Rotator.exe

Verify ffmpeg:

ffmpeg -version

Usage

1. Double-click Media Rotator.exe
2. Select one or more image or video files
3. Choose a transformation:
   • Rotate right (90° clockwise)
   • Rotate left (90° counter-clockwise)
   • Flip (mirror) horizontally
   • Flip (mirror) vertically
4. Wait for processing to complete
5. Files are transformed in place (originals overwritten)

Technical Details

• Images: Processed with Pillow (fast, no re-encoding)
• Videos: Processed with ffmpeg using -crf 18 -preset veryfast
  • Video stream is re-encoded (required for spatial filters)
  • Audio stream is copied (no re-encoding)
  • Rotation metadata is cleared
• Timestamps: Original creation and modification dates are preserved

Building from Source

See BUILD_INSTRUCTIONS.md for local build instructions.

License

Open source - feel free to use and modify.

Credits

Windows port of the macOS AppleScript version.