[MPlayer-users] mencoder - adding black borders

[n0dalus]

On 12/21/05, Nick Rout <nick at rout.co.nz> wrote:
> I have read section 8 of the mencoder docs here:
>
> http://tuxrip.free.fr//MPlayer-DOCS-HTML/en/menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html
>
> and googled, but I cannot work out or find the actual command line
> options to add an arbitrary sized black border.
>
> Can anyone point me to the right bit of doco, or post a sample code, or
> tell me which FM to read?
>
> Thanks.

I think something like: '-vf expand=-20:-20:10:10' should add 10 pixel
black borders. Expand should be done after any scaling. See the man
page for more info on the expand filter.

n0dalus.