HTML Multimedia tags - why use html Multimedia tags Audio video

HTML Multimedia tags - why use html Multimedia tags 

 What is Multimedia?

Multimedia comes in many different formats. It can be almost anything you can hear or see.

Examples: Images, music, sound, videos, records, films, animations, and more.

Web pages often contain multimedia elements of different types and formats.

In this chapter you will learn about the different multimedia formats.

HTML Video

Playing Videos in HTML

Before HTML5, a video could only be played in a browser with a plug-in (like flash).

The HTML5 <video> element specifies a standard way to embed a video in a web page.

Example 

<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>

HTML Audio

Playing Videos in HTML

Audio on the Web

Before HTML5, audio files could only be played in a browser with a plug-in (like flash).

The HTML5 <audio> element specifies a standard way to embed audio in a web page.

<audio controls>

  <source src="horse.ogg" type="audio/ogg">

  <source src="horse.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">

Your browser does not support the audio element.

</audio>

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