# Any media player that lets you flip a video

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-media-player-that-lets-you-flip-a-video/854303>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 22, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-media-player-that-lets-you-flip-a-video/854303 "2020-05-22T18:00:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-media-player-that-lets-you-flip-a-video/854303/1 "2020-05-22T18:00:07Z")

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If you want to do a mirror image of a video, what video player will let you do that?

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-media-player-that-lets-you-flip-a-video/854303/2 "2020-05-22T18:09:27Z")

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VLC

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**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-media-player-that-lets-you-flip-a-video/854303/3 "2020-05-22T19:18:08Z")

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Also, [MPlayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu). But given that a recent release announcement was titled “MPlayer is not dead yet!”, VLC is probably a better choice.

Edited to add: [SMPlayer](https://www.smplayer.info/), a more user friendly front-end for MPlayer.