Adding Video in HTML
There are two ways to approach adding video to your site: self-hosted (within your own directory and repository), or via a video-sharing service, like YouTube or Vimeo.
Self-Hosted Video
The <video>
element allows developers to add a video player to webpages. This is a new element to HTML5, and offers three supported video formats: .mp4, .webm, and .ogg.
The video element can be used to add a self-hosted video file to your site, and allows for both single-instances and fallback files to be referenced in the element.
Service-Hosted Video
To embed a video from a video-sharing service, use their provided embed code, which often utilizes the <iframe>
element discussed previously in this Topic.
The following is an example for YouTube:
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