Help - People streaming mlb.tv using the MLB At-Bat app - screen orientation

So I have MLB network via DirectTV, which allows me to stream all games on the At Bat app. However when I stream them it forces it into landscape orientation (which is fine), but it doesn't flip upside-down if I rotate my phone. It's stuck in that orientation.

Looking at a new phone case I really like on which the kickstand orientation is the other way, and the video would be the upside down.

Even if I go stream highlights right now...any video from the At Bat app is stuck in that direction. All other video content from pretty much any other source rotates when I rotate my phone.

Now I don't need At Bat to auto-rotate when I rotate my phone, but there's gotta be some setting somewhere that allows me set my preferred screen orientation. Right? Searched all over the FAQ's and through the settings, googled it, and have found nothing.

I installed a free app called Set Orientation, which forces your screen into a certain orientation. This works...but is a pain in the ass. Now every time I want to stream a game I have to first open that app and flip the screen, which forces the goofy reverse landscape orientation onto my home screen until I turn the Set Orientation app off.

Anyone ever run into this and find a more desirable solution?

what kind of phone do you have? It works fine with my iPhone 6

Nevermind i just tried it and I can't watch it upside down either

daboyzinblue said:

what kind of phone do you have? It works fine with my iPhone 6

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daboyzinblue said:

Nevermind i just tried it and I can't watch it upside down either

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Yeah, I have an S6 Edge and it's the same way.

I'm blown away that it's like this, and that there weren't more replies to this thread with similar frustrations.

Seriously, mlb.tv/at-bat don't re-orient their streaming content? PLUS there's no way to set the default orientation for the app on your device?

Dumb dumb dumb.

I got the case with the kickstand on the other side, so the video streams upside-down unless I force it to flip using the Set Orientation app.

It works but it blows my mind that I have to resort to that work-around.