How to Crop and Resize Video with FFmpeg

Originally published at ffmpeg-micro.com You need to resize a video to 720p. Or crop a landscape clip to vertical for TikTok. FFmpeg handles both, but the syntax trips up even experienced developers, especially around aspect ratios and pixel dimension requirements. This guide covers the three filters you actually need: scale , crop , and pad . How to Resize Video with the FFmpeg Scale Filter The scale filter sets the output width and height in pixels. ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "scale=1280:720" -c