HTML Video

<video> element is used to show a video on a web page.

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.

To show a video in HTML, use the <video> element:

<video width="320" height="240" controls>

Your browser does not support the video tag. </video>

The controls attribute adds video controls, like play, pause, and volume. It is a good idea to always include width and height attributes. If height and width are not set, the page might flicker while the video loads.

<source> element allows you to specify alternative video files which the browser may choose from. The browser will use the first recognized format.

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

To start a video automatically, use the autoplay attribute:

<video width="320" height="240" autoplay>

Your browser does not support the video tag. </video>

Chromium browsers do not allow autoplay in most cases. However, muted autoplay is always allowed. Add muted after autoplay to let your video start playing automatically (but muted):

<video width="320" height="240" autoplay muted>

Your browser does not support the video tag. </video>

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

<video> 4.0 9.0 3.5 4.0 10.5

There are three supported video formats: MP4, WebM, and Ogg. The browser support for the different formats is: