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W3C Working Draft

Summary

The video is an HTML5 tag that allows a developer to embed a video in a document.

DOM Interface	HTMLVideoElement

Needs Examples: This section should include examples.

See MIME types to find the right way to serve the media file.

Specification	Status	Related Changes
HTML 5	W3C Working Draft

Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic Support	3	3.5	9	10.50	4
MP4 (H.264 + AAC)	3	Unsupported	9	Unsupported	4
Ogg (Theora + Vorbis)	3	3.6	Unsupported	10.50	Unsupported
WebM (VP8 + Vorbis)	6	4	Unsupported	10.60	Unsupported

Feature	Android	BlackBerry	Chrome for mobile	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Mobile	Opera Mobile	Opera Mini	Safari Mobile
Basic Support	2.3	7.0	18	4	9.0	11	Unsupported	3.2
MP4 (H.264 + AAC)	2.1	?	?	?	9.0	?	?	3.2
Ogg (Theora + Vorbis)	Unsupported	?	?	?	Unsupported	?	?	Unsupported
WebM (VP8 + Vorbis)	2.3	?	?	?	Unsupported	?	?	Unsupported

Browser	Version	Note
Chrome		Google has announced that H.264 support will be removed from Google Chrome in the future.
Internet Explorer	9+	Beginning with Internet Explorer 9, any audio or video content needs the correct mime type set on the server, or the files won't play. Internet Explorer 9 supports MP3 audio, and MP4 audio and video. WebM audio and video files can be supported by installing the WebM components from The WebM project.
Safari		Safari requires QuickTime to play video.
Android	2.1 - 4.0	Requires specific handling to run the video element to suport MPEG-4/H.264

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