HTML5 video background on iPad/iphone

Question

I used this solution to use an html5 video as the background of my site.

However, it doesn't seem to work on iPad/iphone, all I am getting is a black screen, and the video is not resizing.

Also, the video does not resize correctly when the aspect ratio of the window is not the same as the aspect ratio of the video. You will see that the background image begins to become visible.

Thanks!

Answer 1

In http://www.develooping.com/canvas-video-player/ you can see a responsive mp4 background working in iPad/iPhones. Download the code from http://www.develooping.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/html-canvas-video-player.zip. It uses an adapted version of HTML canvas video player script by Stanko;

<div class="video-responsive">
  <video class="video" muted="muted" loop="loop" autoplay="autoplay">
  <source src="mY_movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
  Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
  </video>

<canvas class="canvas"></canvas>        

<div id="over_video">Look at me</div>
</div>

The script is used as follows

<script src="canvas-video-player.js"></script>
<script>

var isIOS = /iPad|iPhone|iPod/.test(navigator.platform);

if (isIOS) {

    var canvasVideo = new CanvasVideoPlayer({
        videoSelector: '.video',
        canvasSelector: '.canvas',
        timelineSelector: false,
        autoplay: true,
        makeLoop: true,
        pauseOnClick: false,
        audio: false
    });

}else {

    // Use HTML5 video
    document.querySelectorAll('.canvas')[0].style.display = 'none';

}   

</script>

The CSS is

body {
background: #000;
padding:0;
margin:0;
}
.video-responsive {
padding-bottom: 56.25%;
position: relative;
width: 100%;
}

.canvas,
.video {
height: 100%;
left: 0;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
width: 100%;
background: #000;
z-index: 5;
}
#over_video{
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
text-align: center;
top: 0;
z-index: 10;
font-size: 12vw;
color: #FFF;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
margin-top: 20%;
text-shadow: 4px 4px 4px #5C433B;
}

Hope it can help.