# All of my videos are upside-down and switched left to right. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 18, 2002, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-of-my-videos-are-upside-down-and-switched-left-to-right/98858 "2002-03-18T10:53:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-of-my-videos-are-upside-down-and-switched-left-to-right/98858/1 "2002-03-18T10:53:39Z")
Why is this? It is driving me nutty. ---
**Author:** ![halfliquid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@halfliquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/halfliquid)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-of-my-videos-are-upside-down-and-switched-left-to-right/98858/2 "2002-03-18T10:56:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muad’Dib \* > \*\*Why is this? It is driving me nutty. \*\* Quit walking on your hands! ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-of-my-videos-are-upside-down-and-switched-left-to-right/98858/3 "2002-03-18T10:58:17Z")
Har, har, har. I think that I might have receantly downloaded poor video codec’s. How would I correct this? ---
**Author:** ![halfliquid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@halfliquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/halfliquid)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-of-my-videos-are-upside-down-and-switched-left-to-right/98858/4 "2002-03-18T11:32:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muad’Dib \* > \*\*Har, har, har. > > I think that I might have receantly downloaded poor video codec’s. How would I correct this? \*\* Does this help? [Windows Media 8 Encoder GUI](http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~u71ds/wm8egui/yuvflip.htm) ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-of-my-videos-are-upside-down-and-switched-left-to-right/98858/5 "2002-03-18T14:20:28Z")
Well, this wasn’t about what I was hoping it was about, namely: purchased videos (not the ones I tape, but like when I buy an official copy of STAR WARS at a store) are all stored upsidedown! That is, the cardboard box container opens at the bottom. So, if I put the videos in my cabinet standing up (so that the pictures on the box are right-side up), the video falls out of the bottom of the box when I left it up. Hope I’m being clear on this. Why the heck do the commercial videos come with the opening on the bottom?? ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-of-my-videos-are-upside-down-and-switched-left-to-right/98858/6 "2002-03-18T14:53:22Z")
**C K Dexter Haven** : It’s so they can put their logo, if not some other graphic which is prettier than an adhesive cassette label, on both vertical sides! With a little practice, it’s not difficult to take hold of one of these sleeves without its guts slipping out. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-of-my-videos-are-upside-down-and-switched-left-to-right/98858/7 "2002-03-18T19:35:30Z")
A few of my roommate’s Simpsons episodes started doing that after he upgraded to XP. If your misbehaving files are divx, you may want to make sure you have the newest divx/opendivx codecs… or if you have also upgraded to XP, try running the old media player (start|run|mplayer2). ---
**Author:** ![struct](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@struct](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struct)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-of-my-videos-are-upside-down-and-switched-left-to-right/98858/8 "2002-03-19T14:39:01Z")
Your monitor’s upside-down, ya’ goofball! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![struct](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@struct](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struct)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-of-my-videos-are-upside-down-and-switched-left-to-right/98858/9 "2002-03-19T17:19:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by struct \* > \*\*Your monitor’s upside-down, ya’ goofball! 😃 \*\* Oh no wait, that wouldn’t account for the mirror imaging. Hold it, I know! You’re monitor’s upside-down… and it’s an Israeli monitor! ;j