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Interesting solution but can't it be achieved with the object-fit CSS property?

Using `object-fit: cover` will make the video resize maintaining its aspect ratio and filling its entire box.

See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/object-fit for more info.

Interesting! It works pretty well except that there's no IE support. So the resizing logic included in the library is useful for projects that need IE10+ support.

You can always use a polyfill like this one: https://github.com/jonathantneal/fitie

Came here to say the same: http://caniuse.com/#feat=object-fit

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