> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:52:09AM +0200, Oliver Seitz wrote: >> > Hi, I'm using MPlayer to automatically create thumbnails from a video. >> I >> > can successfully create thumbnails, but I cannot figure out a way to >> > identify the orientation of the video. >> >> So some of your videos are, say, 640x480, while others are 480x640? Or >> are >> they always 640x480 and the camera was held sideways when recording? In >> this second case it's quite simple: It can't be done. > > Not completely true, the mov file _can_ contain such information. > You'll still have to find some way to extract it yourself, neither > MPlayer nor FFmpeg support it so far. Oh, thank you, didn't know that. It seems though that users may upload videos of which those thumnails are to be created. I would in that case provide four checkboxes to the uploader to indicate the bottom side of the video. I think that would be the most reliable information on that matter you can get. Greets, Kiste _______________________________________________ MPlayer-users mailing list MPlayer-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users
