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I want to add to my post above. I fiddled around with my videos a bit and got one video to show without the black columns. I also double-checked and discovered that the aspect ratios for my videos are slightly different. The aspect ratio of the video that fits the player without showing black columns is roughly 5.8:3. The aspect ratios of the other videos are 4.8:3. and 4.66:3.

Is there a way to customize the size of the player to fit videos with non conventional aspect ratios so vertical black columns to the left and right of the video don’t show in the player?

If not, is there a way to change the color of the vertical black columns on the left and right of the videos to be white?

Please also answer the question about fast forwarding in my post above.

Thanks for your help!!

Never mind about the resizing problem, that is fixed. However, I’m wondering if there is a way to change the color of the video player background from black to white? I’ve looked at all the skinning options and none seem to apply.

I’m guessing that I need to change a hex color code value in this file: fv-wordpress-flowplayer/css/flowplayer.css. Can you tell me the specific name of the value I need to change to change the background color of the flowplayer video player from black to white?

I figured out that the PJW MimeCode plugin I was using apparently doesn’t enter mimetypes into the htaccess file, which is needed to stream video. So, I entered them myself and that solved the problem with videos playing with some plugins and the native WordPress embedder. HOWEVER, I never did get the JW Player to show up in Firefox.

i also figured out that Android does not support MP4 h.264 AAC coded videos, which is the industry standard. They support MP4 h.263 coded videos and basic h.264 AVC coded videos. The recommended fix for this is to download a third party video player like MX player from Google play to watch MP4 h.264 AAC coded videos on Android platforms..

Thanks for your great support!

I just looked at the other options offered in metaslider and they all have this issue, so even if I opted to use a different slider, it would not resolve this problem.

That’s interesting. The file is formatted in MP4 h.264, as I noted. And, I used a change mime type plugin to get the server to recognize MP4 files. I guess my next step is to pursue this problem with my host to see if the problem is caused by a server issue. So, I will do that, but please don’t mark this topic as resolved until I report back that this was the cause of the problem, since I don’t want to open another thread if it wasn’t.

Thanks for your help!

Deactivating all the plugins except JW Player didn’t help.

In fact, for awhile the JWPlayer did the same thing in Safari that it is doing in Firefox, that is, you see the black box background for the player flash when the page loads and then it disappeared completely, leaving a white page. This happened, EXCEPT if you cleared the cache a few times, closed the Safari browser window completely and then opened it up again, then the JW Player loaded on the first try. However, for some unknown reason this new problem resolved itself and now it is back to loading a white page on the first page load and the JW Player on the second page load in Safari.

I also discovered that the native WordPress video player seems to be the only one that works in Firefox. However, for Safari, the native player appears but won’t load the media, and in Android a non-responsive native player appears but when you try to play it you get the message, “sorry can’t play this video.” I know you don’t support problems with the native WordPress player, but thought this info might contribute to figuring out what the problem is.