HTML <track> kindProperty
Example
A video element with two subtitle tracks:
<video width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="forrest_gump.mp4.html" type="video/mp4">
<source src="forrest_gump.ogg.html" type="video/ogg">
<track src="subtitles_en.vtt.html" kind="subtitles" srclang="en"
label="English">
<track src="subtitles_no.vtt.html" kind="subtitles" srclang="no"
label="Norwegian">
</video>
<source src="forrest_gump.mp4.html" type="video/mp4">
<source src="forrest_gump.ogg.html" type="video/ogg">
<track src="subtitles_en.vtt.html" kind="subtitles" srclang="en"
label="English">
<track src="subtitles_no.vtt.html" kind="subtitles" srclang="no"
label="Norwegian">
</video>
Browser Support
Internet Explorer 10, Opera, and Chrome support the kind attribute.
Definition and Usage
The kind attribute specifies the kind of track.
Differences between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
The <track> tag is a new tag in HTML5.
Syntax
<track src="subtitles_en.vtt.html" kind="subtitles" srclang="en">
Property value
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| captions | This track defines a short description that will be displayed in the player. |
| chapters | This track defines chapters for navigating the media resource. |
| descriptions | This track defines descriptions, used to describe the media content via audio, in case the content is not playable or visible. |
| metadata | The content used by this orbit definition script. |
| subtitles | This track defines subtitles, used to display subtitles in the video. |
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