what is the Audio and video tag

what is the Audio and video tag

Defination of Audio Tag

the Audio tag <audio> tag is used to embeded a sound content in a document, such as music and other audio streams.

the text between the <audio> and </audio> tag will only be displayed in browsers that do not support the <audio> element.

  • there are three supported audio formats in HTML:MP3,WAV, OGG
<!DOCTYPE HTML>

<html>
   <body>

      <audio controls autoplay>
         <source src = "/html5/audio.ogg" type = "audio/ogg" />
         <source src = "/html5/audio.wav" type = "audio/wav" />
         Your browser does not support the <audio> element.
      </audio>

   </body>
</html>

Defination of Video Tag

the <Video> tag is used to embed video content in a document, such as a movie clip or other video streams.

  1. the <video> tag contains one or more <source> tag with the diffrent video sources

  2. the browser will choose the first source it supports.

  3. the text between the <video> and </video> tag will only be displayed in browsers that do not support the <video> element.

  4. there are three supported video formats in HTML: MP4 ,WebM,OGG

<video width="320" height="240" controls>
  <source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
  <source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg">
  Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>

conclusion

the audio and video tag is used in HTML for streaming audio and video files such as movies clip , audio clip etc