Vertical, square, any frame. From one landscape video.

Turn one recording into the shapes each network wants. Crop when the subject is in the middle, pad when nothing may be cut off.

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Who uses it: Social tools, creator apps, marketing teams and anyone republishing long video as short clips.

Vertical 9:16

Crops the centre of a landscape video to 9:16 and scales it to 1080 by 1920.

What it is for: Reels, Shorts and TikTok fill the screen with vertical video.
Endpoint and fields: POST /v1/transcode preset
In ffmpeg: cropscale

curl "$VIDEXO_API_URL/v1/transcode" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIDEXO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "input": "https://example.com/talk.mp4",
  "preset": "social-vertical",
  "filename": "talk-vertical.mp4"
}'

import { Videxo } from '@videxo/sdk';

const videxo = new Videxo({ apiKey: process.env.VIDEXO_API_KEY, baseUrl: process.env.VIDEXO_API_URL });

const job = await videxo.transcode({
  "input": "https://example.com/talk.mp4",
  "preset": "social-vertical",
  "filename": "talk-vertical.mp4"
});
const done = await videxo.jobs.wait(job.id);

Install with npm i @videxo/sdk, or send the same request with curl or JavaScript. About the SDK

const response = await fetch(`${process.env.VIDEXO_API_URL}/v1/transcode`, {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VIDEXO_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "input": "https://example.com/talk.mp4",
    "preset": "social-vertical",
    "filename": "talk-vertical.mp4"
  }),
});
const job = await response.json();

ffmpeg \
  -i https://example.com/talk.mp4 \
  -map 0:v:0 \
  -vf scale=1080:1920:force_original_aspect_ratio=increase,crop=1080:1920,fps=30 \
  -c:v libx264 -preset veryfast -crf 23 -pix_fmt yuv420p \
  -map "0:a:0?" \
  -c:a aac -b:a 128k -movflags +faststart \
  talk-vertical.mp4

Output. talk-vertical.mp4: a 1080 by 1920 video at 30 frames a second, cut from the middle of the frame, with the sound as AAC.

Square 1:1

Crops the centre of a landscape video to a square and scales it to 1080 by 1080.

What it is for: Square video takes the most room in a feed on both phones and desktops.
Endpoint and fields: POST /v1/transcode preset
In ffmpeg: cropscale

curl "$VIDEXO_API_URL/v1/transcode" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIDEXO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "input": "https://example.com/talk.mp4",
  "preset": "square",
  "filename": "talk-square.mp4"
}'

import { Videxo } from '@videxo/sdk';

const videxo = new Videxo({ apiKey: process.env.VIDEXO_API_KEY, baseUrl: process.env.VIDEXO_API_URL });

const job = await videxo.transcode({
  "input": "https://example.com/talk.mp4",
  "preset": "square",
  "filename": "talk-square.mp4"
});
const done = await videxo.jobs.wait(job.id);

Install with npm i @videxo/sdk, or send the same request with curl or JavaScript. About the SDK

const response = await fetch(`${process.env.VIDEXO_API_URL}/v1/transcode`, {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VIDEXO_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "input": "https://example.com/talk.mp4",
    "preset": "square",
    "filename": "talk-square.mp4"
  }),
});
const job = await response.json();

ffmpeg \
  -i https://example.com/talk.mp4 \
  -map 0:v:0 \
  -vf scale=1080:1080:force_original_aspect_ratio=increase,crop=1080:1080,fps=30 \
  -c:v libx264 -preset veryfast -crf 23 -pix_fmt yuv420p \
  -map "0:a:0?" \
  -c:a aac -b:a 128k -movflags +faststart \
  talk-square.mp4

Output. talk-square.mp4: a 1080 by 1080 video at 30 frames a second, cut from the middle of the frame, with the sound as AAC.

Pad and letterbox

Fits the whole picture into a new frame and fills the rest with a colour.

What it is for: Nothing is cut off, so slides, screen recordings and captions stay readable in any format.
Endpoint and fields: POST /v1/transcode resize
In ffmpeg: scalepad

curl "$VIDEXO_API_URL/v1/transcode" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIDEXO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "input": "https://example.com/talk.mp4",
  "filename": "talk-letterbox.mp4",
  "resize": {
    "width": 1080,
    "height": 1920,
    "fit": "pad",
    "pad_color": "black"
  }
}'

import { Videxo } from '@videxo/sdk';

const videxo = new Videxo({ apiKey: process.env.VIDEXO_API_KEY, baseUrl: process.env.VIDEXO_API_URL });

const job = await videxo.transcode({
  "input": "https://example.com/talk.mp4",
  "filename": "talk-letterbox.mp4",
  "resize": {
    "width": 1080,
    "height": 1920,
    "fit": "pad",
    "pad_color": "black"
  }
});
const done = await videxo.jobs.wait(job.id);

Install with npm i @videxo/sdk, or send the same request with curl or JavaScript. About the SDK

const response = await fetch(`${process.env.VIDEXO_API_URL}/v1/transcode`, {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VIDEXO_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "input": "https://example.com/talk.mp4",
    "filename": "talk-letterbox.mp4",
    "resize": {
      "width": 1080,
      "height": 1920,
      "fit": "pad",
      "pad_color": "black"
    }
  }),
});
const job = await response.json();

ffmpeg \
  -i https://example.com/talk.mp4 \
  -map 0:v:0 \
  -vf "scale=1080:1920:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease:force_divisible_by=2,pad=1080:1920:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2:color=0x000000" \
  -c:v libx264 -preset veryfast -crf 23 -pix_fmt yuv420p \
  -map "0:a:0?" \
  -c:a aac -b:a 128k -movflags +faststart \
  talk-letterbox.mp4

Output. talk-letterbox.mp4: the full landscape picture centred in a 1080 by 1920 frame, black above and below.

Rotate and flip

Turns a video by 90 degrees, or mirrors it left to right or top to bottom.

What it is for: Fixes phone footage recorded sideways and selfie video that came out mirrored.
Endpoint and fields: POST /v1/transcode rotate
In ffmpeg: transposehflipvflip

curl "$VIDEXO_API_URL/v1/transcode" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIDEXO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "input": "https://example.com/talk.mp4",
  "filename": "talk-rotated.mp4",
  "rotate": 90
}'

import { Videxo } from '@videxo/sdk';

const videxo = new Videxo({ apiKey: process.env.VIDEXO_API_KEY, baseUrl: process.env.VIDEXO_API_URL });

const job = await videxo.transcode({
  "input": "https://example.com/talk.mp4",
  "filename": "talk-rotated.mp4",
  "rotate": 90
});
const done = await videxo.jobs.wait(job.id);

Install with npm i @videxo/sdk, or send the same request with curl or JavaScript. About the SDK

const response = await fetch(`${process.env.VIDEXO_API_URL}/v1/transcode`, {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VIDEXO_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "input": "https://example.com/talk.mp4",
    "filename": "talk-rotated.mp4",
    "rotate": 90
  }),
});
const job = await response.json();

ffmpeg \
  -i https://example.com/talk.mp4 \
  -map 0:v:0 \
  -vf "transpose=clock,scale='min(trunc(iw/2)*2,min(7680,min(trunc(7680*iw/ih/2)*2,trunc(sqrt(33554432*iw/ih)/2)*2)))':-2" \
  -c:v libx264 -preset veryfast -crf 23 -pix_fmt yuv420p \
  -map "0:a:0?" \
  -c:a aac -b:a 128k -movflags +faststart \
  talk-rotated.mp4

Output. talk-rotated.mp4: the video turned 90 degrees clockwise.

Limits. Set by your plan.

A crop takes the area you choose, the centre in these examples, or the anchor you name in JSON.
Commands may size crops and pads with expressions such as ih*9/16 and (ow-iw)/2.
Inputs are public http or https URLs, or completed private uploads up to 100 MB and your plan’s input limit. Outputs have signed download links. A job names up to 16 input and 16 output files.

Limits per plan

What one job may use on each plan
Limit	Pay as you go	Starter	Pro	Scale
Longest job	10 min	10 min	30 min	60 min
Inputs per job	1 GB	1 GB	5 GB	10 GB
Outputs per job	1 GB	1 GB	5 GB	8 GB
Outputs expire after	7 days	7 days	30 days	30 days

Pay as you go

Longest job

10 min
Inputs per job

1 GB
Outputs per job

1 GB
Outputs expire after

7 days
Starter

Longest job

10 min
Inputs per job

1 GB
Outputs per job

1 GB
Outputs expire after

7 days
Pro

Longest job

30 min
Inputs per job

5 GB
Outputs per job

5 GB
Outputs expire after

30 days
Scale

Longest job

60 min
Inputs per job

10 GB
Outputs per job

8 GB
Outputs expire after

30 days

More features

Transcode and compress Compress video, convert between H.264, H.265, VP9 and AV1, resize and set the frame rate.
Clips and trims Trim clips by time, join files, change the speed, fade in and out, and find the scenes of a video.
Watermarks and overlays Overlay logos, watermarks, titles and captions, and place one video over another as picture in picture.
Colour and effects Correct colour with eq and hue, blur a region for privacy, sharpen after scaling.
Thumbnails and GIFs Pick thumbnails, lay out storyboards and contact sheets, and make GIF previews with a fitted palette.
Audio Extract and convert audio, normalise loudness, mix background music and draw waveforms.

Run your first job. Free, no card.

Get an API key All features

Vertical, square, any frame. From one landscape video.

Vertical 9:16

Square 1:1

Pad and letterbox

Rotate and flip

Limits. Set by your plan.

Pay as you go

Starter

Pro

Scale

Run your first job. Free, no card.