The document discusses multimedia formats and tags in HTML. It defines multimedia as anything that can be heard or seen, such as images, music, sound, videos. Common multimedia file extensions are listed such as .mp3, .mp4, .avi. HTML provides tags for embedding multimedia like <audio> for audio, <video> for video, and <embed> and <object>. It provides examples of how to use these tags to embed multimedia files on a webpage with attributes like controls, autoplay, and muted.
2. WHAT IS MULTIMEDIA?
Multimedia comes in many different formats. It can
be almost anything you can hear or see, like
images, music, sound, videos, records, films,
animations, and more.
Web pages often contain multimedia elements of
different types and formats.
3. MULTIMEDIA FORMATS
Multimedia elements (like audio or video) are stored
in media files.
The most common way to discover the type of a
file, is to look at the file extension.
Multimedia files have formats and different
extensions like: .wav, .mp3, .mp4, .mpg, .wmv, and
.avi.
4. There are many video formats out there.
The MP4, WebM, and Ogg formats are supported
by HTML.
The MP4 format is recommended by YouTube.
6. MULTIMEDIA TAGS
HTML allows adding different multimedia files on
your website by various multimedia tags. These
tags include:
<audio> for displaying a audio file on the web page,
<video> for displaying a video file on the web page,
<embed> for embedding multimedia files on the
web page,
<object> for embedding multimedia files on the web
page.
<iframe> for embedding other web pages.
7. HTML AUDIO
The HTML <audio> element is used to play an audio
file on a web page.
How It Works
The controls attribute adds audio controls, like play,
pause, and volume.
The <source> element allows you to specify
alternative audio files which the browser may choose
from. The browser will use the first recognized
format.
The text between the <audio> and </audio> tags
will only be displayed in browsers that do not support
the <audio> element.
8. <audio controls autoplay>
<source src="horse.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
<source src="horse.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
Your browser does not support the audio
element.
</audio>
To start an audio file automatically, use
the autoplay attribute
Add muted after autoplay to let your audio file
start playing automatically (but muted)
9. HTML VIDEO
The HTML <video> element is used to show a video on a web
page.
How it Works
The controls attribute adds video controls, like play, pause,
and volume.
It is a good idea to always include width and height attributes. If
height and width are not set, the page might flicker while the
video loads.
The <source> element allows you to specify alternative video
files which the browser may choose from. The browser will use
the first recognized format.
The text between the <video> and </video> tags will only be
displayed in browsers that do not support the <video> element.
10. To start a video automatically, use
the autoplay attribute
<video width="320" height="240" autoplay>
<source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4
">
<source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg"
>
Your browser does not support the video
tag.
</video>
Add muted after autoplay to let your video
start playing automatically (but muted)