# HTML <video> Tag

## Example

Play a video:

<video width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
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## Definition and Usage

The <video> tag specifies video, such as a movie clip or other video streams.

Currently, there are 3 supported video formats for the <video> element: MP4, WebM, and Ogg:

Browser | MP4 | WebM | Ogg
--- | --- | --- | ---
Internet Explorer | YES | NO | NO
Chrome | YES | YES | YES
Firefox | YES from Firefox 21 from Firefox 30 for Linux | YES | YES
Safari | YES | NO | NO
Opera | YES From Opera 25 | YES | YES

- MP4 = MPEG 4 files with H264 video codec and AAC audio codec
- WebM = WebM files with VP8 video codec and Vorbis audio codec
- Ogg = Ogg files with Theora video codec and Vorbis audio codec

### MIME Types for Video Formats

Format | MIME-type
--- | ---
MP4 | video/mp4
WebM | video/webm
Ogg | video/ogg

## Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the element.

Element |  |  |  |  |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
<video> | 4.0 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 10.5

## Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

The <video> tag is new in HTML5.

## Tips and Notes

Tip: Any text between the <video> and </video> tags will be displayed in browsers that do not support the <video> element.

## Optional Attributes

= New in HTML5.

Attribute | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
autoplay | autoplay | Specifies that the video will start playing as soon as it is ready
controls | controls | Specifies that video controls should be displayed (such as a play/pause button etc).
height | pixels | Sets the height of the video player
loop | loop | Specifies that the video will start over again, every time it is finished
muted | muted | Specifies that the audio output of the video should be muted
poster | URL | Specifies an image to be shown while the video is downloading, or until the user hits the play button
preload | auto metadata none | Specifies if and how the author thinks the video should be loaded when the page loads
src | URL | Specifies the URL of the video file
width | pixels | Sets the width of the video player

## Global Attributes

The <video> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

## Event Attributes

The <video> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

## Related Pages

HTML DOM reference: HTML Audio/Video DOM Reference

## Default CSS Settings

None.

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