FFmpeg not cropping video correctly - ffmpeg

Question

I'm using ffmpeg as:
ffmpeg -i "video.webm" -c:v libx264 -vf "crop=in_w:in_h:in_w/2:in_h" -ss 00:02:56.000 -to 00:03:02.750 cut.mp4 -y
to get left side of screen to crop out right one, but in result I'm getting uncropped video (both sides present), when I change command to get right side (to crop out left one):
ffmpeg -i "video.webm" -c:v libx264 -vf "crop=in_w/2:in_h:in_w:in_h" -ss 00:2:56.000 -to 00:03:02.750 cut.mp4 -y
everything works as it should (only right side of original video presents in "cut.mp4").
What am I doing wrong?
P.S.
ffmpeg version 4.4.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2021 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 11.2.1 (Gentoo 11.2.1_p20220115 p4) 20220115
configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --shlibdir=/usr/lib64 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/ffmpeg-4.4.1-r5/html --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-shared --cc=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc --cxx=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ --ar=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ar --nm=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-nm --strip=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-strip --ranlib=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ranlib --pkg-config=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-pkg-config --optflags='-march=native -O2 -pipe' --extra-libs= --disable-static --enable-avfilter --enable-avresample --disable-stripping --disable-optimizations --disable-libcelt --enable-nonfree --disable-indev=v4l2 --disable-outdev=v4l2 --disable-indev=alsa --disable-indev=oss --disable-indev=jack --disable-indev=sndio --disable-outdev=alsa --disable-outdev=oss --disable-outdev=sndio --enable-version3 --enable-bzlib --enable-runtime-cpudetect --disable-debug --disable-gcrypt --enable-gnutls --enable-gmp --enable-gpl --disable-hardcoded-tables --enable-iconv --disable-libxml2 --enable-lzma --enable-network --disable-opencl --enable-openssl --enable-postproc --disable-libsmbclient --disable-ffplay --disable-sdl2 --disable-vaapi --disable-vdpau --disable-vulkan --disable-xlib --disable-libxcb --disable-libxcb-shm --disable-libxcb-xfixes --enable-zlib --disable-libcdio --disable-libiec61883 --disable-libdc1394 --disable-libcaca --disable-openal --disable-opengl --disable-libv4l2 --disable-libpulse --disable-libdrm --disable-libjack --disable-libopencore-amrwb --disable-libopencore-amrnb --disable-libcodec2 --enable-libdav1d --disable-libfdk-aac --disable-libopenjpeg --disable-libbluray --disable-libgme --disable-libgsm --disable-libaribb24 --disable-mmal --disable-libmodplug --disable-libopus --disable-libilbc --disable-librtmp --disable-libssh --disable-libspeex --disable-libsrt --enable-librsvg --disable-ffnvcodec --disable-libvorbis --disable-libvpx --disable-libzvbi --disable-appkit --disable-libbs2b --disable-chromaprint --disable-cuda-llvm --disable-libflite --disable-frei0r --disable-libvmaf --disable-libfribidi --disable-fontconfig --disable-ladspa --disable-libass --disable-libtesseract --disable-lv2 --enable-libfreetype --disable-libvidstab --disable-librubberband --disable-libzmq --disable-libzimg --disable-libsoxr --enable-pthreads --disable-amf --disable-libvo-amrwbenc --disable-libkvazaar --disable-libaom --disable-libmp3lame --disable-libopenh264 --disable-librav1e --disable-libsnappy --disable-libsvtav1 --disable-libtheora --disable-libtwolame --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --disable-libx265 --disable-libxvid --disable-gnutls --disable-armv5te --disable-armv6 --disable-armv6t2 --disable-neon --disable-vfp --disable-vfpv3 --disable-armv8 --disable-mipsdsp --disable-mipsdspr2 --disable-mipsfpu --disable-altivec --disable-vsx --disable-power8 --disable-amd3dnow --disable-amd3dnowext --disable-fma3 --disable-fma4 --disable-xop --cpu=host --disable-doc --disable-htmlpages --enable-manpages
libavutil 56. 70.100 / 56. 70.100
libavcodec 58.134.100 / 58.134.100
libavformat 58. 76.100 / 58. 76.100
libavdevice 58. 13.100 / 58. 13.100
libavfilter 7.110.100 / 7.110.100
libavresample 4. 0. 0 / 4. 0. 0
libswscale 5. 9.100 / 5. 9.100
libswresample 3. 9.100 / 3. 9.100
libpostproc 55. 9.100 / 55. 9.100
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'video.webm':
Metadata:
ENCODER : Lavf58.76.100
Duration: 00:36:29.58, start: -0.007000, bitrate: 1066 kb/s
Stream #0:0(eng): Video: vp9 (Profile 0), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 1920x1080, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc (default)
Metadata:
DURATION : 00:36:29.560000000
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: opus, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp (default)
Metadata:
DURATION : 00:36:29.581000000
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (vp9 (native) -> h264 (libx264))
Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (opus (native) -> aac (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] using SAR=1/1
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast LZCNT SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] profile Progressive High, level 4.0, 4:2:0, 8-bit
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] 264 - core 157 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2019 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=-2 threads=15 lookahead_threads=2 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=1 b_bias=0 direct=1 weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=250 keyint_min=25 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=23.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
Output #0, mp4, to 'cut.mp4':
Metadata:
encoder : Lavf58.76.100
Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 25 fps, 12800 tbn (default)
Metadata:
DURATION : 00:36:29.560000000
encoder : Lavc58.134.100 libx264
Side data:
cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/0 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: N/A
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
DURATION : 00:36:29.581000000
encoder : Lavc58.134.100 aac
frame= 169 fps= 28 q=-1.0 Lsize= 851kB time=00:00:06.74 bitrate=1033.9kbits/s speed=1.12x
video:738kB audio:106kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.764865%
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] frame I:1 Avg QP:14.29 size: 31413
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] frame P:43 Avg QP:16.65 size: 9476
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] frame B:125 Avg QP:22.36 size: 2529
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] consecutive B-frames: 1.2% 0.0% 1.8% 97.0%
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] mb I I16..4: 31.6% 63.8% 4.6%
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] mb P I16..4: 1.4% 5.4% 0.3% P16..4: 13.8% 3.2% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip:75.0%
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] mb B I16..4: 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% B16..8: 11.4% 0.7% 0.1% direct: 0.4% skip:87.0% L0:48.2% L1:48.1% BI: 3.7%
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] 8x8 transform intra:73.0% inter:90.2%
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 38.9% 41.7% 6.4% inter: 2.2% 2.7% 0.0%
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] i16 v,h,dc,p: 45% 18% 5% 31%
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 23% 20% 22% 5% 6% 7% 5% 7% 5%
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 24% 22% 14% 6% 10% 8% 7% 5% 3%
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] i8c dc,h,v,p: 55% 19% 19% 6%
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] ref P L0: 67.6% 9.2% 16.0% 7.3%
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] ref B L0: 88.6% 9.5% 1.9%
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] ref B L1: 97.3% 2.7%
[libx264 # 0x564b4eda52c0] kb/s:893.47
[aac # 0x564b4edde600] Qavg: 208.505

Answer 1

I think you are quite confused about the crop filter options. Here are the descriptions of the first 4 options:
w, out_w
The width of the output video. It defaults to iw. This expression is evaluated only once during the filter configuration, or when the ‘w’ or ‘out_w’ command is sent.
h, out_h
The height of the output video. It defaults to ih. This expression is evaluated only once during the filter configuration, or when the ‘h’ or ‘out_h’ command is sent.
x
The horizontal position, in the input video, of the left edge of the output video. It defaults to (in_w-out_w)/2. This expression is evaluated per-frame.
y
The vertical position, in the input video, of the top edge of the output video. It defaults to (in_h-out_h)/2. This expression is evaluated per-frame.
If you want to halve the width, then the first option must be in_w/2 regardless of which side to crop from.
Height is unchanged, so always use in_h
To crop from left, x offset must match the width, so in_w/2. To crop from right, no pixels are removed on the left edge, so must be 0.
Because no rows are removed, usey = 0.
So to summarize:
Crop the left edge: crop=in_w/2:in_h:in_w/2:0
Crop the right edge: crop=in_w/2:in_h:0:0