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How to Fix Aspect Ratio on Youtube Videos

By: reelseo.com

Long, long ago, YouTube was 4:3 only. Then the age of widescreen came and so they changed everything to 16:9. This left many videos in a square peg oblong hole situation (as in the video just doesn’t fit the player window properly). So here are a few ways that you can change the aspect ratio on your YouTube videos and NOT have to re-upload.

Back in late 2008 YouTube switched all players to widescreen. That means that your 4:3 videos are smaller in the player window and have black bars on the sides. This is sort of the opposite of what happens when you watch a widescreen video on a standard television where the bars are top/bottom……….[read entire article]


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