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;" >
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</ 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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