FB and youtube videos -- mirror imaging

[gmax137]

I find it unconsciously disturbing to watch many of the Movies, shown on Facebook. For some reason, they are shown 'mirror image' and people screwing things UP are unscrewing them - and vice versa.

Does anyone know why this mirror imaging happens?

 

[Bystander]

Does anyone know why this mirror imaging happens?

Copyright?

 

[Drakkith]

Pictures and videos taken on the front camera of my phone (the side the screen is on) are mirrored. I'd bet most people don't even notice.

 

[Vanadium 50]

Copyright?

Yes. One can search for videos with a given size, length and MD5 sum to find stolen ones without a human being looking at them. Flip them and this simple test no longer works.

 

[sophiecentaur]

Pictures and videos taken on the front camera of my phone (the side the screen is on) are mirrored. I'd bet most people don't even notice.

It's an option. This is to present you with a familiar image of yourself - i.e. what you see in a mirror. If you turn off the option, it can drive you wild.

 

[Drakkith]

It's an option. This is to present you with a familiar image of yourself - i.e. what you see in a mirror. If you turn off the option, it can drive you wild.

I briefly looked for an option to change it but didn't see one. But I only looked briefly, so I probably missed it.

 

[sophiecentaur]

I briefly looked for an option to change it but didn't see one. But I only looked briefly, so I probably missed it.

It's in there somewhere and, if you make Zoom calls, the option is very easy to find in Zoom Preferences.
But it seems to be everywhere FB and the sound is shifted up in frequency and distorted.

 

[swampwiz]

This is a perfect case where the idiom "a picture is worth a thousand words" would apply.