Media & Embedded Content

<video> Tag

Embed video with controls, multiple sources, and captions.

1Embedding Video

Provide multiple <source> elements with different codecs for cross-browser support. Use <track> for closed captions.

Example Code

<video controls width="640" poster="thumb.jpg">
  <source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
  <source src="movie.webm" type="video/webm" />
  <track kind="captions" src="captions.vtt" srclang="en" label="English" />
  Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>

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