HTML <source> type Attribute
Last Updated :
07 Jun, 2023
The HTML <source> type attribute is used to specify the MIME type of the media resource.
Syntax:
<source type="media_type">
Attribute Values: It contains single value MIME_type which specifies the MIME_type of the media resource. Few MIME types are video/ogg, videomp4, audio/ogg etc.
Example 1: This example illustrates the use of <source> type attribute with the audio file.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>
HTML source type Attribute
</title>
</head>
<body style="text-align:center;">
<h1 style="color:green;">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<h3>HTML Source type Attribute</h3>
<audio controls>
<source src=
type="audio/mpeg">
</audio>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Example 2: This example illustrates the <source > type attribute with the video file.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>
HTML source type Attribute
</title>
</head>
<body style="text-align:center;">
<h1 style="color:green;">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<video width="420" height="240" controls>
<source src=
type="video/mp4">
</video>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Supported browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Edge 12 and above
- Internet Explorer 9.0 and above
- Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and above
- Safari
- Opera
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