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Attributes of HTML <video> element


The following are the attributes of a <video> element:

Attribute
Description
autoplay
This boolean attribute if specified, the video will automatically begin to playback as soon as it can do so without stopping to finish loading the data.
autobuffer
This boolean attribute if specified, the video will automatically begin buffering even if it's not set to automatically play.
controls
If this attribute is present, it will allow the user to control video playback, including volume, seeking, and pause/resume playback.
height
This attribute specifies the height of the video's display area, in CSS pixels.
loop
This boolean attribute if specified will allow video automatically seek back to the start after reaching at the end.
preload
This attribute specifies that the video will be loaded at page load, and ready to run. Ignored if autoplay is present.
poster
This is a URL of an image to show until the user plays or seeks.
src
The URL of the video to embed. This is optional; you may instead use the <source> element within the video block to specify the video to embed
width
This attribute specifies the width of the video's display area, in CSS pixels.