Help video playback and update help

[domofan]

Hi,

I recently bought an xperia ray and was taking videos holding the phone upright (portrait mode) but when i play it back from the gallery i have to turn the phone upside down but straight up to watch it in full screen! is that normal?should i download a video player app to rewatch my recorded videos? I didnt change any of the settings before recording so i dont understand how this happened!

and i checked and my latest update 4.0.2.A.0.42 but before I update I wanted to know if this is the one that will get rid of the cool retro shut down animation? if yes, is it worth the update? I read the update also adds the swipe keyboard and panorama settings and other camera settings. but I also have touchpal keyboard for swipe. so is it worth updating?

and I'm in australia but imported my xperia ray from the uk so will that affect my update?

thanks for any advice!

 

[brawbob]

The video camera appears to be designed to be used in landscape mode only. If you look at the 2 icons on the left of the screen, the ones that let you change from still to video, they change from vertical to horizontal when you rotate the screen in still mode only. My phone operates the same as yours.
I recently updated the phone to 4.0.2.A.0.62. No new features from 42 but the phone does seem a little quicker.

 

[domofan]

thanks for the reply, bit upset to hear that about the video camera but maybe thats where the auto rotate on off switch will help. and sorry but i forgot to mention i'm still on 2.3.3