I’m trying to place two videos side by side in Shotcut so that they play simultaneously. The videos have different widths but the same height, so I increased the project width to match the combined width of both clips.
However, I ran into a problem:
as soon as I change the project width, the video with the larger resolution automatically scales itself to fill the entire project preview. Because of this auto‑scaling, I can’t position the two videos next to each other the way I need.
I want both videos to appear side by side and play at the same time, but the larger one keeps snapping to full project width, even when I try adjusting Size & Position or Rotate & Scale filters.
Could someone explain how to stop Shotcut from auto‑scaling the clip so I can manually place both videos next to each other?
If the heights are the same there shouldn’t really be an auto scale happening, did you increase project width in Settings → Video mode → Custom? (or in timeline properties?). A screenshot with the clips and project would probably help us spot the issue.
But basically if you are sure the project mode is the correct height and width1+width2, then add a Size, Position&Rotate filter to each of your clips and manually type the resolution there (like 1080x1920 i assume).
can you do this such me at your screens your settings for each videos?
increase project width in Settings → Video mode → Custom? -yes i set manually for both videos if my frist video has 1280/720 and other is 404/720 = 1684 pixels but first videos
