HTML Tag Reference - HTML tag <track>
The <track> tag marks text tracks for media elements <audio> and <video>.
Browser compatibility
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Yes | 10.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
What's new in HTML5
The <track> tag is new in HTML5.
Attribute
| Attribute | Value | Description |
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| default | default | Mark default track |
| kind | captions chapters descriptions metadata subtitles |
Specifies the kind of text track |
| label | text | Set the title of the text track |
| src | URL | Required. Set the URL of the track file |
| srclang | language_code | Set the language of the track text data (required if kind="subtitles") |
Global Attributes
The <track> tag supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <track> tag supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
Default CSS Settings
None.
Example
<video width="320" height="240" controls> <source src="sound.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="sound.ogg" type="video/ogg"> <track src="subtitles_en.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" label="English"> <track src="subtitles_ca.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="ca" label="Canadian"> </video>