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

Robert Mckay
Robert Mckay
11,089 Points
Posted by Robert Mckay
Robert Mckay
11,089 Points

I think this video may need to be updated - I was unable to get the first way to work in any browser.

I tried using the following:

Chrome Version 41.0.2272.101 m Firefox version 36.0.1 IE Version 11.0.9600.17690

the code snippet is as follows: <div class="wrapper">

  <video src="http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/html-video-and-audio/bridge.mp4" type="video/mp4" controls />

</div>

Also for some reason the the page wouldn't load until I renamed the .html file to index.html..

1 Answer

Jorge Felico
Jorge Felico
15,543 Points
Jorge Felico
Jorge Felico
15,543 Points

Hi Robert, the Video tag should really be used as follows;

<video controls>
  <source src="http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/html-video-and-audio/bridge.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>