make pad=2*iw:2*ih so your display area is bigger than the video area , ----- what does not kill you make you stronger . FFMPEG can do it -- View this message in context: http://ffmpeg-users.933282.n4.nabble.com/Problem-with-vf-pad-help-please-tp4653478p4653501.html Sent from the FFmpeg-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.