Why videos shot in portrait mode may have different qualities in their encoded versions

You’re no doubt familiar with the standard sizes for the video versions created by the Ravnur vCMS. 1080p is the designation for the Full HD version, 720p is the name for HD and so on. The number comes from the height of the video in the video dimensions (e.g. 1080 x1920 is the height x width dimensions of the Full HD video). However, when you upload a video from your mobile device, you might see different numbers. That’s just because the video is rotated and now the height is actually the largest dimension. So a Full HD video from your phone might have the top quality labeled as 1920p. It’s still a Full HD video, just with another name.