The current HTML5 draft specification does not specify which video formats browsers should support in the video tag. But most commonly used video formats are −
- Ogg − Ogg files with Thedora video codec and Vorbis audio codec.
- mpeg4 − MPEG4 files with H.264 video codec and AAC audio codec.
You can use the <source> tag to specify media along with media type and many other attributes.
A video element allows multiple source elements and browser will use the first recognized format:
<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <body> <video width = "300" height = "200" controls autoplay> <source src = "/html5/foo.ogg" type = "video/ogg" /> <source src = "/html5/foo.mp4" type = "video/mp4" /> Your browser does not support the video element. </video> </body> </html>