Fixed aspect ratio video embeds - padding trick

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Fixed aspect ratio video embeds - padding trick

Responsiveness and video embeds don't usually play nicely. Putting an end to that here with a fixed aspect-ratio CSS trick.

Also, feel free to entertain yourself with that short film. It's pretty snazzy :D.

Blog post here: http://ramenhog.com/blog/2017/05/09/experiments-in-fixed-aspect-ratios

A Pen by Stephanie on CodePen.

License.

index.html

<div class="card">
  <div class="video">
    <div class="video__container">
      <iframe class="video__embed" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/upPCohrJcbw?showinfo=0&modestbranding=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
      <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upPCohrJcbw" class="video__placeholder" target="_blank"></a>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="card__info">
    <a href="https://twitter.com/rdubb205" target="_blank"><h2 class="card__author">Ryan Williams</h2></a>
    <h1 class="card__title">Short Film - Data Never Dies</h1>
    <p class="card__description">
      This film about a thrilling tale of data espionage was written, shot, and edited within 24 hours during a company hackathon.
    <div class="card__sharing">
      <div class="card__timestamp">
        <span class="ion-android-time card__timestamp-icon"></span>
        7:25
      </div>
      <div class="card_social">
        <a class="ion-social-facebook card__social-icon" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//youtu.be/upPCohrJcbw" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'pop-up', 'left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;" title="Share on Facebook"></a>
        <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A//youtu.be/upPCohrJcbw&text=Data%20Never%20Dies&via=YouTube&related=YouTube,YouTubeTrends,YTCreators" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'pop-up', 'left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;" class="ion-social-twitter card__social-icon"></a>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

style.scss

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Palanquin:300,400,500,600');
$white: #fff;
$backgroundColor: #e3e3e3;
$fontColor: #333;
$descriptionColor: #828282;
$timestampColor: #d2d1d1;
$accentColor: #46b6d6;

html,
body {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: $backgroundColor;
  color: $fontColor;
  font-family: "Palanquin", Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: 15px;
}

a {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: $accentColor;
  transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;
  
  &:hover {
    color: darken($accentColor, 15%);
  }
  &:focus,
  &:active {
    color: darken($accentColor, 25%);
  }
}

.card {
  width: 90%;
  background-color: $white;
  box-shadow: 0px 5px 20px 0px rgba(#000000, 0.2);
  
  @media (min-width: 480px) {
    width: 70%;
    max-width: 760px;
  }
  
  &__sharing {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
    justify-content: space-between;
    padding: 30px 0 15px;
  }
  
  &__social {
    display: flex;
  }
  
  &__social-icon {
    margin-left: 1.5em;
    font-size: 1.3rem;
  }
  
  &__info {
    margin: 0 auto;
    max-width: 500px;
    padding: 6% 8%;
    
    @media (min-width: 768px) {
      padding: 4% 10%;
    }
  }
  
  &__author {
    font-weight: 300;
    font-size: 1.05rem;
  }
  
  &__title {
    margin: 0.5em 0 0.7em;
    font-size: 1.3rem;
    font-weight: 500;
  }
  
  &__description {
    font-weight: 300;
    line-height: 1.4;
    color: $descriptionColor;
  }
  
  &__timestamp {
    display: flex;
    color: $descriptionColor;
    align-items: center;
    font-size: 1rem;
    line-height: 1;
    color: $timestampColor;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
  }
  
  &__timestamp-icon {
    margin-right: 0.5em;
    font-size: 1.3em;
    line-height: 1;
  }
}

.video {
  width: 100%;
  background: url('https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/60485/Screen%20Shot%202017-05-01%20at%2011.27.18%20PM.png') center / cover no-repeat;
  
  &__container {
    position: relative;
    width: 100%;
    height: 0;
    padding-top: 56.25%;
  }
  
  &__placeholder {
    position: absolute;
    z-index: -1;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    background: url('https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/60485/Screen%20Shot%202017-05-01%20at%2011.27.18%20PM.png') center / cover no-repeat;
  }
  
  &__embed {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
  }
}

styles

<link href="https://code.ionicframework.com/ionicons/2.0.1/css/ionicons.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />