Html5 video background, keep center of video in center

Question

I am trying to keep a background video centered regardless of how big the user drags the video. It\'s currently cutting off the right side of the videos when i scroll smalle

Answer 1

Late to the party but I wanted to give a 2020 answer. Here's a simple solution that lets you have an HTML video both centered and responsive without being "fixed" positioned. It lets you start with a fullscreen intro and add some text right when you start scrolling. No scrollbars, no annoying things. As simple as that.

https://codepen.io/LuBre/pen/GRJVMqE?editors=1100

CSS

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
body, html {
  margin: 0;
  height: 100%;
  font-Family: Arial;
}

.video-container {
  display: grid;
  justify-items: center;
  align-items: center;
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.video-container video {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  top: 50%;
  left:50%;
  min-width: 100%;
  min-height: 100%;
  transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
}
.video-text {
  z-index: 2; 
  color: #fff;
  text-align: center;
}
.video-container h1, .video-container h2  {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 3rem;
}
.video-container h2  {
  font-size: 1.4rem;
  font-weight: normal;
  opacity: 0.6;
}

.page-content {
  line-height: 1.4rem;
  padding: 2rem;
}

HTML

  
  

    
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