Sizing

The following algorithm is used for calculating the size of the Player:

1

By default, the Player is as big as the composition height, defined by the compositionHeight and compositionWidth props.

2

If height and width is defined using the style property, the player will assume the dimensions you have passed.

3

If a height is passed using the style property, the player will assume that height, and calculate the width based on the aspect ratio of the video.

4

If width is passed using the style property, the player will assume that width and calculate the height based on the aspect ration of the video.

note

Before v3.3.43, if case

3

or

4

happened, a layout shift would occur during mounting because the element was measured. Using a newer version of Remotion will fix this, because it uses the aspect-ratio CSS property.

Full width

By setting the following style:

tsx
style={{ width: "100%" }}

tsx
style={{ width: "100%" }}

The video will scale to the full width of the parent container, while the height will be calculated based on the aspect ratio of the video.

Fitting to a container

This is how you can make the Player fill out a container but keep the aspect ratio of the video:

Canvas.tsx
tsx
import {Player} from '@remotion/player';
import React from 'react';
import {AbsoluteFill} from 'remotion';
 
const MyComp: React.FC = () => {
  return <AbsoluteFill style={{backgroundColor: 'black'}} />;
};
 
export const FullscreenPlayer = () => {
  const compositionWidth = 300;
  const compositionHeight = 200;
 
  return (
    <div
      style={{
        width: '100vw',
        height: '100vh',
        backgroundColor: 'gray',
        // Any container with "position: relative" will work
        position: 'relative',
      }}
    >
      <div
        style={{
          position: 'absolute',
          top: 0,
          left: 0,
          right: 0,
          bottom: 0,
          margin: 'auto',
          aspectRatio: `${compositionWidth} / ${compositionHeight}`,
          maxHeight: '100%',
          maxWidth: '100%',
        }}
      >
        <Player
          controls
          component={MyComp}
          compositionWidth={compositionWidth}
          compositionHeight={compositionHeight}
          durationInFrames={200}
          fps={30}
          style={{
            width: '100%',
          }}
        />
      </div>
    </div>
  );
};

Canvas.tsx
tsx
import {Player} from '@remotion/player';
import React from 'react';
import {AbsoluteFill} from 'remotion';
 
const MyComp: React.FC = () => {
  return <AbsoluteFill style={{backgroundColor: 'black'}} />;
};
 
export const FullscreenPlayer = () => {
  const compositionWidth = 300;
  const compositionHeight = 200;
 
  return (
    <div
      style={{
        width: '100vw',
        height: '100vh',
        backgroundColor: 'gray',
        // Any container with "position: relative" will work
        position: 'relative',
      }}
    >
      <div
        style={{
          position: 'absolute',
          top: 0,
          left: 0,
          right: 0,
          bottom: 0,
          margin: 'auto',
          aspectRatio: `${compositionWidth} / ${compositionHeight}`,
          maxHeight: '100%',
          maxWidth: '100%',
        }}
      >
        <Player
          controls
          component={MyComp}
          compositionWidth={compositionWidth}
          compositionHeight={compositionHeight}
          durationInFrames={200}
          fps={30}
          style={{
            width: '100%',
          }}
        />
      </div>
    </div>
  );
};