"Rotate filter" in VLC makes a cropped and letterboxed video

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

vlc 2.1.4-0ubuntu14.04.1, Ubuntu 14.04

1. Download the attached video.
2. Choose "Media" > "Convert/Save..."
3. Choose "Add..." and select the downloaded video, then "Convert/Save".
4. In the "Convert" dialog, choose "Edit Selected Profile" (the tools icon).
5. In the "Profile edition" [sic] dialog, choose "Video codec" > "Filters" > "Rotate video filter", then "Save".
6. Back in the "Convert" dialog, choose a destination filename, then "Start".
7. When the conversion finishes, open the resulting video.

What you should see: The video is rotated.

What you actually see: The video is rotated, but with (very nearly) its original width and height. So it is cropped in one direction, and letterboxed in the other direction.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont (rdenis)]

User is confusing rotate and transform filters. No bugs here.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

I'm not confused at all; the Rotate screen ("Tools" > "Preferences" > "All" > "Video" > "Filters" > "Rotate") does not mention that it also does cropping and letterboxing. In the highly unlikely event that anyone actually wanted cropping and letterboxing too, they could use the Cropadd filter for it.