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<!--> <!DOCTYPE> <a> <abbr> <acronym> <address> <applet> <area> <article> <aside> <audio> <b> <base> <basefont> <bdi> <bdo> <big> <blockquote> <body> <br> <button> <canvas> <caption> <center> <cite> <code> <col> <colgroup> <command> <datalist> <dd> <del> <details> <dfn> <dialog> <dir> <div> <dl> <dt> <em> <embed> <fieldset> <figcaption> <figure> <font> <footer> <form> <frame> <frameset> <head> <header> <hgroup> <h1> - <h6> <hr> <html> <i> <iframe> <img> <input> <ins> <kbd> <keygen> <label> <legend> <li> <link> <map> <mark> <menu> <meta> <meter> <nav> <noframes> <noscript> <object> <ol> <optgroup> <option> <output> <p> <param> <pre> <progress> <q> <rp> <rt> <ruby> <s> <samp> <script> <section> <select> <small> <source> <span> <strike> <strong> <style> <sub> <summary> <sup> <table> <tbody> <td> <textarea> <tfoot> <th> <thead> <time> <title> <tr> <track> <tt> <u> <ul> <var> <video> <wbr>HTML <track> kind Attribute
Example
A video with two subtitle tracks:
<video width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="forrest_gump.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="forrest_gump.ogg" type="video/ogg">
<track src="subtitles_en.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en"
label="English">
<track src="subtitles_no.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="no"
label="Norwegian">
</video>
<source src="forrest_gump.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="forrest_gump.ogg" type="video/ogg">
<track src="subtitles_en.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en"
label="English">
<track src="subtitles_no.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="no"
label="Norwegian">
</video>
Browser Support
The kind attribute is not supported in any of the major browsers.
Definition and Usage
The kind attribute specifies the kind of text track.
Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
The <track> tag is new in HTML5.
Syntax
<track src="subtitles_en.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en">
Attribute Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| captions | The track defines translation of dialogue and sound effects (suitable for deaf users) |
| chapters | The track defines chapter titles (suitable for navigating the media resource) |
| descriptions | The track defines a textual description of the video content (suitable for blind users) |
| metadata | The track defines content used by scripts. Not visible for the user |
| subtitles | The track defines subtitles, used to display subtitles in a video |
HTML <track> tag
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