Elements/track
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<track>
The <track> element allows authors to specify explicit external timed tracks for media elements. It does not represent anything on its own.
HTML Attributes
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kind= subtitles/ captions/ descriptions/ chapters/ metadata
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subtitles
Transcription or translation of the dialogue, suitable for when the sound is available but not understood -
captions
Transcription or translation of the dialogue, sound effects, relevant musical cues, and other relevant audio information, suitable for when the soundtrack is unavailable -
descriptions
Textual descriptions of the video component of the media resource, intended for audio synthesis when the visual component is unavailable -
chapters
Chapter titles, intended to be used for navigating the media resource. -
metadatas
Tracks intended for use from script.
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src= valid non-empty URL potentially surrounded by spaces
Gives the address of the timed track data.
This attribute must be present.
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charset= character encoding name
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srclang= valid BCP47 language tag.
Gives the language of the timed track data.
This attribute must be present if the element's kind attribute is in the subtitles state.
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label= string
Gives a user-readable title for the track.
See also global attributes.
Examples
This video has subtitles in several languages:
<video src="brave.webm"> <track kind=subtitles src=brave.en.srt srclang=en label="English"> <track kind=captions src=brave.en.srt srclang=en label="English for the Hard of Hearing"> <track kind=subtitles src=brave.fr.srt srclang=fr label="Français"> <track kind=subtitles src=brave.de.srt srclang=de label="Deutsch"> </video>
HTML reference
This element was introduced in HTML5 - 4.8.9 The track element.
