# rff-filter
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Video frame filters for **remade_ffmpeg_rs** — FFmpeg's `libavfilter`, scoped
to the graph shapes the CLI actually exposes: a linear `-vf` chain and an
`overlay` composite for `-filter_complex`.
- **`FilterChain::parse`** — parses FFmpeg's `-vf` syntax (`scale=320:240,crop=w:h:x:y`) into a chain you can `apply` to each decoded `VideoFrame`.
- **`scale`** and **`crop`** filters today; the `Filter` trait is the extension point for more.
- **`output_dims`** — resolve the post-chain frame size without decoding anything, which is what the encoder needs at open time.
- **`overlay`** — composite one frame over another at `(x, y)`, backing `-filter_complex` overlay.
- Empty spec = pass-through, so callers don't special-case "no filters".
## Usage
```rust
use rff_filter::FilterChain;
use rff_core::{Error, PixelFormat, VideoFrame};
fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
// Exactly the string `ffmpeg -vf` takes.
let mut chain = FilterChain::parse("scale=320:240,crop=160:120:80:60")?;
// Resolve the output size before opening the encoder.
let (w, h) = chain.output_dims(1920, 1080);
println!("encoder should be opened at {w}x{h}");
let frame = VideoFrame {
width: 1920,
height: 1080,
format: PixelFormat::Yuv420p,
planes: vec![vec![0u8; 1920 * 1080], vec![0u8; 960 * 540], vec![0u8; 960 * 540]],
strides: vec![1920, 960, 960],
pts: Some(0),
};
let _filtered = chain.apply(frame)?;
Ok(())
}
```
## Part of Remade With Rust
This crate is one layer of
**[remade_ffmpeg_rs](https://github.com/Remade-With-Rust/remade_ffmpeg_rs)** — a
ground-up, permissively-licensed Rust rebuild of FFmpeg: a drop-in
`ffmpeg`/`ffprobe` CLI on pure-Rust codecs, with no copyleft. Most users want
the [`remade-ffmpeg`](https://crates.io/crates/remade-ffmpeg) engine facade or the
[`rff-cli`](https://crates.io/crates/rff-cli) binaries rather than this crate
directly.
Also check out our sister project
**[FFAI](https://github.com/Remade-With-Rust/FFAI)** — media for an AI-first
world — and the rest of
**[github.com/remade-with-rust](https://github.com/remade-with-rust)**, including
the standalone codec crates
[`rusty_h264`](https://crates.io/crates/rusty_h264),
[`rusty_vp9`](https://crates.io/crates/rusty_vp9),
[`rusty_mp3`](https://crates.io/crates/rusty_mp3),
[`rusty_aac`](https://crates.io/crates/rusty_aac),
[`rusty-opus`](https://crates.io/crates/rusty-opus),
[`rusty_vorbis`](https://crates.io/crates/rusty_vorbis), and the
[rusty-av1-toolkit](https://github.com/Remade-With-Rust/rusty-av1-toolkit) forks.
## About Mata Network
[Mata Network](https://www.mata.network) builds sovereign, self-hostable
infrastructure. **Remade With Rust** is our open-source home for the
permissively-licensed building blocks that work depends on.
## License
Apache-2.0. See the workspace
[LICENSE](https://github.com/Remade-With-Rust/remade_ffmpeg_rs/blob/main/LICENSE).