Rotate HDMI output on Raspberry Pi 5?

Soundie · August 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM

Hi all,

Wanted to check if anyone have been able to figure out how to rotate HDMI output on the Raspberry Pi 5?

Been trying edits of both config.txt and cmdline.txt without much results...

Using LibreELEC 12.2

**chewitt** · August 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM

See https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issu…ment-2541224018 - It is possible to compile a patched version of Kodi that forces the rotation permanently; the patch is in that thread (along with a load of AI generated how-to-compile BS that someone unhelpfully posted). It is not possible to dynamically change the rotation (the UI shows options, but they won't work).

**popcornmix** · August 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM

Note: the linked patch is for a 180' rotation.

It's not clear if Soundie wanted a 90'/270' rotation which is far more complicated.