• +91-9142290450

  • Hajipur, Bihar, 844101

☰
❮
❯

Responsive Web Design Videos

← Previous Next →

🔹 What are Responsive Videos?

Responsive videos automatically scale to fit different screen sizes and maintain their aspect ratio (usually 16:9) without being cut off or distorted.
By default, <video> or <iframe> elements (like YouTube) use fixed width/height, which may overflow or not adjust properly on smaller screens.

🔸 Why Make Videos Responsive?

✅ Keeps layout clean across devices
✅ Avoids horizontal scroll on mobile
✅ Maintains correct aspect ratio
✅ Improves user experience on all screen sizes
✅ Works well with embedded videos (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo)

🔸 Techniques to Make Videos Responsive

🔸 1. Using a Wrapper with Aspect Ratio (Modern Method – CSS aspect-ratio)
<div class="video-wrapper">
  <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ScMzIvxBSi4" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>

.video-wrapper {
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;
  width: 100%;
}

.video-wrapper iframe {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  border: none;
}

✅ Benefit: Clean, minimal code with native CSS support (modern browsers).

🔸 2. Using padding-bottom Hack (Traditional Method)
<div class="video-container">
  <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ScMzIvxBSi4" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>

.video-container {
  position: relative;
  padding-bottom: 56.25%; /* 16:9 */
  height: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.video-container iframe {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  border: none;
}

✅ Benefit: Works in all modern browsers including older ones.

🔸 3. Making the <video> Tag Responsive
<video controls class="responsive-video">
  <source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>

.responsive-video {
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  max-width: 800px;
  display: block;
  margin: auto;
}

Practice Questions

✅ Write HTML/CSS for the following:

Q1. Create a responsive YouTube embed using the aspect-ratio property.

Q2. Use the padding-bottom trick to make an iframe responsive.

Q3. Make an HTML5 <video> scale with the screen width.

Q4. Embed a Vimeo video that maintains 16:9 ratio.

Q5. Make a video player center-aligned and responsive.

Q6. Apply media queries to adjust video margins on mobile.

Q7. Use max-width to restrict video size on large screens.

Q8. Add responsive subtitles using <track> in HTML5 video.

Q9. Create a responsive layout with 2 videos side-by-side on desktop and stacked on mobile.

Q10. Add responsive background video with object-fit: cover.

← Previous Next →

CSS

online coding class codepractice

CSS Basics

CSS Styling Properties

CSS Advanced Selectors & Features

CSS Media and Image Styling

CSS Layout Techniques

CSS Flexbox

CSS Grid

CSS Responsive Design (RWD)

codepractice logo
Login
Go Back Top