HTML5 <video> tag give an standard to play video on the web.

• <video> tag is new in HTML5. But streaming of videos on the web is not new.
• YOUTUBE is one of the example of streaming video on the web successfully.
• Like <audio> tag, <video> also take source path.
• <video> tag view is different on different browsers.

Syntax :

<video width="320" height="240" controls>
 <source src="media/video.MP4" type="video/mp4">
 <source src="media/video.ogg" type="video/ogg"\>
 <source src="media/video.webm" type="video/ogg"\>
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video\>

Output :

1. autoplay : autoplay used to play the audio files on the time of web page loading.
2. autobuffer : autobuffer used to stream the audio on the time of loading.
3. controls :controls used to give functionality of play back, play/pause and volume up/down.
4. height : height used to give the height of video frame.
5. width: width used to give the width of the video frame.
6. poster: poster used to show the iamge on video frame before stream the video.
7. loop :loop used to repeat that audio file many times.
8. preload : preload used to load the audio file same as autoplay.
9. src : src used to give the source path of audio file.

• In Google Chrome



• In Mozilla Firefox



• In Mozilla Opera



• In Apple Safari
Not support the video tag.


• In Internet Explorer
Not support the video tag.