<p>I resolved this issue by setting the attached SAR (Sample/Storage Aspect Ratio):</p>
<pre><code>ffmpeg -i test.mp4 -vf scale=1000:200,setsar=1 output.mp4
</code></pre>

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2021-10-27T07:32:13.310Z
2021-10-27T07:32:13.310Z
Pierre de LESPINAY
<p>I want to make a video 'wide', so the width is increased and the height stays the same as of the input image. I use the following command: <code>ffmpeg -i test.mp4 -vf scale=&quot;1000:200&quot; output.mp4</code>. It just does not work. The most interesting thing that it works with png images but not with videos.
Example: video before:<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Gg6M8.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Gg6M8.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>After: <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/mNs43.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/mNs43.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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2020-07-16T05:19:38.630Z
Add -report and rerun. Share report.
Gyan
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2020-07-16T07:15:21.153Z
a shot in the dark - but as far as I know, you don't need the quotation-marks when defining the scale. Instead, try: scale=1000:200
Florian Claaßen
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2020-07-16T12:47:24.943Z
@Gyan https://pastebin.com/vm68342n
Bakhanov A.
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2020-07-16T12:48:01.283Z
@FlorianClaaßen I tried, it did not work
Bakhanov A.
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2020-07-16T14:12:54.067Z
@BakhanovA. Huh, was worth a try.
Florian Claaßen
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2020-07-19T17:52:52.937Z
I found an answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50346707/ffmpeg-scaling-not-working-for-video, just add `sar=1`
Bakhanov A.
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2023-02-19T07:55:22.363Z
surreal... I found this question because I, too, was trying to make a "wide putin"-styled video, and had tried using scale in this way. I used "1000:300", but, wow... that's really similar
Suchipi
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Scale video without keeping aspect ratio in ffmpeg
Bakhanov A.
# Scale video without keeping aspect ratio in ffmpeg

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-07-15)

I want to make a video 'wide', so the width is increased and the height stays the same as of the input image. I use the following command: `ffmpeg -i test.mp4 -vf scale="1000:200" output.mp4`. It just does not work. The most interesting thing that it works with png images but not with videos.
Example: video before:[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Gg6M8.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Gg6M8.jpg)

After: [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/mNs43.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/mNs43.png)

**Tags:** ffmpeg, scale

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Add -report and rerun. Share report.  
> **username_2**: a shot in the dark - but as far as I know, you don't need the quotation-marks when defining the scale. Instead, try: scale=1000:200  
> **username_0**: @username_1 https://pastebin.com/vm68342n  
> **username_0**: @FlorianClaaßen I tried, it did not work  
> **username_2**: @BakhanovA. Huh, was worth a try.  
> **username_0**: I found an answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50346707/ffmpeg-scaling-not-working-for-video, just add `sar=1`  
> **username_3**: surreal... I found this question because I, too, was trying to make a "wide putin"-styled video, and had tried using scale in this way. I used "1000:300", but, wow... that's really similar  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2021-10-27. Score: 2

I resolved this issue by setting the attached SAR (Sample/Storage Aspect Ratio):
ffmpeg -i test.mp4 -vf scale=1000:200,setsar=1 output.mp4


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