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    From Graham J@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 11 17:51:59 2024
    Why are more than half of YouTube videos shown in mirror image?

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  • From Paul@21:1/5 to Graham J on Tue Jun 11 17:33:13 2024
    On 6/11/2024 12:51 PM, Graham J wrote:
    Why are more than half of YouTube videos shown in mirror image?


    What "Apple Format" is this :-/

    Apple has used metadata in media content, to perform
    rotations.

    Didn't DIVX do that at one time ? The CODEC on Windows may
    have reversed something. I don't think DIVX is used on Youtube though.
    It's just an example of "broken-ness".

    Some commercial video players, they have a "tech popup" that shows
    the details of the method being used for the video. But maybe that
    was Adobe Flash that did that.

    Paul

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  • From Paul in Houston TX@21:1/5 to Graham J on Tue Jun 11 19:04:42 2024
    Graham J wrote:
    Why are more than half of YouTube videos shown in mirror image?

    I have never seen that happen.
    I tend to watch "how to" and "how things work" videos though.

    Can you send us a URL to a YT vid that is reversed?

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  • From Char Jackson@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 11 21:29:50 2024
    On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 19:04:42 -0500, Paul in Houston TX <Paul@Houston.Texas> wrote:

    Graham J wrote:
    Why are more than half of YouTube videos shown in mirror image?

    I have never seen that happen.

    I notice it occasionally. For example, I was watching a woodworking video and the guy was using the same table saw that I have, only his was 'backwards', as if I was watching via a mirror. For me, the reversed video is more like 1-2%, rather than "way more than half", but it's going to depend on what a person watches.

    I tend to watch "how to" and "how things work" videos though.

    Can you send us a URL to a YT vid that is reversed?

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  • From Mark Lloyd@21:1/5 to Paul in Houston TX on Wed Jun 12 19:58:47 2024
    On 6/11/24 19:04, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
    Graham J wrote:
    Why are more than half of YouTube videos shown in mirror image?

    I have never seen that happen.
    I tend to watch "how to" and "how things work" videos though.

    Can you send us a URL to a YT vid that is reversed?

    I haven't seen any that were reversed. The annoying thing I have seen is
    phone videos (taller than wide) where the borders are BLURRED copies of
    the video.

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  • From Philip Herlihy@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 13 12:24:01 2024
    In article <cvraO.7606$xKj1.4832@fx09.iad>, Mark Lloyd wrote...
    The annoying thing I have seen is
    phone videos (taller than wide) where the borders are BLURRED copies of
    the video.


    I've often wondered about that. Is it an iPhone thing?

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  • From John@21:1/5 to PhillipHerlihy@SlashDevNull.invalid on Thu Jun 13 18:55:12 2024
    On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:24:01 +0100, Philip Herlihy <PhillipHerlihy@SlashDevNull.invalid> wrote:

    In article <cvraO.7606$xKj1.4832@fx09.iad>, Mark Lloyd wrote...
    The annoying thing I have seen is
    phone videos (taller than wide) where the borders are BLURRED copies of
    the video.


    I've often wondered about that. Is it an iPhone thing?

    I doubt that. They do it on the BBC website, too. Not all of their
    reporters can have iPhones.

    J.

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  • From Steve Hayes@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 14 06:39:16 2024
    On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:29:50 -0500, Char Jackson <none@none.invalid>
    wrote:

    On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 19:04:42 -0500, Paul in Houston TX <Paul@Houston.Texas> >wrote:

    Graham J wrote:
    Why are more than half of YouTube videos shown in mirror image?

    I have never seen that happen.

    I notice it occasionally. For example, I was watching a woodworking video and >the guy was using the same table saw that I have, only his was 'backwards', as >if I was watching via a mirror. For me, the reversed video is more like 1-2%, >rather than "way more than half", but it's going to depend on what a person >watches.

    It's something I have noticed too, and sometimes wondered about. Like
    "When did such-and-such a country change to driving on the other side
    of the road?"


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  • From Philip Herlihy@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 14 11:06:31 2024
    In article <ficm6j15489adlh3uptap3nqisknjibknh@4ax.com>, John wrote...
    phone videos (taller than wide) where the borders are BLURRED copies of
    the video.


    I've often wondered about that. Is it an iPhone thing?

    I doubt that. They do it on the BBC website, too. Not all of their
    reporters can have iPhones.



    Not all their video has those margins either! It seems to me that it's on crowd-sourced footage that you sometimes see this. It's really annoying, especially when you're trying to watch it on a mobile device and can't fill the screen with the sharp section.

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  • From Carlos E.R.@21:1/5 to Philip Herlihy on Fri Jun 14 13:46:45 2024
    On 2024-06-14 12:06, Philip Herlihy wrote:
    In article <ficm6j15489adlh3uptap3nqisknjibknh@4ax.com>, John wrote...
    phone videos (taller than wide) where the borders are BLURRED copies of >>>> the video.


    I've often wondered about that. Is it an iPhone thing?

    I doubt that. They do it on the BBC website, too. Not all of their
    reporters can have iPhones.



    Not all their video has those margins either! It seems to me that it's on crowd-sourced footage that you sometimes see this. It's really annoying, especially when you're trying to watch it on a mobile device and can't fill the
    screen with the sharp section.

    I see that when a video was shot on a mobile, but later prepared to be
    aired on TV.

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  • From Graham J@21:1/5 to Paul in Houston TX on Fri Jun 14 18:11:17 2024
    Paul in Houston TX wrote:
    Graham J wrote:
    Why are more than half of YouTube videos shown in mirror image?

    I have never seen that happen.
    I tend to watch "how to" and "how things work" videos though.

    Can you send us a URL to a YT vid that is reversed?


    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIO8-ooXeMs>

    ... at 14 seconds in.

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  • From shemp13@outlook.com@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 14 18:52:19 2024
    Two possible reasons:

    1) They think they can avoid a possible copyright violation

    2) They don't know how to flip the video.

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  • From Paul in Houston TX@21:1/5 to Graham J on Fri Jun 14 15:45:37 2024
    Graham J wrote:
    Paul in Houston TX wrote:
    Graham J wrote:
    Why are more than half of YouTube videos shown in mirror image?

    I have never seen that happen.
    I tend to watch "how to" and "how things work" videos though.

    Can you send us a URL to a YT vid that is reversed?


    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIO8-ooXeMs>

    ... at 14 seconds in.

    I see... That's interesting... Don't know what to make of it.
    Maybe they don't know English.
    I would not know if Chinese was reversed or not.

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  • From sticks@21:1/5 to Paul in Houston TX on Fri Jun 14 16:39:05 2024
    On 6/14/2024 3:45 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
    Graham J wrote:
    Paul in Houston TX wrote:
    Graham J wrote:
    Why are more than half of YouTube videos shown in mirror image?

    I have never seen that happen.
    I tend to watch "how to" and "how things work" videos though.

    Can you send us a URL to a YT vid that is reversed?


    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIO8-ooXeMs>

    ... at 14 seconds in.

    I see...  That's interesting... Don't know what to make of it.
    Maybe they don't know English.
    I would not know if Chinese was reversed or not.

    It plays just fine for me here.

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  • From Char Jackson@21:1/5 to sticks on Fri Jun 14 23:40:38 2024
    On Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:39:05 -0500, sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

    On 6/14/2024 3:45 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
    Graham J wrote:
    Paul in Houston TX wrote:
    Graham J wrote:
    Why are more than half of YouTube videos shown in mirror image?

    I have never seen that happen.
    I tend to watch "how to" and "how things work" videos though.

    Can you send us a URL to a YT vid that is reversed?


    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIO8-ooXeMs>

    ... at 14 seconds in.

    I see...  That's interesting... Don't know what to make of it.
    Maybe they don't know English.
    I would not know if Chinese was reversed or not.

    It plays just fine for me here.

    I'm sure it plays just fine for everyone, but videos that are partially or fully
    reversed (mirror imaged) will play that way (mirrored) for everyone. It's not something that the video player or the platform can fix on the fly. When it's baked into the video, it's there for everyone.

    For the most part, we people who view videos simply have no frame of reference and therefore have no idea if it's reversed or not, but there are certain things
    that stick out like a sore thumb, such as the reversed/mirrored text in the video above or the mirrored table saw that I mentioned in a previous post in this thread.

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  • From sticks@21:1/5 to Char Jackson on Sat Jun 15 07:47:54 2024
    On 6/14/2024 11:40 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
    On Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:39:05 -0500, sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

    It plays just fine for me here.

    I'm sure it plays just fine for everyone, but videos that are partially or fully
    reversed (mirror imaged) will play that way (mirrored) for everyone. It's not something that the video player or the platform can fix on the fly. When it's baked into the video, it's there for everyone.

    For the most part, we people who view videos simply have no frame of reference
    and therefore have no idea if it's reversed or not, but there are certain things
    that stick out like a sore thumb, such as the reversed/mirrored text in the video above or the mirrored table saw that I mentioned in a previous post in this thread.

    OK, I see it now.



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  • From R2D2@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 15 17:27:21 2024
    On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:51:59 +0100, Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk>
    wrote:

    Why are more than half of YouTube videos shown in mirror image?

    Never seen that on youtube, but pretty much very facebook "reel" I see
    is like that. I've always assumed it's copyright related.

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