Vertically center responsive iframe

Question

I'm using the technique described here to make an iframe (video) responsive. Essentially the iframe is absolutely positioned within a wrapper element with a 100% width. The wrapper element has it's padding set based on the aspect ratio of the video:

.embed-responsive {
    position: relative;
    /* video height / video width */
    padding-bottom: 56.2%;
    height: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
}
.embed-responsive iframe {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}

I need to be able to center the iframe vertically in the parent container (which has a 100% height).

I've achieved this before using this technique but it only works on inline-block elements. If I change .embed-responsive to inline-block it breaks.

So is there an alternative (preferably CSS only) technique I can use to vertically center the iframe, whilst still being responsive? This must work as the browser is resized.

http://jsfiddle.net/benfosterdev/xfA3L/

Answer 1

So I figured this out after 2 minutes of posting :)

Making .embed-resposive absolutely positioned with top:50% and margin top set to half the height ratio (video height / video width) / 2 I can center it vertically:

.embed-responsive {
    position: absolute;
    left: 0; right: 0;
    top: 50%;
    /* video height / video width */
    padding-bottom: 56.2%;
    /* the above value * 0.5 */
    margin-top: -28.1%;
    height: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
}

Fiddle has been updated.