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HTML5 <track> Tag

Example

A video with two subtitle tracks:

<video width="320" height="240" controls="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>

Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The <track> tag is not supported in any of the major browsers.


Definition and Usage

The <track> tag specifies text tracks for media elements ( <audio> and <video>).

This element is used to specify subtitles, caption files or other files containing text, that should be visible when the media is playing.


Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

The <track> tag is new in HTML5.


Optional Attributes

New : New in HTML5.

Attribute Value Description
defaultNew default Specifies that the track is to be enabled if the user's preferences do not indicate that another track would be more appropriate
kindNew captions
chapters
descriptions
metadata
subtitles
Specifies the kind of text track
labelNew text Specifies the title of the text track
srcNew URL Required. Specifies the URL of the track file
srclangNew language_code Specifies the language of the track text data (required if kind="subtitles")

Global Attributes

The <track> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML5.


Event Attributes

The <track> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML5.


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