HTML | DOM Video src Property

The Video src property is used for setting or returning the value of the src attribute of a video.
The src attribute is generally used to specify the location (URL) of the video file.

Syntax:

Return the src property:
```
videoObject.src
```
Set the src property:
```
videoObject.src = URL
```

Property Values:

URL: It is used to specify the URL of the video file.

Return Value: The Video src property returns a string, which represents the URL of the video file. The src property returns the entire URL, including the protocol.

Below program illustrates the Video src property:

Example: Changing the URL of a video.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
        DOM Video src Property 
    </title> 
</head> 
  
<body style="text-align: center"> 
  
    <h1 style="color: green">GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h2 style="font-family: Impact">Video src Property</h2> 
    <br> 
  
    <video id="Test_Video"
           width="360"
           height="240"
           controls src="sample video.ogg"> 
    </video> 
  
    <p>To change the Url of the video, 
      double click the "Change URL" button. 
        <br> 
  
        <button ondblclick="My_Video()"> 
          Change URL 
      </button> 
  
        <p id="test"></p> 
  
        <script> 
            var v = document.getElementById("Test_Video"); 
  
            function My_Video() { 
                isSupp = v.canPlayType("video/mp4"); 
                if (isSupp == "") { 
                    v.src = "sample2.ogg"; 
                } else { 
                    v.src = "sample2.mp4"; 
                } 
                v.load(); 
  
                document.getElementById("test").innerHTML =  
                "Video Courtesy - www.geeksforgeeks.org"; 
            } 
        </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Before clicking the button:
After clicking the button:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML | DOM Video src Property are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Opera
Apple Safari

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