5 files changed, 66 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/src/js/plugins/vimeo.js b/src/js/plugins/vimeo.js
index ea001441..10246c66 100644
--- a/src/js/plugins/vimeo.js
+++ b/src/js/plugins/vimeo.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import fetch from '../utils/fetch';
 import is from '../utils/is';
 import loadScript from '../utils/load-script';
 import { format, stripHTML } from '../utils/strings';
-import { setAspectRatio } from '../utils/style';
+import { roundAspectRatio, setAspectRatio } from '../utils/style';
 import { buildUrlParams } from '../utils/urls';
 
 // Parse Vimeo ID from URL
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ const vimeo = {
     // Set aspect ratio based on video size
     Promise.all([player.embed.getVideoWidth(), player.embed.getVideoHeight()]).then((dimensions) => {
       const [width, height] = dimensions;
-      player.embed.ratio = [width, height];
+      player.embed.ratio = roundAspectRatio(width, height);
       setAspectRatio.call(this);
     });
 
diff --git a/src/js/plugins/youtube.js b/src/js/plugins/youtube.js
index db5781e6..19d2f1a5 100644
--- a/src/js/plugins/youtube.js
+++ b/src/js/plugins/youtube.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import loadImage from '../utils/load-image';
 import loadScript from '../utils/load-script';
 import { extend } from '../utils/objects';
 import { format, generateId } from '../utils/strings';
-import { setAspectRatio } from '../utils/style';
+import { roundAspectRatio, setAspectRatio } from '../utils/style';
 
 // Parse YouTube ID from URL
 function parseId(url) {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ const youtube = {
           ui.setTitle.call(this);
 
           // Set aspect ratio
-          this.embed.ratio = [width, height];
+          this.embed.ratio = roundAspectRatio(width, height);
         }
 
         setAspectRatio.call(this);
diff --git a/src/js/plyr.js b/src/js/plyr.js
index 6572e473..59381e11 100644
--- a/src/js/plyr.js
+++ b/src/js/plyr.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import loadSprite from './utils/load-sprite';
 import { clamp } from './utils/numbers';
 import { cloneDeep, extend } from './utils/objects';
 import { silencePromise } from './utils/promise';
-import { getAspectRatio, reduceAspectRatio, setAspectRatio, validateRatio } from './utils/style';
+import { getAspectRatio, reduceAspectRatio, setAspectRatio, validateAspectRatio } from './utils/style';
 import { parseUrl } from './utils/urls';
 
 // Private properties
@@ -916,12 +916,12 @@ class Plyr {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (!is.string(input) || !validateRatio(input)) {
+    if (!is.string(input) || !validateAspectRatio(input)) {
       this.debug.error(`Invalid aspect ratio specified (${input})`);
       return;
     }
 
-    this.config.ratio = input;
+    this.config.ratio = reduceAspectRatio(input);
 
     setAspectRatio.call(this);
   }
diff --git a/src/js/utils/style.js b/src/js/utils/style.js
index f02b0ba5..a9659cf4 100644
--- a/src/js/utils/style.js
+++ b/src/js/utils/style.js
@@ -2,9 +2,30 @@
 // Style utils
 // ==========================================================================
 
+import { closest } from './arrays';
 import is from './is';
 
-export function validateRatio(input) {
+// Standard/common aspect ratios
+const standardRatios = [
+  [1, 1],
+  [4, 3],
+  [3, 4],
+  [5, 4],
+  [4, 5],
+  [3, 2],
+  [2, 3],
+  [16, 10],
+  [10, 16],
+  [16, 9],
+  [9, 16],
+  [21, 9],
+  [9, 21],
+  [32, 9],
+  [9, 32],
+].reduce((out, [x, y]) => ({ ...out, [x / y]: [x, y] }), {});
+
+// Validate an aspect ratio
+export function validateAspectRatio(input) {
   if (!is.array(input) && (!is.string(input) || !input.includes(':'))) {
     return false;
   }
@@ -14,6 +35,7 @@ export function validateRatio(input) {
   return ratio.map(Number).every(is.number);
 }
 
+// Reduce an aspect ratio to it's lowest form
 export function reduceAspectRatio(ratio) {
   if (!is.array(ratio) || !ratio.every(is.number)) {
     return null;
@@ -26,8 +48,9 @@ export function reduceAspectRatio(ratio) {
   return [width / divider, height / divider];
 }
 
+// Calculate an aspect ratio
 export function getAspectRatio(input) {
-  const parse = (ratio) => (validateRatio(ratio) ? ratio.split(':').map(Number) : null);
+  const parse = (ratio) => (validateAspectRatio(ratio) ? ratio.split(':').map(Number) : null);
   // Try provided ratio
   let ratio = parse(input);
 
@@ -58,10 +81,20 @@ export function setAspectRatio(input) {
 
   const { wrapper } = this.elements;
   const ratio = getAspectRatio.call(this, input);
-  const [w, h] = is.array(ratio) ? ratio : [0, 0];
-  const padding = (100 / w) * h;
 
-  wrapper.style.paddingBottom = `${padding}%`;
+  if (!is.array(ratio)) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  const [x, y] = ratio;
+  const useNative = window.CSS?.supports(`aspect-ratio: ${x} / ${y}`) ?? false;
+  const padding = (100 / x) * y;
+
+  if (useNative) {
+    wrapper.style.aspectRatio = `${x}/${y}`;
+  } else {
+    wrapper.style.paddingBottom = `${padding}%`;
+  }
 
   // For Vimeo we have an extra <div> to hide the standard controls and UI
   if (this.isVimeo && !this.config.vimeo.premium && this.supported.ui) {
@@ -80,4 +113,18 @@ export function setAspectRatio(input) {
   return { padding, ratio };
 }
 
+// Round an aspect ratio to closest standard ratio
+export function roundAspectRatio(x, y, tolerance = 0.05) {
+  const ratio = x / y;
+  const closestRatio = closest(Object.keys(standardRatios), ratio);
+
+  // Check match is within tolerance
+  if (Math.abs(closestRatio - ratio) <= tolerance) {
+    return standardRatios[closestRatio];
+  }
+
+  // No match
+  return [x, y];
+}
+
 export default { setAspectRatio };
diff --git a/src/sass/types/video.scss b/src/sass/types/video.scss
index 79b3e158..fe7d8b37 100644
--- a/src/sass/types/video.scss
+++ b/src/sass/types/video.scss
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@ $embed-padding: ((100 / 16) * 9);
 
 .plyr__video-embed,
 .plyr__video-wrapper--fixed-ratio {
-  height: 0;
-  padding-bottom: to-percentage($embed-padding);
-  position: relative;
+  @supports not (aspect-ratio: 16 / 9) {
+    height: 0;
+    padding-bottom: to-percentage($embed-padding);
+    position: relative;
+  }
+
+  aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;
 }
 
 .plyr__video-embed iframe,