I have a mkv file. It's video codec is avc and audio codec is ac3. How can i put it into a html5 video tag? I use the <pre class="prettyprint"><code><source src="01.mkv" type="video/x-matroska" codecs="a_ac3, avc"> </code></pre> but in safari 5 or chorome4 it doesn't works.

Your <code><source></code> tag is malformed. You need to put the codec information inside the value of the <code>type</code> attribute instead, eg: <pre class="prettyprint"><code><source src="01.mkv" type='video/x-matroska; codecs="a_ac3, avc"'> </code></pre> The <code>type</code> attribute contains a full MIME specification, and <code>codecs</code> is an optional parameter for some MIME types. There is no separate <code>codecs</code> attribute on the <code><video></code> tag.

Html 5 video tag and codecs problem

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I have a mkv file. It's video codec is avc and audio codec is ac3.

How can i put it into a html5 video tag?

I use the

<source src="01.mkv" type="video/x-matroska" codecs="a_ac3, avc">

but in safari 5 or chorome4 it doesn't works.

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asked Jun 14 '10 06:06

Alex Chen

1 Answers

Your <source> tag is malformed. You need to put the codec information inside the value of the type attribute instead, eg:

<source src="01.mkv" type='video/x-matroska; codecs="a_ac3, avc"'>

The type attribute contains a full MIME specification, and codecs is an optional parameter for some MIME types. There is no separate codecs attribute on the <video> tag.