diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index 10f1111e35..7e7d8ff93b 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -15762,10 +15762,10 @@ Set video rate.
 Set border width, allowed range is [0, 5]. Default is 1.
 
 @item w
-Set channel width, allowed range is [80, 1080]. Default is 400.
+Set channel width, allowed range is [80, 8192]. Default is 400.
 
 @item h
-Set channel height, allowed range is [1, 100]. Default is 20.
+Set channel height, allowed range is [1, 900]. Default is 20.
 
 @item f
 Set fade, allowed range is [0.001, 1]. Default is 0.95.
@@ -15788,6 +15788,14 @@ If set, displays channel names. Default is enabled.
 
 @item v
 If set, displays volume values. Default is enabled.
+
+@item o
+Set orientation, can be @code{horizontal} or @code{vertical},
+default is @code{horizontal}.
+
+@item s
+Set step size, allowed range s [0, 5]. Default is 0, which means
+step is disabled.
 @end table
 
 @section showwaves
diff --git a/libavfilter/avf_showvolume.c b/libavfilter/avf_showvolume.c
index f7ccdf739e..0414b0732e 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avf_showvolume.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avf_showvolume.c
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ typedef struct ShowVolumeContext {
     double f;
     AVRational frame_rate;
     char *color;
+    int orientation;
+    int step;
 
     AVFrame *out;
     AVExpr *c_expr;
@@ -56,12 +58,16 @@ static const AVOption showvolume_options[] = {
     { "rate", "set video rate",  OFFSET(frame_rate), AV_OPT_TYPE_VIDEO_RATE, {.str="25"}, 0, 0, FLAGS },
     { "r",    "set video rate",  OFFSET(frame_rate), AV_OPT_TYPE_VIDEO_RATE, {.str="25"}, 0, 0, FLAGS },
     { "b", "set border width",   OFFSET(b), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=1}, 0, 5, FLAGS },
-    { "w", "set channel width",  OFFSET(w), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=400}, 80, 1080, FLAGS },
-    { "h", "set channel height", OFFSET(h), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=20}, 1, 100, FLAGS },
+    { "w", "set channel width",  OFFSET(w), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=400}, 80, 8192, FLAGS },
+    { "h", "set channel height", OFFSET(h), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=20}, 1, 900, FLAGS },
     { "f", "set fade",           OFFSET(f), AV_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE, {.dbl=0.95}, 0.001, 1, FLAGS },
     { "c", "set volume color expression", OFFSET(color), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="if(gte(VOLUME,-6), if(gte(VOLUME,-2), if(gte(VOLUME,-1), if(gt(VOLUME,0), 0xff0000ff, 0xff0066ff), 0xff00ffff),0xff00ff00),0xffff0000)"}, 0, 0, FLAGS },
     { "t", "display channel names", OFFSET(draw_text), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=1}, 0, 1, FLAGS },
     { "v", "display volume value", OFFSET(draw_volume), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=1}, 0, 1, FLAGS },
+    { "o", "set orientation", OFFSET(orientation), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, 0, 1, FLAGS, "orientation" },
+    {   "h", "horizontal", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64=0}, 0, 0, FLAGS, "orientation" },
+    {   "v", "vertical",   0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64=1}, 0, 0, FLAGS, "orientation" },
+    { "s", "set step size", OFFSET(step), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, 0, 5, FLAGS },
     { NULL }
 };
 
@@ -132,15 +138,21 @@ static int config_output(AVFilterLink *outlink)
     ShowVolumeContext *s = outlink->src->priv;
     AVFilterLink *inlink = outlink->src->inputs[0];
 
-    outlink->w = s->w;
-    outlink->h = s->h * inlink->channels + (inlink->channels - 1) * s->b;
+    if (s->orientation) {
+        outlink->h = s->w;
+        outlink->w = s->h * inlink->channels + (inlink->channels - 1) * s->b;
+    } else {
+        outlink->w = s->w;
+        outlink->h = s->h * inlink->channels + (inlink->channels - 1) * s->b;
+    }
+
     outlink->sample_aspect_ratio = (AVRational){1,1};
     outlink->frame_rate = s->frame_rate;
 
     return 0;
 }
 
-static void drawtext(AVFrame *pic, int x, int y, const char *txt)
+static void drawtext(AVFrame *pic, int x, int y, const char *txt, int o)
 {
     const uint8_t *font;
     int font_height;
@@ -150,15 +162,26 @@ static void drawtext(AVFrame *pic, int x, int y, const char *txt)
 
     for (i = 0; txt[i]; i++) {
         int char_y, mask;
-        uint8_t *p = pic->data[0] + y*pic->linesize[0] + (x + i*8)*4;
 
-        for (char_y = 0; char_y < font_height; char_y++) {
-            for (mask = 0x80; mask; mask >>= 1) {
-                if (font[txt[i] * font_height + char_y] & mask)
-                    AV_WN32(p, ~AV_RN32(p));
-                p += 4;
+        if (o) {
+            for (char_y = font_height - 1; char_y >= 0; char_y--) {
+                uint8_t *p = pic->data[0] + (y + i * 10) * pic->linesize[0] + x * 4;
+                for (mask = 0x80; mask; mask >>= 1) {
+                    if (font[txt[i] * font_height + font_height - 1 - char_y] & mask)
+                        AV_WN32(&p[char_y * 4], ~AV_RN32(&p[char_y * 4]));
+                    p += pic->linesize[0];
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            uint8_t *p = pic->data[0] + y * pic->linesize[0] + (x + i * 8) * 4;
+            for (char_y = 0; char_y < font_height; char_y++) {
+                for (mask = 0x80; mask; mask >>= 1) {
+                    if (font[txt[i] * font_height + char_y] & mask)
+                        AV_WN32(p, ~AV_RN32(p));
+                    p += 4;
+                }
+                p += pic->linesize[0] - 8 * 4;
             }
-            p += pic->linesize[0] - 8*4;
         }
     }
 }
@@ -168,6 +191,7 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *insamples)
     AVFilterContext *ctx = inlink->dst;
     AVFilterLink *outlink = ctx->outputs[0];
     ShowVolumeContext *s = ctx->priv;
+    const int step = s->step;
     int c, i, j, k;
     AVFrame *out;
 
@@ -187,7 +211,7 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *insamples)
 
     for (j = 0; j < outlink->h; j++) {
         uint8_t *dst = s->out->data[0] + j * s->out->linesize[0];
-        for (k = 0; k < s->w; k++) {
+        for (k = 0; k < outlink->w; k++) {
             dst[k * 4 + 0] = FFMAX(dst[k * 4 + 0] * s->f, 0);
             dst[k * 4 + 1] = FFMAX(dst[k * 4 + 1] * s->f, 0);
             dst[k * 4 + 2] = FFMAX(dst[k * 4 + 2] * s->f, 0);
@@ -195,29 +219,61 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *insamples)
         }
     }
 
-    for (c = 0; c < inlink->channels; c++) {
-        float *src = (float *)insamples->extended_data[c];
-        float max = 0;
-        uint32_t color;
+    if (s->orientation) {
+        for (c = 0; c < inlink->channels; c++) {
+            float *src = (float *)insamples->extended_data[c];
+            float max = 0;
+            uint32_t color;
 
-        for (i = 0; i < insamples->nb_samples; i++)
-            max = FFMAX(max, src[i]);
+            for (i = 0; i < insamples->nb_samples; i++)
+                max = FFMAX(max, src[i]);
 
-        s->values[c * VAR_VARS_NB + VAR_VOLUME] = 20.0 * log10(max);
-        max = av_clipf(max, 0, 1);
-        s->values[c * VAR_VARS_NB + VAR_CHANNEL] = c;
-        color = av_expr_eval(s->c_expr, &s->values[c * VAR_VARS_NB], NULL);
+            s->values[c * VAR_VARS_NB + VAR_VOLUME] = 20.0 * log10(max);
+            max = av_clipf(max, 0, 1);
+            s->values[c * VAR_VARS_NB + VAR_CHANNEL] = c;
+            color = av_expr_eval(s->c_expr, &s->values[c * VAR_VARS_NB], NULL);
 
-        for (j = 0; j < s->h; j++) {
-            uint8_t *dst = s->out->data[0] + (c * s->h + c * s->b + j) * s->out->linesize[0];
+            for (j = outlink->h - outlink->h * max; j < outlink->h; j++) {
+                uint8_t *dst = s->out->data[0] + j * s->out->linesize[0] + c * (s->b + s->h) * 4;
+                for (k = 0; k < s->h; k++) {
+                    AV_WN32A(&dst[k * 4], color);
+                    if (j & step)
+                        j += step;
+                }
+            }
 
-            for (k = 0; k < s->w * max; k++)
-                AV_WN32A(dst + k * 4, color);
+            if (outlink->h > 40 && s->draw_text)
+                drawtext(s->out, c * (s->h + s->b) + (s->h - 10) / 2, outlink->h - 35,
+                         av_get_channel_name(av_channel_layout_extract_channel(insamples->channel_layout, c)), 1);
         }
+    } else {
+        for (c = 0; c < inlink->channels; c++) {
+            float *src = (float *)insamples->extended_data[c];
+            float max = 0;
+            uint32_t color;
 
-        if (s->h >= 8 && s->draw_text)
-            drawtext(s->out, 2, c * (s->h + s->b) + (s->h - 8) / 2,
-                     av_get_channel_name(av_channel_layout_extract_channel(insamples->channel_layout, c)));
+            for (i = 0; i < insamples->nb_samples; i++)
+                max = FFMAX(max, src[i]);
+
+            s->values[c * VAR_VARS_NB + VAR_VOLUME] = 20.0 * log10(max);
+            max = av_clipf(max, 0, 1);
+            s->values[c * VAR_VARS_NB + VAR_CHANNEL] = c;
+            color = av_expr_eval(s->c_expr, &s->values[c * VAR_VARS_NB], NULL);
+
+            for (j = 0; j < s->h; j++) {
+                uint8_t *dst = s->out->data[0] + (c * s->h + c * s->b + j) * s->out->linesize[0];
+
+                for (k = 0; k < s->w * max; k++) {
+                    AV_WN32A(dst + k * 4, color);
+                    if (k & step)
+                        k += step;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (s->h >= 8 && s->draw_text)
+                drawtext(s->out, 2, c * (s->h + s->b) + (s->h - 8) / 2,
+                         av_get_channel_name(av_channel_layout_extract_channel(insamples->channel_layout, c)), 0);
+        }
     }
 
     av_frame_free(&insamples);
@@ -227,11 +283,17 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *insamples)
     av_frame_make_writable(out);
 
     for (c = 0; c < inlink->channels && s->draw_volume; c++) {
-        if (s->h >= 8) {
-            char buf[16];
-
-            snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.2f", s->values[c * VAR_VARS_NB + VAR_VOLUME]);
-            drawtext(out, FFMAX(0, s->w - 8 * (int)strlen(buf)), c * (s->h + s->b) + (s->h - 8) / 2, buf);
+        char buf[16];
+        if (s->orientation) {
+            if (s->h >= 8) {
+                snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.2f", s->values[c * VAR_VARS_NB + VAR_VOLUME]);
+                drawtext(out, c * (s->h + s->b) + (s->h - 8) / 2, 2, buf, 1);
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (s->h >= 8) {
+                snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.2f", s->values[c * VAR_VARS_NB + VAR_VOLUME]);
+                drawtext(out, FFMAX(0, s->w - 8 * (int)strlen(buf)), c * (s->h + s->b) + (s->h - 8) / 2, buf, 0);
+            }
         }
     }