https://www.ogopogo.biz/lang-version.en/2025-08-17T00:10:48+00:002025-08-17T00:10:48+00:002025-08-17T00:10:48+00:00Pierre Bernatcheztag:www.ogopogo.biz,2025-08-17:/lang-version.en/mp4resize-en.html

<p class="first last">shrink mp4</p>

<p><strong>Problem</strong></p> <p>I needed to shrink the size of an mp4 video.</p> <p>The mp4 my cell phone produced was 1920x1080 mp4. (flipped sideways somehow)</p> <p>It was way too big for the documentation files.</p> <p><strong>Solution</strong></p> <p>Using this command I reduced the size to 1/4 what is was.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>ffmpeg<span class="w"> </span>-i<span class="w"> </span>../../incoming_images/lavar_frijoles.mp4<span class="w"> </span>-vf<span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;scale=270x480, setsar=1&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span>-c:v<span class="w"> </span>libx264<span class="w"> </span>-acodec<span class="w"> </span>copy<span class="w"> </span>lavar_frijoles.mp4 </pre></div>