<video>: The HTML Video Element

1 Description

The HTML <video> element is used when you would like to embed a video into a webpage. You can specify several different <source> elements for the video, generally each <source> is a different resolution allowing the user to select which resolution/quality they of the video they would like to watch.

The video file must be either a mp4 file or webm file. Other video file types may not play correctly in web browsers.

2 Examples

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Example Page</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>Example HTML Page</h1>
        <p>This html page has an embedded video element.</p>
        <video>
            <source src="/video/sample_video_1.mp4" type="video/mp4"/>
            <source src="/video/sample_video_2.webm" type="video/webm"/>
        </video>
    </body>
</html>

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