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HTML embed Tag

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Published Mar 19, 2019
Updated Jan 21, 2020

HTML embed: Main Tips

  • The HTML <embed> element incorporates an external resource in a specified place of a webpage.
  • The external resource can be an application, a browser plug-in, or a video.

Use of embed

<embed> HTML element embeds material into webpages.

The example below shows how to embed video HTML:

Example
<embed src="doggo-beach.mp4">

Note: learn more about including videos and audio files in the HTML multimedia tutorial. To learn more about adding plug-ins, refer to the HTML plug-ins tutorial.

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Attributes for embed

height

It is possible to embed video HTML and adjust its height with the height attribute.

Example
<embed height="80" src="doggo-beach.mp4">

src

The src attribute defines the resource location (either a relative path or an absolute web address).

Example
<embed src="doggo-beach.mp4">

type

The type attribute sets the MIME type of the resource. A browser will be ready with corresponding instantiation process.

Example
<embed type="video/webm" src="doggo-beach.mp4">

width

It is also possible to make HTML embed video and set its width with the width attribute.

Example
<embed width="400" src="doggo-beach.mp4">

Browser support

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Chrome
All
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Edge
All
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Firefox
1+
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IE
All
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Opera
All
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Safari
All

Mobile browser support

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Chrome
All
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Firefox
4+
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Opera
-
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Safari
-