How to display video in vertical format?

Site URL: https://www.clipsk.com/test

I'm trying to embed or upload videos displayed in vertical / 9:16 aspect ratio but I can't find a way to make it work.

The video block always shows up in standard widescreen format.

If I use an embed block and define aspect ratio in pixels in the embed code, the video flows outside of the container/block.

https://www.clipsk.com/test

Thank you @tuanphan – this did the trick for uploaded/native Squarespace video!

Is it possible to do a similar solution for embedded videos?

On 8/16/2022 at 4:56 PM, Maniola said:

Thank you @tuanphan – this did the trick for uploaded/native Squarespace video!

Is it possible to do a similar solution for embedded videos?

Can you share link to page where you use embed video?

@tuanphan 

Yes! There are examples in both classic editor and fluid engine on this page: https://www.clipsk.com/test

18 hours ago, Maniola said:

@tuanphan 

Yes! There are examples in both classic editor and fluid engine on this page: https://www.clipsk.com/test

Try this CSS

.fe-block .embed-block iframe {
    width: 100% !important;
    height: 350px;
}

On 8/13/2022 at 5:18 PM, tuanphan said:

Try adding this to Design > Custom CSS to adjust ratio

.sqs-native-video .native-video-player {
    padding-bottom: 100% !important;
}

 

can you apply this to certain videos? when i added it to my CSS it changed all videos on the website from horizontal to vertical.

On 8/28/2022 at 1:20 PM, Faten said:

can you apply this to certain videos? when i added it to my CSS it changed all videos on the website from horizontal to vertical.

Target with video block id.

#video-block-id .sqs-native-video .native-video-player {
    padding-bottom: 100% !important;
}

Find ID with this tool: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/squarespace-id-finder/igjamfnifnkmecjidfbdipieoaeghcff?hl=en

On 8/13/2022 at 6:18 AM, tuanphan said:

Try adding this to Design > Custom CSS to adjust ratio

.sqs-native-video .native-video-player {
    padding-bottom: 100% !important;
}

 

Hey, thank you for this!  This worked, but the video player is wider than the video. How could I match the width? How do I apply it to only videos that I upload that are vertical, the CSS above didn't seem to do the trick. 

On 8/27/2022 at 11:20 PM, Faten said:

can you apply this to certain videos? when i added it to my CSS it changed all videos on the website from horizontal to vertical.

Did you ever figure out the code to change only videos that are vertical to vertical? 

here you go.

.video-block { 
    .video-player {
       padding-bottom: 125% !important
    }
}

am i doing something wrong?

the widht is still not matching the video when it plays

Hello!

How can this be done for mobile?

Thanks

I uploaded a vertical video into assets.

When I select in the video blocks, it appears as a vertical video within a horizontal block. Is there a way to adjust this block so that it fits to the video? In this case, the video is 4x5.

Hi,

Can you share link to this page? We can check easier

 have the same problem , how do you solve it?

Adjust the block with CSS code as explained very well right here:

https://insidethesquare.co/squarespace-tutorials/video-block-size

Thank you everyone. I ended up doing a workaround that @Tuanphan (commented above) recommended to me, which is to upload the video via Manage Custom Files, and then use a custom block to showcase it.

Hi folks, 

Having similar trouble with video formatting as a background to a section on a homepage. Formatting of the video and the spacing of the adjacent section all looks good on desktop and mobile landscape, but on mobile portrait view, I end up with a big space underneath (image attached).

Website is here: BaltimoreSmartLine.org

If you need the PW DM me please.

Here's the CSS i'm using for video formatting now:

/**Full Width Block for mobile**/
@media screen and (max-width:767px) {
[data-section-id="5e8e5176957b3306a8e428c7"] video {
    width: 100% !important; 
    height: auto !important;
 left: 0 !important;
    top: 0 !important;
    bottom: 0 !Important; 
}

  [data-section-id="5e8e5176957b3306a8e428c7"] {
    
    height: 35vh;
    margin-top: 20vh;
}
}
 

Any thoughts on how to tighten up that spacing on mobile portrait view without messing up other views?

Thank you!

On 5/20/2023 at 12:01 AM, tombigby said:

Hi folks, 

Having similar trouble with video formatting as a background to a section on a homepage. Formatting of the video and the spacing of the adjacent section all looks good on desktop and mobile landscape, but on mobile portrait view, I end up with a big space underneath (image attached).

Website is here: BaltimoreSmartLine.org

If you need the PW DM me please.

Here's the CSS i'm using for video formatting now:

/**Full Width Block for mobile**/
@media screen and (max-width:767px) {
[data-section-id="5e8e5176957b3306a8e428c7"] video {
    width: 100% !important; 
    height: auto !important;
 left: 0 !important;
    top: 0 !important;
    bottom: 0 !Important; 
}

  [data-section-id="5e8e5176957b3306a8e428c7"] {
    
    height: 35vh;
    margin-top: 20vh;
}
}
 

Any thoughts on how to tighten up that spacing on mobile portrait view without messing up other views?

 

Thank you!

What is site url?

BaltimoreSmartLine.org

16 hours ago, tombigby said:

BaltimoreSmartLine.org

Don't remove any code in your current code

Add this to Design > Custom CSS

@media screen and (max-width:767px) {
[data-section-id="5e8e5176957b3306a8e428c7"] {
    min-height: unset !important;
}
}

this is such a big issue how is Squarespace not resolving this? 

We have vertical videos for many years now and many creators have both vertical and horizontal videos because of course MANY times a project will have both. 

I have both format videos on a page and its not clear at all how to actually resolve this. The chrome extension doesn't seem to show the IDs so i can try some of the solutions proposed here. 

We live in a world were vertical video is here to stay , come on Squarespace give us some kind of toggle within the video container!! 

Can anyone help? I will have this issue on several pages so if there is a solution i will follow it...

https://clover-vanilla-t98p.squarespace.com/excercitatio

pass: testing

On 3/9/2023 at 8:56 PM, Fulleren said:

Thank you everyone. I ended up doing a workaround that @Tuanphan (commented above) recommended to me, which is to upload the video via Manage Custom Files, and then use a custom block to showcase it.

 

Can you share some info about this workaround on vertical videos please? Its June 2023 and this issue is still not fixed at all. 

On 6/13/2023 at 9:02 PM, Panos_vsl said:

this is such a big issue how is Squarespace not resolving this? 

We have vertical videos for many years now and many creators have both vertical and horizontal videos because of course MANY times a project will have both. 

I have both format videos on a page and its not clear at all how to actually resolve this. The chrome extension doesn't seem to show the IDs so i can try some of the solutions proposed here. 

 

We live in a world were vertical video is here to stay , come on Squarespace give us some kind of toggle within the video container!! 

 

Can anyone help? I will have this issue on several pages so if there is a solution i will follow it...

 

https://clover-vanilla-t98p.squarespace.com/excercitatio

pass: testing

You mean show all videos on this page to vertical format on mobile?