How do I mirror or flip a video for free?

Choose a video, pick Mirror horizontally, Flip vertically or Both, then press Flip video. The pixels are genuinely re-oriented and re-encoded as a standard MP4, so the change holds everywhere rather than depending on a player. Nothing is uploaded.

Why does my selfie video have backwards text?

Front cameras show you a mirrored preview so framing feels natural, like a mirror. Some phones and apps then save the file mirrored to match what you saw, which means any text on clothing, signs or whiteboards in shot reads backwards. Mirror horizontally puts it right.

What is the difference between the three modes?

Mirror horizontally swaps left and right, which is the selfie fix and the default. Flip vertically swaps top and bottom, for footage from an inverted camera mount or a ceiling rig. Both does each in turn, which produces exactly the same result as rotating 180 degrees.

What is the difference between flipping and rotating?

Flipping mirrors the image, so it becomes a reflection — text reads backwards after a horizontal flip. Rotating turns it, so text stays readable, just sideways. If your video is on its side use the rotate tool; if it is a reflection of reality, use this one.

Should I flip or rotate for an upside-down video?

Rotate by 180 degrees, and mirroring is why. Flip vertically alone gives you an upright but mirrored image with backwards text, which is almost never what you want. Both here, or 180 degrees in the rotate tool, are the same operation and both give a correct upright picture.

Does flipping reduce quality?

Slightly, since the frames are re-encoded rather than copied — there is no way to mirror a picture without rebuilding it. Output is H.264 at CRF 20 with AAC audio, one of the higher-quality settings on this site, so the difference is very hard to spot on normal viewing.

Is the audio re-encoded too?

Yes. Audio is converted to AAC at 128 kbps rather than passed through untouched, which keeps it in sync and in a codec every player accepts. It stays perfectly aligned with the picture — flipping changes where pixels sit, never the timing.

Which formats and sizes are supported?

MP4, MOV, WebM, AVI and MKV up to 500MB, always exporting MP4 with H.264 and AAC so it plays everywhere. Expect roughly real-time speed, since encoding runs on a single CPU thread with no GPU acceleration, and the engine is about 31MB on first use.

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Flip video horizontally or vertically online free — mirror recordings for presentations or content. No sign-up needed — works entirely in your browser.

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Flip a video horizontally, vertically or both. The most common use is un-mirroring selfie and webcam footage so text reads the right way round. Pixels are genuinely re-oriented and re-encoded, so the fix holds in every player. Runs in your browser: no upload, no sign-up, no watermark, up to 500MB.

The selfie mirror problem

Front-facing cameras show a mirrored preview on purpose. Looking at a live un-mirrored image of yourself is disorienting — raise your right hand and it moves on the wrong side of the screen — so phones flip the preview to behave like a mirror.

The trouble starts when the recording is saved that way too, which many phones and apps do so the file matches what you saw while filming. The result looks fine until something in shot has writing on it: a logo on your shirt, a whiteboard behind you, a street sign, a book cover. All of itreads backwards, and viewers notice immediately even when they cannot say why the shot feels odd. Mirror horizontally restores real-world orientation.

Flipping is not rotating

These get confused constantly and produce very different results, so it is worth being precise:

What each operation does to text in the frame.
Operation	Effect	Text in shot	Use when
Mirror horizontally	Left and right swap	Becomes readable if it was mirrored	Selfie and webcam footage
Flip vertically	Top and bottom swap	Upright but mirrored	Inverted camera mounts
Both	Same as a 180° rotation	Readable, upright	Upside-down footage
Rotate 90°	Turns the frame; width and height swap	Readable, sideways → upright	Sideways phone video

Two conclusions fall out of that table. A flip produces a reflection; a rotation does not.So if your video is lying on its side, this is the wrong tool — userotate video, or you will get an upright picture with everything mirrored.

And for upside-down footage, use Both rather than Flip vertically. Vertical alone gives you an upright image that is also mirrored, which is almost never what anyone wants. Both is identical to a 180° rotation, so either tool gets you there.

Where each mode earns its place

Mirror horizontally — un-mirroring selfie video, webcam recordings and video-call captures. Also useful deliberately: mirroring a clip so a subject faces into the frame rather than out of it, or reversing the apparent direction of movement in an edit.
Flip vertically — cameras mounted upside down on a rig, a ceiling bracket, or a copy stand. Rarely needed alone, but nothing else fixes it.
Both — footage recorded fully inverted, most often from an action camera mounted upside down.

What the encode does

Mirroring cannot be done with a stream copy — the pixels have to be rebuilt — so flipping always re-encodes. Output is H.264 at CRF 20, one of the higher-quality settings used on this site, withaudio re-encoded to AAC at 128 kbps rather than passed through. Dimensions are rounded to even numbers as H.264 requires, and the container is always MP4 so it plays everywhere.

That is one generation of compression, visually very hard to spot at CRF 20. Sync is not affected: flipping changes where pixels sit within a frame, never when frames appear.

How this compares to the alternatives

Mirroring one clip.
	ToolJiffy	Typical online tool	Desktop editor
Video uploaded to a server	No	Yes	No
Sign-up	No	Often to export	Install or licence
File-size limit	500MB	Commonly capped free	None practical
Watermark	Never	Common on free tiers	No
Pixels genuinely flipped	Yes — holds in every player	Usually	Yes
Speed	Roughly real time, one CPU thread	Fast server-side	Fastest, all cores
Price	Free, unlimited	Free tier then paid	Free to paid

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I mirror or flip a video for free?
Choose a video, pick Mirror horizontally, Flip vertically or Both, then press Flip video. The pixels are genuinely re-oriented and re-encoded as a standard MP4, so the change holds everywhere rather than depending on a player. Nothing is uploaded.
Why does my selfie video have backwards text?
Front cameras show you a mirrored preview so framing feels natural, like a mirror. Some phones and apps then save the file mirrored to match what you saw, which means any text on clothing, signs or whiteboards in shot reads backwards. Mirror horizontally puts it right.
What is the difference between the three modes?
Mirror horizontally swaps left and right, which is the selfie fix and the default. Flip vertically swaps top and bottom, for footage from an inverted camera mount or a ceiling rig. Both does each in turn, which produces exactly the same result as rotating 180 degrees.
What is the difference between flipping and rotating?
Flipping mirrors the image, so it becomes a reflection — text reads backwards after a horizontal flip. Rotating turns it, so text stays readable, just sideways. If your video is on its side use the rotate tool; if it is a reflection of reality, use this one.
Should I flip or rotate for an upside-down video?
Rotate by 180 degrees, and mirroring is why. Flip vertically alone gives you an upright but mirrored image with backwards text, which is almost never what you want. Both here, or 180 degrees in the rotate tool, are the same operation and both give a correct upright picture.
Does flipping reduce quality?
Slightly, since the frames are re-encoded rather than copied — there is no way to mirror a picture without rebuilding it. Output is H.264 at CRF 20 with AAC audio, one of the higher-quality settings on this site, so the difference is very hard to spot on normal viewing.
Is the audio re-encoded too?
Yes. Audio is converted to AAC at 128 kbps rather than passed through untouched, which keeps it in sync and in a codec every player accepts. It stays perfectly aligned with the picture — flipping changes where pixels sit, never the timing.
Which formats and sizes are supported?
MP4, MOV, WebM, AVI and MKV up to 500MB, always exporting MP4 with H.264 and AAC so it plays everywhere. Expect roughly real-time speed, since encoding runs on a single CPU thread with no GPU acceleration, and the engine is about 31MB on first use.