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Hi,
When playing back videos in full screen mode in Safari on Mac (with the normal video controls, e.g. not YouTube), I am looking for the option to adjust the view so that the video is cropped to be fit in (e.g. so that a 4:3 video is cropped at the top and bottom to make use of the complete screen. On iOS, I would just double tap on the screen for that. Is there an equivalent option in macOS?
Thanks a lot in advance!
MacBook Pro
I want to eliminate the black bars around a video that has a different aspect ratio than the screen (16:10), not just full screen. And it should be directly in Safari. Just like on the iPhone, where you double tap in full screen mode to change between the default view with the bars left and right, and the cropped view where the notch obscures part of the image.
I want to eliminate the black bars around a video that has a different aspect ratio than the screen (16:10), not just full screen. And it should be directly in Safari. Just like on the iPhone, where you double tap in full screen mode to change between the default view with the bars left and right, and the cropped view where the notch obscures part of the image.
I can make that happen in Quicktime Player: in the playback floating controls, click >> and choose Zoom.
I have not found a way to do that in Safari.
Since this seems to be a feature that is so important for you, consider opening the video in Quicktime Player - it can open videos from a url, as well as local files.
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I use VLC and double clicking on the top white frame bar with the video name makes it full screen.
Getting a specific ratio will likely depend on the actual ratio of the recording, the screen size and etc.
Are you trying to eliminate the letterboxing?
Thanks for the reply. Yes, it seems Safari doesn’t have this feature.
@apple This is definitely a feature that should be added in macOS, since iOS and iPadOS both have it. And I can’t just open any web video offline.
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