Video issues, black bars and too small

[lange]

Hi,

On vBulletin 5.5.0 by using the BBcode by default, videos are inserted with two black bars, videoz are too small by default.

How to remove the black bars and how to increase the size?

[In Omnibus]

The black bars appear when you're using a different aspect ratio from 16:9 such as 4:3

There are no black bars on your linked video when I view it which means it's most likely your TV resolution that is causing the issue.

[lange]

I know that.

The original videos on Vimeo & Youtube are already in 16: 9. They should be in 16:9 by default on vBulletin 5.5.0 too.

How to fix that?

How to increase the size to 800 x 450 px in 16: 9?

An alternative?

[In Omnibus]

I know that.

The original videos on Vimeo & Youtube are already in 16: 9. They should be in 16:9 by default on vBulletin 5.0.5 too.

How to fix that?

How to increase the size to 800 x 450 px in 16: 9?

An alternative?

On most videos if you right-click on the video and copy the embed code you can edit the dimensions manually. This is the YouTube embed code from your video.

The problem is you need to maintain the aspect ratio to avoid distortion and that 1903 / 797 is not a normal aspect ratio. It would scale down to 800 X 335.

<iframe width="1903" height="797" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YVzGL3c5SoA" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[lange]

I know that too.

The question is how do these two things (black bars and size) with settings inside vB 5.5.0?

If I understand you, there is no setting and we must encode the videos ourselves in vB 5.5.0. Is that right?

[glennrocksvb]

The quickest solution is to get rid of the black background color and border.

.linkcontainer .videocontainer .videothumbnail,
.post-content .videocontainer .videothumbnail,
.OLD__post-content .videocontainer .videothumbnail {
    border: 0;
    background: none;
}

The size is still the same but it's not noticeable. See screenshot below:

[In Omnibus]

Thanks, Glenn. I guess I only half understood the question. So, I only half answered it.

[lange]

@ Glenn, thank you very much, I saw your code somewhere yesterday. Also, I have to say you are a talented developer, your forum proves it !


Anyway, my anger, my frustration has fallen now.

Im just starting with 5.5.0, I'm familiar with 3.8.11 only. I have just made my first video test one hour ago and ...I saw this little image, it's a very unpleasant surprise !!

I guess it's thought like that for the responsive aspect of 5.5.0

In Omnibus, thank you very much for your hint!!

Best Regards
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