HTML <track> tag

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HTML <track> tag

The <track> tag is used as a child of an <audio> or <video> element to specify timed text tracks, for example to automatically handle subtitles.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <video style="width:100%;height:330px" controls> <source src="/reindeer.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <track src="/reindeer.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" label="English"> </video> </body> </html>

Attributes

The following are the attributes of <track> tag. Also try Global attributes.

AttributeValueExplanation
default-Indicates that the track should be enabled unless the user's preferences indicate that another track is more appropriate.
kind
  • captions
  • chapters
  • descriptions
  • metadata
  • subtitles
Specifies the kind of text track.
labeltextSpecifies a human-readable title of the text track which is used by the browser when listing available text tracks.
srcURLSpecifies the URL of the track file. Required.
srclanglanguage_codeSpecifies the language of the track text data. Required (if kind="subtitles").

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