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Sdkm
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February 12, 2020
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Masthead Video [Adobe Portfolio]

Hi
i want to have a video in my masthead. When I upload it is in poor quality. What can I do?
Daniel from Denmark

    Nancy OShea
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    February 12, 2020

    Video in a masthead is not a good idea for a lot of reasons.  I suggest you stick with background colors or images in your masthead.  Use video on project pages.

     

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    NPTV
    NPTV
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    February 1, 2025

    Default on Safari clip attached. ...  there is an upload problem with Portfolio ... setting someplace. Movies created in Premiere. In my page design today .. video uploaded but did not display in background. Per guidelines .. no audio .. always has been that way? Portfolio team avoiding users the functionality for some odd reason. User complaint. An Adobe ap that requires a change of Big Honcho. Best of luck ... room for improvement. Muse was great. Gone. Portfolio works OK ... Dreamweaver .. no thanks. Apple had a great website design ap .. then they dropped it. Loyal Adobe user here. Since disks. 

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    Nancy OShea
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    February 12, 2020

    Video in a masthead is not a good idea for a lot of reasons.  I suggest you stick with background colors or images in your masthead.  Use video on project pages.

     

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      John T Smith
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      February 12, 2020

      Please post the name of the Adobe program you use so a Moderator may move this message to that forum

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        KymberlySteel
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        December 11, 2022

        I'm also having difficulty with Adobe Portfolio (adding a video to the masthead background). When I add the video in the background, it works well for me. But... when I ask others to test it, they can't see it. They only see a black background. However, they can see it on their mobile (doesn't work with iPad either). 

        Hope you can help!

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        Nancy OShea
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        December 11, 2022

        @Nancy OShea 

         

        i didn't think any current browser played audio without user interaction.


        Given that video is embedded in Masthead background, Portfolio is using an API to invoke autoplaying media on page load.  In the absence of player controls, some browsers will invoke autoplay without sound while others won't play anything.  MDN explains this below.

        https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/Media/Autoplay_guide

         

        And then there are people like me with autoplay blockers. 😁

         

        As a courtesy to users, I recommend keeping audio & video where it belongs in the foreground on separate project pages with player controls and mute buttons so users can choose what's best for them.  It's the right thing to do for WCAG accessibility reasons, too.

        https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/F93.html

         

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