🔧 FFmpeg pad Filter: Letterbox and Pillarbox Video for Any Aspect Ratio

Originally published at ffmpeg-micro.com

You have got a 4:3 video that needs to be 16:9. Or a landscape clip that needs to fit a 9:16 vertical frame. Scaling alone either distorts the image or leaves the wrong dimensions. FFmpeg's pad filter adds bars (black or any color) to fill the gap without touching a single pixel of your actual video.



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