IN A WORLD of responsive and fluid layouts on the web, ONE MEDIA TYPE stands in the way of perfect harmony: video. There are lots of ways in which video can be displayed on your site. You might be self-hosting the video and presenting it via the HTML5
.videoWrapper {
position: relative;
padding-bottom: 56.25%; /* 16:9 */
height: 0;
}
.videoWrapper iframe {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
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There is a clever adaptation of this that allows you to adjust the aspect ratio right from the HTML, like:
