HTML <video> Tag

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Description

The <video> HTML element is used to specify video on an HTML document. For example, you could embed a music video on your web page for your visitors to listen to and watch.
Any content between the opening and closing <video> tags is fallback content. This content is displayed only by browsers that don't support the <video> tag.

Properties

Permitted Parents: Any element that accepts embedded content
Content: <source>, <track>, and text
Start/End Tags: Start tag: required, End tag: required

Example

HTML

<video width="300" height="240" controls>

  <source src="audio/toy.mp4" type="video/mp4">

  Your browser does not support the video tag.

</video>

Result

Editor

Attributes

Attribute	Definition
autoplay	Specifies that the video will start playing as soon as it is ready
controls	Specifies that video controls should be displayed (such as a play/pause button etc).
height	Sets the height of the video player
loop	Specifies that the video will start over again, every time it is finished
muted	Specifies that the audio output of the video should be muted
poster	Specifies an image to be shown while the video is downloading, or until the user hits the play button
preload	Specifies if and how the author thinks the video should be loaded when the page loads
src	Specifies the URL of the video file
width	Sets the width of the video player