HTML5: video – video (NEW)

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video – video NEW # T

The video element represents a video or movie.

Permitted content #

Transparent, with the following specific structure:

a src attribute, or zero or more source elements followed by flow content

or

a src attribute, or zero or more source elements followed by phrasing content

Permitted attributes #

common attributes & autoplay & autobuffer & controls & loop & poster & height & width & src

Descriptions for attributes specific to this element #

autoplay = "autoplay" or empty: Instructs the UA to automatically begin playback of the video as soon as it can do so without stopping.
autobuffer = "autobuffer" or empty: Instructs the UA that the author believes that downloading the entire video optimistically will be worthwhile.
controls = "controls" or empty: Instructs the UA to expose a user interface for controlling playback of the video.
loop = "loop" or empty: Instructs the UA to seek back to the start of the video upon reaching the end.
poster = URI: The address of an image file for the UA to show while no video data is available.
height = positive integer: The height of the video, in CSS pixels.
width = positive integer: The width of the video, in CSS pixels.
src = URI: The URL for the video.

Additional constraints and admonitions #

The interactive element “video” with the attribute “controls” must not appear as a descendant of the “a” element.
The interactive element “video” with the attribute “controls” must not appear as a descendant of the “button” element.

Tag omission #

A video element must have both a start tag and an end tag.

Permitted parent elements #

any element that can contain phrasing elements, any element that can contain flow elements

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