HTML5 has introduced two new multimedia tags, AUDIO and VIDEO, for displaying the audio and video streams
on a Web page.
You can play the multimedia files, which are stored in your local computer, on the Web page by specifying their location. The src attribute is
used to specify the multimedia file to play it on the Web page.
If the Web browser does not support AUDIO and VIDEO tags, then the text defined between the starting and the closing tags of these tags are
displayed on the Web page.
Attributes of AUDIO Tag
The AUDIO tag of HTML5 supports only three audio file formats i.e. .oog, .mp3, .wav
Following table shows the attributes of the AUDIO tag
| Attribute |
Description |
| autoplay |
Plays the audio file as soon as the Web page loads |
| controls |
Displays the controls on the Web page, such as play and pause buttons |
| loop |
Replays the audio file |
| preload |
Specifies whether the audio file is preloaded on the Web page or not |
| src |
Provides the location of the audio file to play |
Attributes of VIDEO Tag
You can use the VIDEO tag to display a video file on the Web page. The VIDEO tag supports the .gov and .mp4 file formats.
Following table describes attributes of the VIDEO tag
| Attribute |
Description |
| audio |
Controls the default state of the video's audio channel |
| autoplay |
Plays the audio file as soon as the Web page loads |
| controls |
Displays the controls on a Web page, such as play and pause buttons |
| height |
Specifies the height of the VIDEO tag |
| loop |
Replays the video file |
| preload |
Specifies whether the video file is preloaded on the Web page or not |
| poster |
Provides an image to be displayed when the video file is not available |
| src |
Provides the location of the video file to play |
| width |
Specifies the width of the VIDEO tag |
You can also use the SOURCE tag within the opening and the closing tags of the VIDEO tag to provide the source of the video file.
The SOURCE tag is used in a situation when the location of the video file is not confirmed. In this case, the VIDEO tag plays the first
video file located in the specified path. The following code snippet shows the use of the VIDEO tag :
<VIDEO src="video.ogv" autoplay="true" loop="3" controls>
</VIDEO>
In the above code snippet, we have defined a video.ogv file in the src attribute. We have also set the autoplay attribute to true, which implies
that the video file start playing as soon as the Web page loads. the loop attribute is set to 3, which implies that the video file will be played
three times. In addition, the controls attribute displays the controls on the video player.
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