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ffmpeg - Video - Resize - Basic resize of a video

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "scale=1920:1080" -c:a copy output.mp4

NOTE:

-i input.mp4: Specifies the input video file.
-vf “scale=1920:1080”: Applies the scale filter to resize the video to 1920×1080 pixels.
-c:a copy: Copies the media streams without re-encoding.
output.mp4: Name of the output file.