Changing video format

This may be a really stupid question, but, is there any way you can change the format of a recorded video from your iphone, or rotate it, when it's transferred to your laptop? I recorded a video holding the phone vertically, and when I transferred the video to my laptop, it plays the way i recorded it, but turned to the side..so the video itself is vertical, how it was recorded, but it's displayed horizontally...can anyone help? Is there a program that can fix this? I know I'll have to remember to record videos the other way...

Thank you for such a quick respone.
The only problem is, I can't seems locate "project" at the top on my screen. It's not in my menu either.
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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see doing the following helps
For Mac computer
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3. Go to Tab “Erase” , choose Volume Format as “MAC OS Extended (Journaled), and click Erase, again if fails, skip it and go to 4
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5. Eject your iPod and do a Reset
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