Videos can be embedded in HTML pages with several methods.
Code to add Video player using HTML5
<video width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg">
<source src="movie.webm" type="video/webm">
<object data="movie.mp4" width="320" height="240">
<embed src="movie.swf" width="320" height="240">
</object>
</video>
The <embed> tag defines a container for external (non-HTML) content.
The following HTML fragment displays a Flash video embedded in a web page:
<embed src="intro.swf" height="200" width="200">
Problems
- If the browser does not support Flash, the video will not play
- iPad and iPhone do not support Flash videos
The HTML5 <video> tag defines a video or movie.
The <video> element works in all modern browsers.
The following example uses the HTML5 <video> tag, which specifies one
MP4 file (for Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox 21+, and Safari), and one OGG
file (for older Firefox and Opera). If something fails, it will display a text:
Problems:
- You must convert your videos to many different formats
- The <video> element does not work in older browsers
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