HTML <source> type Attribute
The HTML <source> type attribute is used to specify the MIME type of the media resource.
Syntax:
<source type="media_type">
Attribute Values: It contains single value MIME_type which specifies the MIME_type of the media resource. Few MIME types are video/ogg, videomp4, audio/ogg etc.
Example 1: This example illustrates the use of <source> type attribute with the audio file.
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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title> HTML source type Attribute </title> </head> <body style="text-align:center;"> <h1 style="color:green;"> w3wiki </h1> <h3>HTML Source type Attribute</h3> <audio controls> <source src= "https://write.w3wiki.net/wp-content/uploads/11.wav" type="audio/mpeg"> </audio> </body> </html> |
Output:
Example 2: This example illustrates the <source > type attribute with the video file.
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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title> HTML source type Attribute </title> </head> <body style="text-align:center;"> <h1 style="color:green;"> w3wiki </h1> <video width="420" height="240" controls> <source src= "https://media.w3wiki.net/wp-content/uploads/20190614120700/20190614_112020.mp4" type="video/mp4"> </video> </body> </html> |
Output:
Supported browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Edge 12 and above
- Internet Explorer 9.0 and above
- Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and above
- Safari
- Opera