HTML video tag

Play a video:

<video width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="love.mp4" type="video/mp4">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>

Definition and Usage

The <video> tag is used to embed video content in a document, such as a movie clip or other video streams.

The <video> tag contains one or more <source> tags with different video sources. The browser will choose the first source it supports.

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

There are three supported video formats in HTML: MP4, WebM, and OGG.

Browser	MP4	WebM	Ogg
Edge	YES	YES	YES
Chrome	YES	YES	YES
Firefox	YES	YES	YES
Safari	YES	YES	NO
Opera	YES	YES	YES

Tip: For audio files, look at the <audio> tag.

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

Element
<video>	4.0	9.0	3.5	3.1	11.5

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

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

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

None.