diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b71c605e6e663fa86a9ba7739c350fe34be1f815..cd7591e273391441ecebd90fd493b4ce6a4193c9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2073,6 +2073,7 @@ Video Filters:
* Improvements on the transform filter, to support 10bits and RGB formats
* Revival of the openCV and openCV example filters
* ARM NEON acceleration of chroma filters
+ * New crop filter without picture copy
Stream Output:
* Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI
diff --git a/modules/video_filter/Makefile.am b/modules/video_filter/Makefile.am
index 85b8e3ae9ae58fb8a782c58c79a6416c4bc23cd1..c7fe5e0694a964289ee84d45cffd49e4d402c96d 100644
--- a/modules/video_filter/Makefile.am
+++ b/modules/video_filter/Makefile.am
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ libhqdn3d_plugin_la_SOURCES = video_filter/hqdn3d.c video_filter/hqdn3d.h
libhqdn3d_plugin_la_LIBADD = $(LIBM)
libinvert_plugin_la_SOURCES = video_filter/invert.c
libmagnify_plugin_la_SOURCES = video_filter/magnify.c
+libformatcrop_plugin_la_SOURCES = video_filter/formatcrop.c
libmirror_plugin_la_SOURCES = video_filter/mirror.c
libmotionblur_plugin_la_SOURCES = video_filter/motionblur.c
libmotiondetect_plugin_la_SOURCES = video_filter/motiondetect.c
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ video_filter_LTLIBRARIES = \
libgaussianblur_plugin.la \
libinvert_plugin.la \
libmagnify_plugin.la \
+ libformatcrop_plugin.la \
libmirror_plugin.la \
libmotionblur_plugin.la \
libmotiondetect_plugin.la \
diff --git a/modules/video_filter/formatcrop.c b/modules/video_filter/formatcrop.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..78d1e41705004490f66afcc1355586bf66ea1636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/video_filter/formatcrop.c
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * formatcrop.c
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 VLC authors and VideoLAN
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <limits.h>
+
+#include <vlc_common.h>
+#include <vlc_plugin.h>
+#include <vlc_filter.h>
+#include <vlc_picture.h>
+
+/**
+ * This filter crops the input pictures by adjusting the format (offsets and
+ * size) without any copy (contrary to croppadd).
+ */
+
+#define CFG_PREFIX "formatcrop-"
+static const char *const filter_options[] = {
+ "top", "bottom", "left", "right", NULL,
+};
+
+#define CROPTOP_TEXT N_("Pixels to crop from top")
+#define CROPTOP_LONGTEXT \
+ N_("Number of pixels to crop from the top of the image.")
+
+#define CROPBOTTOM_TEXT N_("Pixels to crop from bottom")
+#define CROPBOTTOM_LONGTEXT \
+ N_("Number of pixels to crop from the bottom of the image.")
+
+#define CROPLEFT_TEXT N_("Pixels to crop from left")
+#define CROPLEFT_LONGTEXT \
+ N_("Number of pixels to crop from the left of the image.")
+
+#define CROPRIGHT_TEXT N_("Pixels to crop from right")
+#define CROPRIGHT_LONGTEXT \
+ N_("Number of pixels to crop from the right of the image.")
+
+struct sys {
+ unsigned x;
+ unsigned y;
+ unsigned width;
+ unsigned height;
+};
+
+#define IDX_TOP 0
+#define IDX_LEFT 1
+#define IDX_BOTTOM 2
+#define IDX_RIGHT 3
+
+struct transform {
+ unsigned idx_top;
+ unsigned idx_left;
+ /* idx_bottom is idx_top XOR 2
+ idx_right is idx_left XOR 2 */
+};
+
+static const struct transform transforms[8] = {
+ [ORIENT_TOP_LEFT] = { IDX_TOP, IDX_LEFT },
+ [ORIENT_TOP_RIGHT] = { IDX_TOP, IDX_RIGHT },
+ [ORIENT_BOTTOM_LEFT] = { IDX_BOTTOM, IDX_LEFT },
+ [ORIENT_BOTTOM_RIGHT] = { IDX_BOTTOM, IDX_RIGHT },
+ [ORIENT_LEFT_TOP] = { IDX_LEFT, IDX_TOP },
+ [ORIENT_LEFT_BOTTOM] = { IDX_LEFT, IDX_BOTTOM },
+ [ORIENT_RIGHT_TOP] = { IDX_RIGHT, IDX_TOP },
+ [ORIENT_RIGHT_BOTTOM] = { IDX_RIGHT, IDX_BOTTOM },
+};
+
+static picture_t *
+Filter(filter_t *filter, picture_t *pic)
+{
+ struct sys *sys = filter->p_sys;
+
+ if (!pic)
+ return NULL;
+
+ picture_t *out = picture_Clone(pic);
+ if (!out)
+ return NULL;
+ picture_CopyProperties(out, pic);
+
+ picture_Release(pic);
+
+ video_format_t *fmt = &out->format;
+ fmt->i_x_offset = sys->x;
+ fmt->i_y_offset = sys->y;
+ fmt->i_visible_width = sys->width;
+ fmt->i_visible_height = sys->height;
+
+ return out;
+}
+
+static void
+Close(filter_t *filter)
+{
+ struct sys *sys = filter->p_sys;
+ free(sys);
+}
+
+static int
+Open(filter_t *filter)
+{
+ config_ChainParse(filter, CFG_PREFIX, filter_options, filter->p_cfg);
+ unsigned top = var_InheritInteger(filter, CFG_PREFIX "top");
+ unsigned bottom = var_InheritInteger(filter, CFG_PREFIX "bottom");
+ unsigned left = var_InheritInteger(filter, CFG_PREFIX "left");
+ unsigned right = var_InheritInteger(filter, CFG_PREFIX "right");
+
+ video_format_t *fmt = &filter->fmt_in.video;
+ video_orientation_t orientation = fmt->orientation;
+
+ /* In the same order as IDX_ constants values */
+ unsigned crop[] = { top, left, bottom, right };
+
+ /* Transform from picture crop to physical crop (with orientation) */
+ const struct transform *tx = &transforms[orientation];
+ unsigned crop_top = crop[tx->idx_top];
+ unsigned crop_left = crop[tx->idx_left];
+ unsigned crop_bottom = crop[tx->idx_top ^ 2];
+ unsigned crop_right = crop[tx->idx_left ^ 2];
+
+ if (crop_top + crop_bottom >= fmt->i_visible_height)
+ {
+ msg_Err(filter, "Vertical crop (top=%u, bottom=%u) "
+ "greater than the picture height (%u)\n",
+ crop_top, crop_bottom, fmt->i_visible_height);
+ return VLC_EGENERIC;
+ }
+
+ if (crop_left + crop_right >= fmt->i_visible_width)
+ {
+ msg_Err(filter, "Horizontal crop (left=%u, right=%u) "
+ "greater than the picture width (%u)\n",
+ crop_left, crop_right, fmt->i_visible_width);
+ return VLC_EGENERIC;
+ }
+
+ struct sys *sys = malloc(sizeof(*sys));
+ if (!sys)
+ return VLC_EGENERIC;
+
+ filter->p_sys = sys;
+
+ sys->x = fmt->i_x_offset + crop_left;
+ sys->y = fmt->i_y_offset + crop_top;
+ sys->width = fmt->i_visible_width - crop_left - crop_right;
+ sys->height = fmt->i_visible_height - crop_top - crop_bottom;
+
+ static const struct vlc_filter_operations filter_ops =
+ {
+ .filter_video = Filter,
+ .close = Close,
+ };
+ filter->ops = &filter_ops;
+
+ return VLC_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+vlc_module_begin()
+ set_shortname("formatcrop")
+ set_description(N_("Video cropping filter"))
+ set_callback_video_filter(Open)
+
+ set_category(CAT_VIDEO)
+ set_subcategory(SUBCAT_VIDEO_VFILTER);
+
+ add_integer_with_range(CFG_PREFIX "top", 0, 0, INT_MAX,
+ CROPTOP_TEXT, CROPTOP_LONGTEXT)
+ add_integer_with_range(CFG_PREFIX "bottom", 0, 0, INT_MAX,
+ CROPBOTTOM_TEXT, CROPTOP_LONGTEXT)
+ add_integer_with_range(CFG_PREFIX "left", 0, 0, INT_MAX,
+ CROPLEFT_TEXT, CROPTOP_LONGTEXT)
+ add_integer_with_range(CFG_PREFIX "right", 0, 0, INT_MAX,
+ CROPRIGHT_TEXT, CROPTOP_LONGTEXT)
+vlc_module_end()
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 5b31464ddd56e5a1a80210325eea1af39bd87bf1..73ee32bff713f20201b9281a97ceda207a52a660 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -1301,6 +1301,7 @@ modules/video_filter/edgedetection.c
modules/video_filter/erase.c
modules/video_filter/extract.c
modules/video_filter/fps.c
+modules/video_filter/formatcrop.c
modules/video_filter/freeze.c
modules/video_filter/gaussianblur.c
modules/video_filter/gradfun.c