WordPress.tv: Full-width video player

[johnbillion]

YouTube provides a toggle that switches the video player between standard size and 'cinema mode', which is a full-width video.

It would be great if WordPress.tv provided a similar toggle. The standard video player is ​tiny, but I don't always want to go into fullscreen mode.

Alternatively, the video player could be full-width by default.

[iandunn]

The player used to be full-width, but it was unintentionally reset to the standard size when the new player was launched. We just need to update the theme's markup/styles to make it fill the container again.

[juanfra]

Hey Ian,

I hope you're doing well. Can you give me an example of the shortcode structure to include viedos? I can take care of this if you want, but I need to know the shortcode structure first to recreate the issue locally.

Best,
Juanfra.

[melchoyce]

+1

[juanfra]

Fix for full-width video player

[juanfra]

Hi there,

This patch fixes the width for iframes within .video-player. This will make the video display full-width.

Would make sense to make it responsive, but I guess that should be done in #974? I'd be more than happy to help there.

Best,
J

[juanfra]

NOTE: I now see that in the live version of WordPress.tv the video is not wrapped in the div.video-player as it is in the meta-repository(git). That's Jetpack territory.

And it would be dependant on the Jetpack version there. Please check line 130 of wordpress.tv/public_html/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/modules/videopress/class.videopress-player.php (meta-repository)

[juanfra]

Hey there,

I hope all's well. I've been watching some WCUS videos this week and it would be great to have the full-width video layout. Have you been able to test the patch?

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[obenland]

In 6373:

WordPress.tv: Bring back full-width videos.

Props juanfra for initial patch.
Fixes #1293.