HTML Media Elements

HTML Media Elements attributes and description
- width - Sets the element's width in pixels.
- height - Sets the element's height in pixels.
- <source> - Defines resources of the audio or video files
- track - Defines the text track for media elements
- controls - Displays controls
- autoplay - Automatically start playing the media
- loop - Plays the media in a repeated cycle
- muted - Plays the media without sound
- poster - Assigns an image to display until a video is loaded
HTML Audio Elements
HTML5 provides a new standard for embedding an audio file on a web page. You can embed an audio file to a page using the <audio> element:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Atutorialhub HTML media elements</title>
</head>
<body>
<audio controls>
<source src="file.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
Your browser does not support the audio element.
</audio>
</body>
</html>
HTML Video Elements
You can embed also a video to a webpage using the <video> element:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Hello!</title>
</head>
<body>
<video width="500" height="700" controls>
<source src="video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
</body>
</html>
Using `<video>` and `<audio>` element to display audio/video content
Use the HTML or <audio> element to embed video/audio content in a document. The video/audio element contains one or more video/audio sources. To specify a source, use either the src attribute or the <source> element; the browser will choose the most suitable one.
Audio tag example:
<!-- Simple video example -->
<video src="videofile.webm" autoplay poster="posterimage.jpg">
Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos,
but don't worry, you can <a href="videofile.webm">download it</a>
and watch it with your favorite video player!
</video>
<!-- Video with subtitles -->
<video src="foo.webm">
<track kind="subtitles" src="foo.en.vtt" srclang="en" label="English">
<track kind="subtitles" src="foo.sv.vtt" srclang="sv" label="Svenska"></video>
<!-- Simple video example -->
<video width="480" controls poster="https://archive.org/download/WebmVp8Vorbis/webmvp8.gif" >
<source src="https://archive.org/download/WebmVp8Vorbis/webmvp8.webm" type="video/webm">
<source src="https://archive.org/download/WebmVp8Vorbis/webmvp8_512kb.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="https://archive.org/download/WebmVp8Vorbis/webmvp8.ogv" type="video/ogg">
Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video tag.
</video>
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Atutorialhub demo title</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Simple video example -->
<video src="videofile.webm" autoplay poster="posterimage.jpg">
Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos,
but don't worry, you can <a href="videofile.webm">download it</a>
and watch it with your favorite video player!
</video>
<!-- Video with subtitles -->
<video src="foo.webm">
<track kind="subtitles" src="foo.en.vtt" srclang="en" label="English">
<track kind="subtitles" src="foo.sv.vtt" srclang="sv" label="Svenska">
</video>
<!-- Simple video example -->
<video width="480" controls poster="https://archive.org/download/WebmVp8Vorbis/webmvp8.gif">
<source src="https://archive.org/download/WebmVp8Vorbis/webmvp8.webm" type="video/webm">
<source src="https://archive.org/download/WebmVp8Vorbis/webmvp8_512kb.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="https://archive.org/download/WebmVp8Vorbis/webmvp8.ogv" type="video/ogg">
Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video tag.
</video>
</body>
</html>
Audio tag example:
<!-- Simple audio playback -->
<audio src="http://developer.mozilla.org/@api/deki/files/2926/=AudioTest_(1).ogg" autoplay>
Your browser does not support the <code>audio</code> element.
</audio>
<!-- Audio playback with captions -->
<audio src="foo.ogg">
<track kind="captions" src="foo.en.vtt" srclang="en" label="English">
<track kind="captions" src="foo.sv.vtt" srclang="sv" label="Svenska">
</audio>
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Atutorialhub demo title</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Simple audio playback -->
<audio src="http://developer.mozilla.org/@api/deki/files/2926/=AudioTest_(1).ogg" autoplay>
Your browser does not support the <code>audio</code> element.
</audio>
<!-- Audio playback with captions -->
<audio src="foo.ogg">
<track kind="captions" src="foo.en.vtt" srclang="en" label="English">
<track kind="captions" src="foo.sv.vtt" srclang="sv" label="Svenska">
</audio>
</body>
</html>
HTML Video header or background
Adding a video that will autoplay on a loop and has no controls or sound. Perfect for a video header or background.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Atutorialhub demo title</title>
</head>
<body>
<video width="1280" height="720" autoplay muted loop poster="video.jpg" id="videobg">
<source src="video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="video.webm" type="video/webm">
<source src="video.ogg" type="video/ogg">
</video>
</body>
</html>
This CSS provides a fallback if the video cannot be loaded. Note that is it recommended to use the first frame of the video as the poster video.jpg.
#videobg {
background: url(video.jpg) no-repeat;
background-size: cover;
}
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