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Responsive Media in HTML5

You're reading from   Responsive Media in HTML5 Learn effective administration of responsive media within your website or CMS system using practical techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2014
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ISBN-13 9781849696968
Length 128 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Working with Responsive Images FREE CHAPTER 2. Adding Responsive Video Content 3. Mixing Content 4. Testing Responsive Media 5. Using Frameworks Index

Determining an available viewport for use

If you have spent any time developing content for responsive layouts, you will have no doubt come across media queries. The same applied to videos; you could typically see something akin to the following (simplified) example:

<video controls>
  <source src="the-sky-is-calling-large.mp4" media="screen and (min-width:800px)">
  <source src="the-sky-is-calling-small.mp4" media="screen and (max-width:799px)">
</video>

Unfortunately, most browsers have since removed support for media queries. This is largely due to the poor user experience we get if the video is suddenly interrupted when resizing the screen. Fortunately, we can produce similar effects, although we need to resort to JavaScript or jQuery to achieve this. In this next example, we're going to show a small video if the screen is resized to a small window, or hide it when displayed in full screen. Let's take a look at...

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