user23072: I have a video track that is a 4:3 video with pillarboxing/black bars on the side making it a 16:9 video. The resolution of the video is 960x540 (16:9).
How would I remove the blackbars and then stretch it to 16:9 to be a proper 16:9 video?
What I have:

What I want:

I'm assuming I want to use a -vf "crop=720:528:120:6" to remove the black bars from the side and the small one at the bottom, but how would I then stretch that to 16:9?
By the way, im hoping to end up with this video in the resolution: 960x540, meaning with the small 6 pixel removal of the small border under the video, im hoping to stretch that BACK to 540 from 534.

user1871: Add a scaler after the crop.
-vf "crop=720:528:120:6,scale=960:540,setsar=1"

The setsar is added to prevent players squashing the video during playback.

23072: <p>I have a video track that is a 4:3 video with pillarboxing/black bars on the side making it a 16:9 video. The resolution of the video is 960x540 (16:9).</p>

<p>How would I remove the blackbars and then stretch it to 16:9 to be a proper 16:9 video?</p>

<p>What I have:
<a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/2OEu6.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/2OEu6.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>What I want:
<a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/EVg7k.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/EVg7k.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>I'm assuming I want to use a -vf "crop=720:528:120:6" to remove the black bars from the side and the small one at the bottom, but how would I then stretch that to 16:9?</p>

<p>By the way, im hoping to end up with this video in the resolution: 960x540, meaning with the small 6 pixel removal of the small border under the video, im hoping to stretch that BACK to 540 from 534.</p>
 1871: <p>Add a scaler after the crop.</p>

<pre><code>-vf "crop=720:528:120:6,scale=960:540,setsar=1"
</code></pre>

<p>The setsar is added to prevent players squashing the video during playback.</p>
