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2150	scale video filter improvement	burek		"Could ""scale"" video filter be improved in such a way that users could define X:Y as a maximum sized box in which the input video should be scaled, keeping aspect ratio? Something like: ""-vf scale=640:480:keep_aspect_ratio""

This would work the same as ""-vf scale=640:-1"" when the input video has got width > height and ""-vf scale=-1:480"" when the input video has got height > width.

Right now, without this feature, users have to use either ffprobe or ffmpeg to first determine which dimension is greater and based on that, they would launch either 640:-1 (if width is greater than height) or -1:480 (when height is greater than width). But with this feature, users would be able to do it all with one simple command.

Maybe a simple flag could be added, so that it could be written like this: ""-vf scale=640:480:flags=keep-ratio"" or something similar."	enhancement	closed	wish	avfilter	unspecified	invalid					0	0