HTML 5 Video

Video on the Web

Until now, there is still no standard for displaying video on a Web page.

Today, most videos are displayed via plugins (such as Flash). However, not all browsers have the same plugin.

HTML5 provides a standard way to include video through the visual element.

Video format

Currently, the video element supports three types of videos:

format	IE	Firefox	Opera	Chrome	Safari
Ogg	No	3.5+	10.5+	5.0+	No
MPEG 4	9.0+	No	No	5.0+	3.0+
WebM	No	4.0+	10.6+	6.0+	No

ogg = ogg file with Theora video encoding and Vorbis audio encoding

MPEG4 = MPEG 4 file with H + video encoding and AAC audio encoding

WebM = WebM file with VP8 video encoding and Vorbis audio encoding

How it works

To display the video in HTML5, all you need is:

<video src="movie.ogg" controls="controls"></ Video>

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The control property is used to add play, pause, and volume controls.

It's also a good idea to include width and height attributes.

The content inserted between <video> and </video> is displayed for browsers that do not support the video element:

Instance

<video src="movie.ogg" width=" height="   controls= "controls">Your Browser does not support the video Tag. </video>

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The above example uses an Ogg file for Firefox, Opera, and Chrome.

To ensure that the video file must be of type MPEG4 for Safari browser.

The video element allows multiple source elements. The source element can link different video files. The browser will use the first recognizable format:

Instance

<video width=" the"height=" -"controls="Controls"> <source src="Movie.ogg"Type="Video/ogg"> <source src="Movie.mp4"Type="Video/mp4">Your Browser does not support the video tag.</video>

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Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer 8 does not support video elements. In IE 9, support for video elements that use MPEG4 is provided.

Properties of the <video> tag

Properties	value	Description
AutoPlay	AutoPlay	If this property appears, the video plays as soon as it is ready.
Controls	Controls	If this property appears, the control is displayed to the user, such as the play button.
Height	Pixels	Sets the height of the video player.
Loop	Loop	If this property appears, the media file starts playing again when it finishes playing.
Preload	Preload	If this property appears, the video loads when the page loads and prepares to play. If you use "autoplay", the property is ignored.
Src	Url	The URL of the video to play.
Width	Pixels	Sets the width of the video player.

HTML 5 Video