How to embed Vimeo on a wordpress.com blog?
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I’m trying to embed my Vimeo clips into my wordpress blog but they always come in 4:3 (square) when the clips are shot in native 16:9 (widescreen). I’m using tags like [vimeo vimeo/1284332] instead of copying/pasting the Vimeo code b/c when I try to do that, wordpress auto-eliminates some of the Vimeo code.
How do I get my widescreen Vimeo clips onto my wordpress blog?
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A link to your wordpress.COM blog, please? And consider linking it in your user name as explained in the sticky, 8 Things, at the top of the forums.
Assuming you are hosted here, have you looked at the FAQ?
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Then you may be out of luck, unless you use the Vodpod widget or button. You can do a forum search to find instructions for both of those.
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Can we get a link to the video you are trying to post? I’ve used Vimeo for my vids and they do display in widescreen format.
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cloudninemedia, if you want to continue to receive help in the forums, it’s probably best to direct your hostility to staff, rather than to fellow bloggers in the forums.
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raincoaster: what made you think the word “retarded” was meant for fellow bloggers? I meant the fact that you can’t post your videos in widescreen, is….retarded.
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I posted the same video on my test blog here http://vjptestblog2.wordpress.com/ and it’s showing up widescreen. I see that you have posted the video on your blog using VodPod and not directly from Vimeo. Could it be that VodPod is causing the problem?
I will say this – the widescreen format when posted on the blog is not as pronounced as it is on the Vimeo site itself. Perhaps it is the smaller area rendering?
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Thanks Vivian. If you notice I posted one with Vimeo and one with Vodpod – both which are formatting it 4:3 Wonder if my columns aren’t wide enough with that theme. Could that be the problem?
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Vivian I just tested your link and it doesn’t show widescreen to me. It shows as 4:3 letterboxed. I would like it to appear just as it does on Vimeo here: http://vimeo.com/2166796
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Sorry, there’s a confusion here: cloudninemedia is talking about the standard 4:3 FRAME. The actual video DOES play in 16:9 in her blog, it just has those excess top and bottom black borders.
And I don’t think we can do anything about them, since we can only use the wp preset shortcode, which doesn’t allow us to set width & height.
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Ah, I see it now.
No, I think your eyes are playing tricks on you :) Seriously – you’ll note that the formatting is letterbox – which is how widescreen is shown on a 4:3 box. So the video is displaying in widescreen but the box itself is 4:3.
You’ll note that the video in the FAQ displays the same way. If you look at it on the Vimeo site, the box itself is 16:9 so it fills the entire screen.
My guess is that when they added the ability to post Vimeo videos here, they made the decision to use a 4:3 display box in order to accommodate regular vids as well as 16:9 ones – thus the letterbox. What would be cool is if the box adjusted automatically for the video.
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4:3 letterbox is NOT displaying 16:9, it is displaying 4:3 unless you get rid of the letterboxing. It is NOT displaying in widescreen.
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