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

Posted by Matthew Delange
Matthew Delange
26,584 Points

On the <video> element, add a controls attribute. I've done this but no luck on passing it. Help me out people!!

This is the way I've got it now which in the video is the way Nick does it but not working for me and know its something simple!

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>HTML Video and Audio</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito:400,300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css">
  </head>
  <body>

    <h1>HTML Video and Audio</h1>

    <div class="wrapper">

      <!-- Add your code below this line -->
      <video>
        <source url src="http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/html-video-and-audio/bridge.mp4", 
                type="video/mp4" controls/>    
      </video>


    </div>

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Matthew Delange
Matthew Delange
26,584 Points
Matthew Delange
Matthew Delange
26,584 Points

I got it

the answer is to nest controls in video not the source

Larry Singleton
Larry Singleton
18,946 Points
Larry Singleton
Larry Singleton
18,946 Points

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