In this article, we will learn about the <video> tag in HTML.
- The <video> tag is used to embed video content in a document, such as a movie clip or other video streams.
- The <video> tag contains one or more <source> tags with different video sources. The browser will choose wisely the source of video that will support it.
- The text that we have written between the <video> and </video> tags will only be displayed when the browsers do not support the <video> element.
Example
<video width="400" height="240" controls> <source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg"> Your browser does not support the video tag. </video>
There is a number of video format but here are three supported video formats in HTML: MP4, WebM, and OGG.
| Browser | MP4 | WebM | Ogg |
| Edge | YES | YES | YES |
| Chrome | YES | YES | YES |
| Firefox | YES | YES | YES |
| Safari | YES | YES | NO |
| Opera | YES | YES | YES |
The browser that will support the <video> tag is mentioned below,
| Browser | Version |
| Chrome | 4.0 |
| Internet Explorer | 9.0 |
| Firefox | 3.5 |
| Safari | 3.1 |
| Opera | 11.5 |
Attributes of <video> tag is below,
| Attribute | Value | Description |
| autoplay | autoplay | Specifies that the video will start playing as soon as it is ready |
| controls | controls | Specifies that video controls should be displayed (such as a play/pause button etc). |
| height | pixels | Sets the height of the video player |
| loop | loop | Specifies that the video will start over again, every time it is finished |
| muted | muted | Specifies that the audio output of the video should be muted |
| poster | URL | Specifies an image to be shown while the video is downloading, or until the user hits the play button |
| preload | auto metadata none |
Specifies if and how the author thinks the video should be loaded when the page loads |
| src | URL | Specifies the URL of the video file |
| width | pixels | Sets the width of the video player |
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