diff --git a/src/video/actors.rs b/src/video/actors.rs
index 66e0341..5aae520 100644
--- a/src/video/actors.rs
+++ b/src/video/actors.rs
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ async fn is_h264_encoded(video_path: &str) -> bool {
 
 /// Check if a video has rotation metadata
 /// Returns the rotation angle in degrees (0, 90, 180, 270) or 0 if none detected
+/// Checks both legacy stream tags and modern display matrix side data
 async fn get_video_rotation(video_path: &str) -> i32 {
+    // Check legacy rotate stream tag (older videos)
     let output = tokio::process::Command::new("ffprobe")
         .arg("-v")
         .arg("error")
@@ -154,18 +156,52 @@ async fn get_video_rotation(video_path: &str) -> i32 {
         .output()
         .await;
 
-    match output {
-        Ok(output) if output.status.success() => {
+    if let Ok(output) = output {
+        if output.status.success() {
             let rotation_str = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
             let rotation_str = rotation_str.trim();
-            if rotation_str.is_empty() {
-                0
-            } else {
-                rotation_str.parse::<i32>().unwrap_or(0)
+            if !rotation_str.is_empty() {
+                if let Ok(rotation) = rotation_str.parse::<i32>() {
+                    if rotation != 0 {
+                        debug!("Detected rotation {}° from stream tag for {}", rotation, video_path);
+                        return rotation;
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
-        _ => 0,
     }
+
+    // Check display matrix side data (modern videos, e.g. iPhone)
+    let output = tokio::process::Command::new("ffprobe")
+        .arg("-v")
+        .arg("error")
+        .arg("-select_streams")
+        .arg("v:0")
+        .arg("-show_entries")
+        .arg("side_data=rotation")
+        .arg("-of")
+        .arg("default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1")
+        .arg(video_path)
+        .output()
+        .await;
+
+    if let Ok(output) = output {
+        if output.status.success() {
+            let rotation_str = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+            let rotation_str = rotation_str.trim();
+            if !rotation_str.is_empty() {
+                if let Ok(rotation) = rotation_str.parse::<f64>() {
+                    let rotation = rotation.abs() as i32;
+                    if rotation != 0 {
+                        debug!("Detected rotation {}° from display matrix for {}", rotation, video_path);
+                        return rotation;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    0
 }
 
 pub struct VideoPlaylistManager {