From 6dec46f809b8aa4d070289a6eab2d0c95384a3ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Djellouli <37275728+djeada@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 19:35:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(make_short): shift content right with left padding
 instead of overlay; preserve full video

---
 src/make_short.sh | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/make_short.sh b/src/make_short.sh
index d1fb79c..bd9605a 100755
--- a/src/make_short.sh
+++ b/src/make_short.sh
@@ -236,9 +236,12 @@ case "$FIT" in
   *) echo "Invalid --fit: $FIT"; exit 1 ;;
 esac
 
-# Overlay left black margin on the final 1080x1920 frame without distorting content
+# Apply left safety margin without covering or cropping content:
+# - scale to fit within (1080 - SAFE_LEFT) x 1920 preserving AR
+# - then pad to 1080x1920 with left offset SAFE_LEFT and vertical centering
 if (( SAFE_LEFT > 0 )); then
-  vf_chain+=("drawbox=x=0:y=0:w=${SAFE_LEFT}:h=ih:color=black:t=fill")
+  vf_chain+=("scale=${TW}:1920:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease:force_divisible_by=2")
+  vf_chain+=("pad=1080:1920:${SAFE_LEFT}:floor((oh-ih)/2)")
 fi
 
 # Pixel/Display aspect