HTML <track> kind Attribute
Example
A video 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>
Definition and Usage
The kind attribute specifies the kind of text track.
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the attribute.
| Attribute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kind | 18.0 | 10.0 | 31.0 | 6.0 | 15.0 |
Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
The <track> tag is new in HTML5.
Syntax
<track src="subtitles_en.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en">
Attribute Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| captions | The track defines translation of dialogue and sound effects (suitable for deaf users) |
| chapters | The track defines chapter titles (suitable for navigating the media resource) |
| descriptions | The track defines a textual description of the video content (suitable for blind users) |
| metadata | The track defines content used by scripts. Not visible for the user |
| subtitles | The track defines subtitles, used to display subtitles in a video |
HTML <track> tag
