FFmpeg equivalent filter to MPlayer's rectangle

microchip8 · 2nd March 2026, 13:42

Anyone knows if FFmpeg has a filter that does what MPlayer's rectangle filter does?

I'd like to remove a dependency from my scripts but was not able to locate a rectangle-like filter in FFmpeg. That filter basically displays a visible rectangle that can be used to view the cropped area of a video. It takes as input the detected crop values. If I can use ffplay instead of MPlayer, I'd be happy.

Z2697 · 2nd March 2026, 14:55

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microchip8 · 2nd March 2026, 15:05

Thanks. Will gonna check these out.

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microchip8 ffx264/ffhevc author Join Date: May 2007 Location: /dev/video0 Posts: 2,059	FFmpeg equivalent filter to MPlayer's rectangle Anyone knows if FFmpeg has a filter that does what MPlayer's rectangle filter does? I'd like to remove a dependency from my scripts but was not able to locate a rectangle-like filter in FFmpeg. That filter basically displays a visible rectangle that can be used to view the cropped area of a video. It takes as input the detected crop values. If I can use ffplay instead of MPlayer, I'd be happy. __________________ The Cyberpunk Database \|\| NTP & NTS Time Server \|\| Mirror Services ffhevc \|\| ffx264 \|\| ffxvid

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microchip8 ffx264/ffhevc author Join Date: May 2007 Location: /dev/video0 Posts: 2,059	Thanks. Will gonna check these out. __________________ The Cyberpunk Database \|\| NTP & NTS Time Server \|\| Mirror Services ffhevc \|\| ffx264 \|\| ffxvid

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