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

Angus Eliott
Angus Eliott
3,793 Points
Posted by Angus Eliott
Angus Eliott
3,793 Points

what type attribute?

what does it mean by "On the <source> element, add a type attribute with a value that corresponds to the video file."? what do I do?

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

    </div>

  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Ted Dunn
Ted Dunn
43,783 Points

In the source element (where you have already provided the src attribute for the file URL, you need to supply another attribute called type. This attribute needs to have a value assigned to it that has the same file format as the source file.

So, you need the following inside the <source> element....

type="video/mp4"