HTML embed Tag

HTML embed: Main Tips

• The HTML <embed> element incorporates an external resource in a specified place of a webpage.
• The external resource can be an application, a browser plug-in, or a video.

Use of embed

<embed> HTML element embeds material into webpages.

The example below shows how to embed video HTML:

<embed src="doggo-beach.mp4">

Note: learn more about including videos and audio files in the HTML multimedia tutorial. To learn more about adding plug-ins, refer to the HTML plug-ins tutorial.

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Attributes for embed

height

It is possible to embed video HTML and adjust its height with the height attribute.

<embed height="80" src="doggo-beach.mp4">

src

The src attribute defines the resource location (either a relative path or an absolute web address).

<embed src="doggo-beach.mp4">

type

The type attribute sets the MIME type of the resource. A browser will be ready with corresponding instantiation process.

<embed type="video/webm" src="doggo-beach.mp4">

width

It is also possible to make HTML embed video and set its width with the width attribute.

<embed width="400" src="doggo-beach.mp4">

Browser support

Chrome

All

Edge

All

Firefox

1+

IE

All

Opera

All

Safari

All

Mobile browser support

Chrome

All

Firefox

4+

Opera

-

Safari

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