Hello - I am utilizing stream to record and upload videos to our newly made Teams setup for our classes for our students. I am recording myself in front of my whiteboard and quickly realized the recording had all of the text on the whiteboard reversed when i went backed and watched the video. Any help on how to fix this problem so that I can correctly show the students my text on the whiteboard? Thanks

Hi smcelvain11, can you describe how you were recording the video in Stream - do you mean in the Stream mobile app?

garrettbronner - yes i have been recording them with the stream app.

smcelvain11 hi and thank you for you question. There are two different ways that you can get the text in your recording to show up so it is readable in the video. 1. Use the world facing camera on your device: If you use the world facing camera the image is not reversed. So if you setup your phone/tablet such that it has the correct framing of the scene and hit record the video will not be mirrored and it will likely be using a better lens on your device for the scenario as the front camera for most devices is optimized around capturing something close to the screen (ie while you are holding the device). 2. There is a mirror option in the trim screen: If you prefer to stick with the front facing "selfie" camera you can also mirror the video after you finish recording it. After capturing your clip and navigating to the review screen, you should see a timeline of thumbnails. Tapping that will take you to single clip edit page which has a mirror button in the center bottom. The button has an icon of two triangles. Taping that will mirror the image, then just confirm and you should be good to go. Please let me know if this solves your problem and/or if you have any additional issues. Thanks, Mark

Mark_Schwesinger Hi Mark, I am also currently having this issue with videos I am preparing for students. Recording on the world facing camera is not possible as I need to see the screen to make sure I don't go out of view. I have looked for the mentioned mirror button and cannot find it in the Android app: if I click "+">Create a new video>Reverse the camera>Record>Pause>Arrow in bottom right hand corner>Select the clip (the horizontal bar of screenshots), the only two options I am given are to delete the clip or to cancel (as far as I can see I should also have the option to trim the clip here?). I have also looked at the in-browser app on my desktop and can navigate to editing tools like trimming and replacing the video, but no specific option to mirror it, and there are no options I can find within those other tools.

EdSanderson Unfortunately the mirror functionality is only available on iOS at this time. My recommendation right now, would be to use the default camera on Android for your recording and then upload that video with the Stream mobile app. Please let me know if you have additional questions.

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garrettbronner
Microsoft
Mar 26, 2020
Hi smcelvain11, can you describe how you were recording the video in Stream - do you mean in the Stream mobile app?
- smcelvain11
  Copper Contributor
  Mar 26, 2020
  garrettbronner - yes i have been recording them with the stream app.
  - Mark_Schwesinger
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 26, 2020
    smcelvain11 hi and thank you for you question. There are two different ways that you can get the text in your recording to show up so it is readable in the video.
    
    1. Use the world facing camera on your device: If you use the world facing camera the image is not reversed. So if you setup your phone/tablet such that it has the correct framing of the scene and hit record the video will not be mirrored and it will likely be using a better lens on your device for the scenario as the front camera for most devices is optimized around capturing something close to the screen (ie while you are holding the device).
    
    2. There is a mirror option in the trim screen: If you prefer to stick with the front facing "selfie" camera you can also mirror the video after you finish recording it. After capturing your clip and navigating to the review screen, you should see a timeline of thumbnails. Tapping that will take you to single clip edit page which has a mirror button in the center bottom. The button has an icon of two triangles. Taping that will mirror the image, then just confirm and you should be good to go.
    
    Please let me know if this solves your problem and/or if you have any additional issues.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Mark

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