Annotation of html5/spec/the-source-element.html, revision 1.207
1.203 sruby 1: <!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en-US-x-Hixie"><meta charset="utf-8"><title>4.8.8 The source element — HTML5</title><style type="text/css">
1.199 sruby 2:
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61: -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
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67:
68: #named-character-references-table {
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75: -webkit-column-width: 30em;
76: -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
77: }
78: #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:first-child + td,
79: #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child { text-align: center; }
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82:
83: .glyph.control { color: red; }
84:
85: @font-face {
86: font-family: 'Essays1743';
1.205 sruby 87: src: url('fonts/Essays1743.ttf');
1.199 sruby 88: }
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90: font-family: 'Essays1743';
91: font-weight: bold;
1.205 sruby 92: src: url('fonts/Essays1743-Bold.ttf');
1.199 sruby 93: }
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95: font-family: 'Essays1743';
96: font-style: italic;
1.205 sruby 97: src: url('fonts/Essays1743-Italic.ttf');
1.199 sruby 98: }
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100: font-family: 'Essays1743';
101: font-style: italic;
102: font-weight: bold;
1.205 sruby 103: src: url('fonts/Essays1743-BoldItalic.ttf');
1.199 sruby 104: }
105:
1.203 sruby 106: </style><link href="data:text/css," id="complete" rel="stylesheet" title="Complete specification"><link href="data:text/css,.impl%20{%20display:%20none;%20}%0Ahtml%20{%20border:%20solid%20yellow;%20}%20.domintro:before%20{%20display:%20none;%20}" id="author" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Author documentation only"><link href="data:text/css,.impl%20{%20background:%20%23FFEEEE;%20}%20.domintro:before%20{%20background:%20%23FFEEEE;%20}" id="highlight" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Highlight implementation requirements"><style type="text/css">
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169:
1.180 sruby 170: figure.diagrams { border: double black; background: white; padding: 1em; }
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172:
1.1 mike 173: h2 { page-break-before: always; }
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176:
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1.1 mike 179:
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204:
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230:
231: h4 { position: relative; z-index: 3; }
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257: td > .example:only-child { margin: 0 0 0 0.1em; }
258:
259: ul.domTree, ul.domTree ul { padding: 0 0 0 1em; margin: 0; }
260: ul.domTree li { padding: 0; margin: 0; list-style: none; position: relative; }
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266: ul.domTree .t2 { font-style: normal; font-family: monospace; }
267: ul.domTree .t2 .name { color: black; font-weight: bold; }
268: ul.domTree .t2 .value { color: blue; font-weight: normal; }
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270: ul.domTree .t7 code, .domTree .t8 code { color: green; }
271: ul.domTree .t10 code { color: teal; }
272:
273: body.dfnEnabled dfn { cursor: pointer; }
274: .dfnPanel {
275: display: inline;
276: position: absolute;
277: z-index: 10;
278: height: auto;
279: width: auto;
280: padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
281: font: small sans-serif, Droid Sans Fallback;
282: background: #DDDDDD;
283: color: black;
284: border: outset 0.2em;
285: }
286: .dfnPanel * { margin: 0; padding: 0; font: inherit; text-indent: 0; }
287: .dfnPanel :link, .dfnPanel :visited { color: black; }
288: .dfnPanel p { font-weight: bolder; }
289: .dfnPanel * + p { margin-top: 0.25em; }
290: .dfnPanel li { list-style-position: inside; }
291:
292: #configUI { position: absolute; z-index: 20; top: 10em; right: 1em; width: 11em; font-size: small; }
293: #configUI p { margin: 0.5em 0; padding: 0.3em; background: #EEEEEE; color: black; border: inset thin; }
294: #configUI p label { display: block; }
295: #configUI #updateUI, #configUI .loginUI { text-align: center; }
296: #configUI input[type=button] { display: block; margin: auto; }
297:
298: fieldset { margin: 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
299: fieldset > legend + * { margin-top: 0; }
300: fieldset > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
301: fieldset p { margin: 0.5em 0; }
302:
1.206 sruby 303: </style><link href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/W3C-ED" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><script>
1.1 mike 304: function getCookie(name) {
305: var params = location.search.substr(1).split("&");
306: for (var index = 0; index < params.length; index++) {
307: if (params[index] == name)
308: return "1";
309: var data = params[index].split("=");
310: if (data[0] == name)
311: return unescape(data[1]);
312: }
313: var cookies = document.cookie.split("; ");
314: for (var index = 0; index < cookies.length; index++) {
315: var data = cookies[index].split("=");
316: if (data[0] == name)
317: return unescape(data[1]);
318: }
319: return null;
320: }
1.203 sruby 321: </script><link href="the-audio-element.html" rel="prev" title="4.8.7 The audio element">
322: <link href="index.html#contents" rel="contents" title="Table of contents">
323: <link href="the-track-element.html" rel="next" title="4.8.9 The track element">
324: <body class="split chapter" onload="fixBrokenLink();"><div class="head" id="head">
1.1 mike 325: <p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" height="48" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width="72"></a></p>
326:
327: <h1>HTML5</h1>
1.196 sruby 328: <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="a-vocabulary-and-associated-apis-for-html-and-xhtml">A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML</h2>
1.207 ! sruby 329: <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="editor's-draft-date-1-january-1970">Editor's Draft 29 October 2012</h2>
1.85 mike 330: </div>
1.199 sruby 331:
332:
1.203 sruby 333: <nav class="prev_next">
334: <a href="the-audio-element.html">← 4.8.7 The audio element</a> –
335: <a href="index.html#contents">Table of contents</a> –
336: <a href="the-track-element.html">4.8.9 The track element →</a>
337: </nav>
1.1 mike 338:
1.85 mike 339: <h4 id="the-source-element"><span class="secno">4.8.8 </span>The <dfn><code>source</code></dfn> element</h4>
340:
341: <dl class="element"><dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-categories" title="element-dfn-categories">Categories</a>:</dt>
1.1 mike 342: <dd>None.</dd>
1.25 mike 343: <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-contexts" title="element-dfn-contexts">Contexts in which this element can be used</a>:</dt>
1.159 sruby 344: <dd>As a child of a <a href="media-elements.html#media-element">media element</a>, before any <a href="content-models.html#flow-content-1">flow content</a>
1.1 mike 345: or <code><a href="the-track-element.html#the-track-element">track</a></code> elements.</dd>
1.25 mike 346: <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-content-model" title="element-dfn-content-model">Content model</a>:</dt>
1.1 mike 347: <dd>Empty.</dd>
1.25 mike 348: <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-attributes" title="element-dfn-attributes">Content attributes</a>:</dt>
1.1 mike 349: <dd><a href="global-attributes.html#global-attributes">Global attributes</a></dd>
350: <dd><code title="attr-source-src"><a href="#attr-source-src">src</a></code></dd>
351: <dd><code title="attr-source-type"><a href="#attr-source-type">type</a></code></dd>
352: <dd><code title="attr-source-media"><a href="#attr-source-media">media</a></code></dd>
1.159 sruby 353: <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-dom" title="element-dfn-dom">DOM interface</a>:</dt><!--TOPIC:DOM APIs-->
1.1 mike 354: <dd>
355: <pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmlsourceelement">HTMLSourceElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement">HTMLElement</a> {
356: attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-source-src" title="dom-source-src">src</a>;
357: attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-source-type" title="dom-source-type">type</a>;
358: attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-source-media" title="dom-source-media">media</a>;
359: };</pre>
360: </dd>
1.159 sruby 361: </dl><!--TOPIC:HTML--><p>The <code><a href="#the-source-element">source</a></code> element allows authors to specify
1.1 mike 362: multiple alternative <a href="media-elements.html#media-resource" title="media resource">media
363: resources</a> for <a href="media-elements.html#media-element" title="media element">media
1.204 sruby 364: elements</a>. It does not <a href="rendering.html#represents" title="represents">represent</a> anything on its own.</p>
1.85 mike 365:
366: <p>The <dfn id="attr-source-src" title="attr-source-src"><code>src</code></dfn> attribute
1.1 mike 367: gives the address of the <a href="media-elements.html#media-resource">media resource</a>. The value must
368: be a <a href="urls.html#valid-non-empty-url-potentially-surrounded-by-spaces">valid non-empty URL potentially surrounded by
1.85 mike 369: spaces</a>. This attribute must be present.</p>
370:
371: <p class="note">Dynamically modifying a <code><a href="#the-source-element">source</a></code> element
1.1 mike 372: and its attribute when the element is already inserted in a
373: <code><a href="the-video-element.html#the-video-element">video</a></code> or <code><a href="the-audio-element.html#the-audio-element">audio</a></code> element will have no
374: effect. To change what is playing, just use the <code title="attr-media-src"><a href="media-elements.html#attr-media-src">src</a></code> attribute on the <a href="media-elements.html#media-element">media
375: element</a> directly, possibly making use of the <code title="dom-navigator-canPlayType"><a href="media-elements.html#dom-navigator-canplaytype">canPlayType()</a></code> method to
376: pick from amongst available resources. Generally, manipulating
377: <code><a href="#the-source-element">source</a></code> elements manually after the document has been
1.183 sruby 378: parsed is an unnecessarily complicated approach.</p>
1.85 mike 379:
380: <p>The <dfn id="attr-source-type" title="attr-source-type"><code>type</code></dfn>
1.1 mike 381: attribute gives the type of the <a href="media-elements.html#media-resource">media resource</a>, to help
382: the user agent determine if it can play this <a href="media-elements.html#media-resource">media
383: resource</a> before fetching it. If specified, its value must be
384: a <a href="infrastructure.html#valid-mime-type">valid MIME type</a>. The <code title="">codecs</code>
385: parameter, which certain MIME types define, might be necessary to
1.204 sruby 386: specify exactly how the resource is encoded. <a href="references.html#refsRFC4281">[RFC4281]</a></p>
1.85 mike 387:
388: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 389:
390: <p>The following list shows some examples of how to use the <code title="">codecs=</code> MIME parameter in the <code title="attr-source-type"><a href="#attr-source-type">type</a></code> attribute.</p>
391:
392: <dl><dt>H.264 Constrained baseline profile video (main and extended video compatible) level 3 and Low-Complexity AAC audio in MP4 container</dt>
393: <dd><pre><source src='video.mp4' type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"'></pre></dd>
394:
395: <dt>H.264 Extended profile video (baseline-compatible) level 3 and Low-Complexity AAC audio in MP4 container</dt>
396: <dd><pre><source src='video.mp4' type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.58A01E, mp4a.40.2"'></pre></dd>
397:
398: <dt>H.264 Main profile video level 3 and Low-Complexity AAC audio in MP4 container</dt>
399: <dd><pre><source src='video.mp4' type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.4D401E, mp4a.40.2"'></pre></dd>
400:
401: <dt>H.264 'High' profile video (incompatible with main, baseline, or extended profiles) level 3 and Low-Complexity AAC audio in MP4 container</dt>
402: <dd><pre><source src='video.mp4' type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.64001E, mp4a.40.2"'></pre></dd>
403:
404:
405: <dt>MPEG-4 Visual Simple Profile Level 0 video and Low-Complexity AAC audio in MP4 container</dt>
406: <dd><pre><source src='video.mp4' type='video/mp4; codecs="mp4v.20.8, mp4a.40.2"'></pre></dd>
407:
408: <dt>MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile Level 0 video and Low-Complexity AAC audio in MP4 container</dt>
409: <dd><pre><source src='video.mp4' type='video/mp4; codecs="mp4v.20.240, mp4a.40.2"'></pre></dd>
410:
411: <dt>MPEG-4 Visual Simple Profile Level 0 video and AMR audio in 3GPP container</dt>
412: <dd><pre><source src='video.3gp' type='video/3gpp; codecs="mp4v.20.8, samr"'></pre></dd>
413:
414:
415: <dt>Theora video and Vorbis audio in Ogg container</dt>
416: <dd><pre><source src='video.ogv' type='video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"'></pre></dd>
417:
418: <dt>Theora video and Speex audio in Ogg container</dt>
419: <dd><pre><source src='video.ogv' type='video/ogg; codecs="theora, speex"'></pre></dd>
420:
421: <dt>Vorbis audio alone in Ogg container</dt>
422: <dd><pre><source src='audio.ogg' type='audio/ogg; codecs=vorbis'></pre></dd>
423:
424: <dt>Speex audio alone in Ogg container</dt>
425: <dd><pre><source src='audio.spx' type='audio/ogg; codecs=speex'></pre></dd>
426:
427: <dt>FLAC audio alone in Ogg container</dt>
428: <dd><pre><source src='audio.oga' type='audio/ogg; codecs=flac'></pre></dd>
429:
430: <dt>Dirac video and Vorbis audio in Ogg container</dt>
431: <dd><pre><source src='video.ogv' type='video/ogg; codecs="dirac, vorbis"'></pre></dd>
432:
1.159 sruby 433: <!-- awaiting definition by the Matroska guys:
434: <dt>Theora video and Vorbis audio in Matroska container</dt>
435: <dd><pre><source src='video.mkv' type='video/x-matroska; codecs="theora, vorbis"'></pre></dd>
436: -->
437:
438: <!-- awaiting definition by the Ogg or BBC guys:
439: <dt>Dirac video and Vorbis audio in Matroska container</dt>
440: <dd><pre><source src='video.mkv' type='video/x-matroska; codecs='></pre></dd>
441: -->
442:
443: <!-- awaiting definition by the Microsoft guys:
444: <dt>WMV9 video and WMA 2 audio in ASF container</dt>
445: <dd><pre><source src='video.wmv' type='video/x-ms-wmv; codecs='></pre></dd>
446:
447: <dt>WMV8 video and WMA 2 audio in ASF container</dt>
448: <dd><pre><source src='video.wmv' type='video/x-ms-wmv; codecs='></pre></dd>
449:
450: <dt>VC-1 video and WMA 10 Pro audio in ASF container</dt>
451: <dd><pre><source src='video.wmv' type='video/x-ms-wmv; codecs='></pre></dd>
452:
453: <dt>XviD video and MP3 audio in AVI container</dt>
454: <dd><pre><source src='video.avi' type='video/x-msvideo; codecs='></pre></dd>
455:
456: <dt>Motion-JPEG video and uncompressed PCM audio in AVI container</dt>
457: <dd><pre><source src='video.avi' type='video/x-msvideo; codecs='></pre></dd>
458: -->
459:
460: <!-- awaiting definition by Real:
461: <dt>Real Video 10 video and High-Efficiency AAC audio in Real Media container</dt>
462: <dd><pre><source src='video.rm' type='application/vnd.rn-realmedia; codecs='></pre></dd>
463: -->
464:
465: <!-- undefined:
466: <dt>MPEG-1 video and MPEG-1 Audio Layer II audio in MPEG-1 program stream</dt>
467: <dd><pre><source src='video.mpg' type='video/mpeg; codecs='></pre></dd>
468: -->
1.4 mike 469:
1.85 mike 470: </dl></div>
471:
472: <p>The <dfn id="attr-source-media" title="attr-source-media"><code>media</code></dfn>
1.1 mike 473: attribute gives the intended media type of the <a href="media-elements.html#media-resource">media
474: resource</a>, to help the user agent determine if this
475: <a href="media-elements.html#media-resource">media resource</a> is useful to the user before fetching
1.85 mike 476: it. Its value must be a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#valid-media-query">valid media query</a>.</p>
477:
1.162 sruby 478: <!-- for similar paragraphs, search for "The default, if the" -->
479: <p class="note" id="source-default-media">The <span>resource
480: selection algorithm</span> is defined in such a way that when the
481: <code title="attr-source-media"><a href="#attr-source-media">media</a></code> attribute is omitted
482: the user agent acts the same as if the value was "<code title="">all</code>", i.e. by default the <a href="media-elements.html#media-resource">media
1.85 mike 483: resource</a> is suitable for all media.</p>
484:
485: <div class="impl">
1.1 mike 486:
487: <p>If a <code><a href="#the-source-element">source</a></code> element is inserted as a child of a
488: <a href="media-elements.html#media-element">media element</a> that has no <code title="attr-media-src"><a href="media-elements.html#attr-media-src">src</a></code> attribute and whose <code title="dom-media-networkState"><a href="media-elements.html#dom-media-networkstate">networkState</a></code> has the value
489: <code title="dom-media-NETWORK_EMPTY"><a href="media-elements.html#dom-media-network_empty">NETWORK_EMPTY</a></code>, the user
490: agent must invoke the <a href="media-elements.html#media-element">media element</a>'s <a href="media-elements.html#concept-media-load-algorithm" title="concept-media-load-algorithm">resource selection
491: algorithm</a>.</p>
492:
493: <p>The IDL attributes <dfn id="dom-source-src" title="dom-source-src"><code>src</code></dfn>, <dfn id="dom-source-type" title="dom-source-type"><code>type</code></dfn>, and <dfn id="dom-source-media" title="dom-source-media"><code>media</code></dfn> must
494: <a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#reflect">reflect</a> the respective content attributes of the same
495: name.</p>
496:
1.85 mike 497: </div>
498:
499: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 500:
501: <p>If the author isn't sure if the user agents will all be able to
502: render the media resources provided, the author can listen to the
503: <code title="event-error">error</code> event on the last
504: <code><a href="#the-source-element">source</a></code> element and trigger fallback behavior:</p>
505:
506: <pre><script>
507: function fallback(video) {
508: // replace <video> with its contents
509: while (video.hasChildNodes()) {
510: if (video.firstChild instanceof HTMLSourceElement)
511: video.removeChild(video.firstChild);
512: else
513: video.parentNode.insertBefore(video.firstChild, video);
514: }
515: video.parentNode.removeChild(video);
516: }
517: </script>
518: <video controls autoplay>
519: <source src='video.mp4' type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"'>
520: <source src='video.ogv' type='video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"'
521: onerror="fallback(parentNode)">
522: ...
523: </video></pre>
524:
1.85 mike 525: </div>
526:
527:
1.159 sruby 528: <!--TOPIC:Video Text Tracks-->
1.203 sruby 529:
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