Adding sources to HTML5 video in javascript?

Question

I am running the following code for html5 video.

var media; function videotr(){   media = document.createElement('video');   media.preload = true;   media.id = 'it';    document.getElementById('crop').appendChild(media)   return media; }                 var div = document.getElementById('crop'); $(div).empty(); this.image = new videotr(); this.image.src = args.src; 

However, I would like to implement multiple sources for compatibility. How can add in multiple sources through java script? I want to do this the right way, not through innerHtml.

Answer 1

Create a new source element and append it to the video element:

function addSourceToVideo(element, src, type) {     var source = document.createElement('source');      source.src = src;     source.type = type;      element.appendChild(source); }  var video = document.createElement('video');  document.body.appendChild(video);  addSourceToVideo(video, 'http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Big_Buck_Bunny_small.ogv', 'video/ogg');  video.play(); 

Here's a fiddle for it.