Yeah adding padding is always harmful. If the aspect ratio doesn’t match it’s not like the video breaks so just let the player deal with it. Anyone who has a problem with vertical videos isn’t going to be any happier that you added bars to it. Who is this solution for?
Dog walker films winds lifting forest floor during Storm Babet in Scotland (www.bbc.co.uk)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-67180162
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I always loved browsing such posts on reddit, so thought I should make one on lemmy too...