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HTML Media

Video Tag

The <video> tag plays video files from your own site.

Syntax:

<video controls width="640" poster="thumbnail.jpg">
  <source src="intro.webm" type="video/webm">
  <source src="intro.mp4" type="video/mp4">
  <track src="captions-en.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" label="English">
  Your browser does not support video.
</video>
  • poster is the image shown before the video starts.
  • Several <source> elements give the browser a choice of formats.
  • <track> adds subtitles, which makes your video accessible.
  • autoplay muted loop playsinline together create a silent background video.