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HTML HTML Video and Audio (Retired) Media Basics The Source Element

Tracy Excell
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Tracy Excell
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,333 Points
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Tracy Excell
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Embedded HTML video not working in Edge or Explorer?

Hello,

I am working on a video project and have embedded videos into my HTML:

<video controls> <source src="video/video2.ogg" type="video/ogg">

            <source src="video/video1.mp4" type="video/mp">

</video>

It opens in chrome, but not Edge or explorer. I was hoping that the mp / ogg options would allow for it to run in a variety of browsers. What do I need to do to ensure that my videos will play in all / most browsers?

Thank you

Annet de Boer
Annet de Boer
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Annet de Boer
Annet de Boer
900 Points

I don't have Edge or Explorer myself, but does this one work in those browsers for you? http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml5_video_controls

Tracy Excell
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Tracy Excell
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Tracy Excell
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I found this and think I need to add another video type:

HTML Video - Media Types File Format Media Type MP4 video/mp4 WebM video/webm Ogg video/ogg

1 Answer

Tawanda Musabaika
Tawanda Musabaika
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Hi Tracy, i think you forgot the "4" from mp4 in your <source> tag. it should be 

<source src="video/video1.mp4" type="video/mp4">