HTML track kind property
Examples
video element with two subtitle tracks:
<video width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="forrest_gump.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="forrest_gump.ogg" type="video/ogg">
<track src="subtitles_en.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en"
label="English">
<track src="subtitles_no.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="no"
label="Norwegian">
</video>
<source src="forrest_gump.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="forrest_gump.ogg" type="video/ogg">
<track src="subtitles_en.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en"
label="English">
<track src="subtitles_no.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="no"
label="Norwegian">
</video>
Browser Support
Internet Explorer 10, Opera, and Chrome support the kind property.
Definition and Usage
kind attribute specifies the type of track.
Differences between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
<Track> tag HTML5 is the new label.
grammar
<track src="subtitles_en.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en">
Property Value
| value | description |
|---|---|
| captions | Short description of the track will be defined in the player display. |
| chapters | The rail section is defined, for navigation media resources. |
| descriptions | This definition describes the track for the audio description of media content, if the content can not be played or not visible. |
| metadata | Define the content of the track used by the script. |
| subtitles | The caption track is defined for displaying subtitles in the video. |