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  • BPMJ

    • Aug 2021
    • 3

    Image Converter Not Respecting Orientation

    First off, I am trying Image Converter and love it. Quite nice. However, there are instances where the program does not respect the portrait orientation of my pictures and flips them to landscape (rotates).

    Why is this and how can this be stopped? I do not want any processing on image orientation. Am I missing something?

    Thx
  • Spoon
    Administrator
    • Apr 2002
    • 44528

    #2
    Re: Image Converter Not Respecting Orientation

    We have this to look into.
    Spoon
    www.dbpoweramp.com

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    • BPMJ

      • Aug 2021
      • 3

      #3
      Re: Image Converter Not Respecting Orientation

      What is odd is that it is fine with some images and not with others. I can send a picture that it is flipping if you like. Regardless, though, it should not be checking to see if it "should" flip to landscape anyway...it should leave orientation alone unless it is asked for in an option. Very odd. I do like the program though....VERY USEFUL!!!

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      • Dat Ei
        dBpoweramp Guru

        • Feb 2014
        • 1788

        #4
        Re: Image Converter Not Respecting Orientation

        Can it be a problem with the EXIF orientation flag? Photos / pictures in portrait orientation are stored in landscape orientation but with the corresponding orientation flag.


        Dat Ei

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        • Spoon
          Administrator
          • Apr 2002
          • 44528

          #5
          Re: Image Converter Not Respecting Orientation

          It is exactly this, the image is not being rotated, it already is rotated, there is a flag which is not getting passed down in the EXIF. The issue is not every format can accommodate this flag, so to maintain the orientation (virtual) it will have to be physically rotated.
          Spoon
          www.dbpoweramp.com

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          • BPMJ

            • Aug 2021
            • 3

            #6
            Re: Image Converter Not Respecting Orientation

            I note the program uses FFMPEG to run everything. There is a DSP option called "custom". I am assuming this is a spot to add-in custom FFMPEG commands? How does one do this? For example, there are numerous posts out there where FFMPEG does these rotations automatically because it defaults to this. There is a command option called -noautorotate which alleviates this issue. Can I just enter noautorotate is the custom field? I don't have many pics like this, so it is not a huge issue.

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            • Spoon
              Administrator
              • Apr 2002
              • 44528

              #7
              Re: Image Converter Not Respecting Orientation

              You can try that, dBpoweramp does handle some image conversions its self though as we have libraries for reading all formats.
              Spoon
              www.dbpoweramp.com

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              • divineeye

                • Aug 2023
                • 2

                #8
                Re: Image Converter Not Respecting Orientation

                Look into the settings of the image converter you're using. Some converters have options to enable or disable the automatic orientation adjustment. Make sure this feature is enabled if available. Before converting images, make sure you're using an image viewer that correctly interprets and displays the orientation metadata. If the image looks fine in the viewer, the issue might be with the image converter.

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                • ananittarhib
                  Banned
                  • May 2024
                  • 4

                  #9
                  Originally posted by BPMJ
                  First off, I am trying Image Converter and love it. Quite nice. However, there are instances where the program does not respect the portrait orientation of my pictures and flips them to landscape (rotates).

                  Why is this and how can this be stopped? I do not want any processing on image orientation. Am I missing something?

                  Thx
                  It sounds like your Image Converter tool is automatically rotating images based on their EXIF metadata, which includes orientation information. To prevent this:
                  1. Disable Orientation Processing: Check your Image Converter settings for an option to disable automatic rotation based on EXIF data.
                  2. Strip EXIF Data: Use tools like exiftool to remove EXIF data before converting images:
                    sh
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                    exiftool -all= image.jpg
                  3. Edit EXIF Data: Change the orientation tag to "Top-left" to treat the image as normal:
                    sh
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                    exiftool -Orientation=1 image.jpg
                  4. Use an Image Editor: Open the image in an editor, correct its orientation if needed, and save it to flatten the orientation.

                  By managing EXIF data, you can ensure your images maintain their correct orientation during conversion.





                  4o

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                  • tarun143

                    • Jul 2024
                    • 1

                    #10
                    I really like using Image Converter; it's quite nice. However, there's a recurring issue where my portrait images are rotated to landscape.

                    Why does this happen, and how can I stop it? I don't want any automatic processing of the image orientation. Am I missing something?

                    Thanks!

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                    • Spoon
                      Administrator
                      • Apr 2002
                      • 44528

                      #11
                      Please email one of your images,

                      Address on this page:

                      Spoon
                      www.dbpoweramp.com

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