HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 5-1. Default video player controls in Firefox 4
Preloading
The
preload
attribute allows you to
suggest
to the browser whether and how it should
download the video:
<video src="video.ogv" controls
preload
></controls>
You can skip the attribute and let the browser decide, or give browsers a “hint” with
specific values (refer back to
Recipe 4.1
, for details):
•
preload="auto"
or, simply,
preload
•
preload="metadata"
•
preload="none"
Fallback content
You should also make it standard practice to include
fallback content
with
video
:
<video src="video.ogv" controls>
Your device does not support HTML5 video. <a href="video.ogg">Download the
Learning to Love HTML5 introductory video</a>.
</video>
