diff --git a/filter/mediaplugin/filter.php b/filter/mediaplugin/filter.php
index eb4268cab6b..d0138625ce6 100644
--- a/filter/mediaplugin/filter.php
+++ b/filter/mediaplugin/filter.php
@@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ function mediaplugin_filter($courseid, $text) {
 
         $replace  = '\\0<br /><object classid="CLSID:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B"';
         $replace .= '        codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab" ';
-        $replace .= '        height="240" width="300"';
+        $replace .= '        height="300" width="400"';
         $replace .= '        id="quicktime" align="" type="application/x-oleobject">';
         $replace .= "<param name=\"src\" value=\"\\2.mov\" />";
         $replace .= '<param name="autoplay" value=true />';
         $replace .= '<param name="loop" value=true />';
         $replace .= '<param name="controller" value=true />';
-        $replace .= '<param name="scale" value="tofit" />';
+        $replace .= '<param name="scale" value="aspect" />';
         $replace .= "\n<embed src=\"\\2.mov\" name=\"quicktime\" type=\"video/quicktime\" ";
-        $replace .= ' height="240" width="300" scale="tofit" ';
+        $replace .= ' height="300" width="400" scale="aspect" ';
         $replace .= ' autoplay="true" controller="true" loop="true" ';
         $replace .= ' pluginspage="http://quicktime.apple.com/">';
         $replace .= '</embed>';
diff --git a/mod/resource/view.php b/mod/resource/view.php
index e3351ee06d6..a8bbb3f9eb3 100644
--- a/mod/resource/view.php
+++ b/mod/resource/view.php
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@
                     echo '<param name="autoplay" value=true />';
                     echo '<param name="loop" value=true />';
                     echo '<param name="controller" value=true />';
-                    echo '<param name="scale" value="tofit" />';
+                    echo '<param name="scale" value="aspect" />';
                     echo "\n<embed src=\"$fullurl\" name=\"quicktime\" type=\"$mimetype\" ";
-                    echo ' height="450" width="600" scale="tofit"';
+                    echo ' height="450" width="600" scale="aspect"';
                     echo ' autoplay="true" controller="true" loop="true" ';
                     echo ' pluginspage="http://quicktime.apple.com/">';
                     echo '</embed>';