Html video tag

The <video> tag specifies video, such as a movie clip or other video streams.

Currently, there are 3 supported video formats for the <video> element: MP4, WebM, and Ogg:

Browser	MP4	WebM	Ogg
Internet Explorer	YES	NO	NO
Chrome	YES	YES	YES
Firefox	YES from Firefox 21 from Firefox 30 for Linux	YES	YES
Safari	YES	NO	NO
Opera	YES From Opera 25	YES	YES

• MP4 = MPEG 4 files with H264 video codec and AAC audio codec
• WebM = WebM files with VP8 video codec and Vorbis audio codec
• Ogg = Ogg files with Theora video codec and Vorbis audio codec

 

MIME Types for Video Formats

Format	MIME-type
MP4	video/mp4
WebM	video/webm
Ogg	video/ogg

 

Example

 <video width="320" height="240" controls>
  <source src="/cft/movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
  <source src="/cft/movie.ogg" type="video/ogg">
  Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>

Tips and Notes

 

Tip: Any text between the <video> and </video> tags will be displayed in browsers that do not support the <video> element.

 

Optional Attributes

 

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