Video recording from an Android and Google+

[Robert Munch]

I use a HTC One S and I have noticed in the past too with older gen devices that when I record in landscape the video still displays in a vertical view when I upload to google+ specifically.

Does this happen to anyone else or know of a way to flip the video to a landscape view? Google+ seems to use youtube when doing playback.

 

[shortylickens]

Nope. But I eagerly await the solution. My next phone will be 4g with a good HD camera.

 

[vshah]

just tried it on a gnex and the orientation was correct after uploading to G+. maybe an htc issue?

 

[Robert Munch]

just tried it on a gnex and the orientation was correct after uploading to G+. maybe an htc issue?

I do have auto orientation in display settings set to off. Not sure if that matters.

I wonder if that's how it detects to go into landscape mode.

 

[vshah]

may well be. i had it switched on.

although i'd imagine it would always be enabled for the camera....maybe not?

 

[Robert Munch]

I do have auto orientation in display settings set to off. Not sure if that matters.

I wonder if that's how it detects to go into landscape mode.

Turning on auto-orientation in display settings did not work. Hummph 🙁

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

The thing is it's probably based on how your phone was oriented when you first took the video. You know how *sometimes* phones don't register that they're rotated and you rotate it back and rotate it forward again?

Give that your screen autorotation is off you would never know if the accelerometer registered the correct orientation for the video.

I'm guessing either:
- You started filming in portrait the video stays in portrait.
- You started filming in landscape but maybe your phone didn't detect the change yet. Maybe some handheld vibration will cause the phone to detect the change due to accelerometer data and now it knows it's in landscape, but the fact you started when your phone thought you were in landscape....
- HTC/software problem. I can tell you my phone on CM7 and 9 had no issues. Multiple phones too including the Motorola Milestone, Nexus S, and Samsung Galaxy S2.

 

[Robert Munch]

The thing is it's probably based on how your phone was oriented when you first took the video. You know how *sometimes* phones don't register that they're rotated and you rotate it back and rotate it forward again?

Give that your screen autorotation is off you would never know if the accelerometer registered the correct orientation for the video.

I'm guessing either:
- You started filming in portrait the video stays in portrait.
- You started filming in landscape but maybe your phone didn't detect the change yet. Maybe some handheld vibration will cause the phone to detect the change due to accelerometer data and now it knows it's in landscape, but the fact you started when your phone thought you were in landscape....
- HTC/software problem. I can tell you my phone on CM7 and 9 had no issues. Multiple phones too including the Motorola Milestone, Nexus S, and Samsung Galaxy S2.

Interesting, I had to start capturing in landscape. Didn't matter if auto-orientation was set to on or off however.

If I start in portrait and then turn the device to landscape the video output will still display vertically.

Thanks for the tip!