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The <video> element allows UA capability-based fallback with multiple alternative video resources designated by multiple <source> elements. The UA is expected to pick the alternative it tries to play by comparing the information given in the type attribute against its knowledge about its own playback capabilities.
The main media type designates the container format. In general, it does not say anything about codecs needed to decode the streams packaged in the container. RFC 4281 defines a codecs MIME parameter for indicating which codecs are used within the container. The parameter takes a double-quoted comma-separated list of codec identifiers. For example, the MIME type for MPEG-4 Simple Profile Level 0 video and AMR audio in a 3GPP container (.3gp) is video/3gpp; codecs="mp4v.20.9,samr".
The following list is organized by container.
Ogg
MIME types: application/ogg (RFC 3534), audio/ogg, video/ogg (RFC 5334)
Filename extension: .ogg, .oga, .ogv
This is not the complete set of codecs from RFC 5334. See also http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/MIMETypesCodecs
Video Codecs
- Theora:
theora - Dirac:
dirac
Audio Codecs
- Vorbis:
vorbis - Speex:
speex - FLAC:
flac
Matroska
Main MIME type: video/x-matroska
Filename extension: .mkv
Video Codecs
- Theora: unknown
- Dirac: unknown
Audio Codecs
- Vorbis: unknown
MPEG
MIME types: audio/mpeg (RFC 3003), video/mpeg (RFC 2046)
Filename extension: .mp1, .mp2, .mp3, .mpg, .mpeg
There are no registered codecs parameters.
MPEG-4
Main MIME type: video/mp4 (RFC 4337)
Filename extension: .mp4
Video Codecs
- H.264 Baseline:
avc1.42E0xx, where xx is the AVC level - H.264 Main:
avc1.4D40xx, where xx is the AVC level - H.264 High:
avc1.6400xx, where xx is the AVC level - MPEG-4 Visual Simple Profile Level 0:
mp4v.20.9 - MPEG-4 Visual Advanced Simple Profile Level 0:
mp4v.20.240
Audio Codecs
- Low-Complexity AAC:
mp4a.40.2
3GPP
Main MIME type: video/3gpp (RFC 3839)
Filename extension: .3gp
Video Codecs
- MPEG-4 Visual Simple Profile Level 0:
mp4v.20.9
Audio Codecs
- Low-Complexity AAC:
mp4a.40.2 - AMR:
samr
ASF
Main MIME type: video/x-ms-wmv
Filename extension: .wmv
Video Codecs
- Windows Media Video 8 (4CC: WMV2): unknown
- Windows Media Video 9 / VC-1 Main (4CC: WMV3): unknown
- Windows Media Video 9 Advanced / VC-1 Advanced (4CC: WVC1): unknown
Audio Codecs
- Windows Media Audio 2: unknown
- Windows Media Audio 10 Professional: unknown
Real Media
Main MIME type: application/vnd.rn-realmedia
Filename extension: .rm
Is this single-vendor format even relevant here?
WAVE
Main MIME type: audio/x-wav
Filename extension: .wav
Audio Codecs
The codes below are from MMReg.h from the Windows SDK. These and more can also be found in the GStreamer riff-ids.h header.
| Tag | Code | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| WAVE_FORMAT_UNKNOWN | 0x0000 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_PCM | 0x0001 |
|
| WAVE_FORMAT_ADPCM | 0x0002 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_IEEE_FLOAT | 0x0003 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VSELP | 0x0004 |
Compaq Computer Corp. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_IBM_CVSD | 0x0005 |
IBM Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_ALAW | 0x0006 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_MULAW | 0x0007 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_DTS | 0x0008 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_DRM | 0x0009 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_WMAVOICE9 | 0x000A |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_WMAVOICE10 | 0x000B |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_OKI_ADPCM | 0x0010 |
OKI |
| WAVE_FORMAT_DVI_ADPCM | 0x0011 |
Intel Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_MEDIASPACE_ADPCM | 0x0012 |
Videologic |
| WAVE_FORMAT_SIERRA_ADPCM | 0x0013 |
Sierra Semiconductor Corp |
| WAVE_FORMAT_G723_ADPCM | 0x0014 |
Antex Electronics Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_DIGISTD | 0x0015 |
DSP Solutions, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_DIGIFIX | 0x0016 |
DSP Solutions, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_DIALOGIC_OKI_ADPCM | 0x0017 |
Dialogic Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_MEDIAVISION_ADPCM | 0x0018 |
Media Vision, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_CU_CODEC | 0x0019 |
Hewlett-Packard Company |
| WAVE_FORMAT_YAMAHA_ADPCM | 0x0020 |
Yamaha Corporation of America |
| WAVE_FORMAT_SONARC | 0x0021 |
Speech Compression |
| WAVE_FORMAT_DSPGROUP_TRUESPEECH | 0x0022 |
DSP Group, Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_ECHOSC1 | 0x0023 |
Echo Speech Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_AUDIOFILE_AF36 | 0x0024 |
Virtual Music, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_APTX | 0x0025 |
Audio Processing Technology |
| WAVE_FORMAT_AUDIOFILE_AF10 | 0x0026 |
Virtual Music, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_PROSODY_1612 | 0x0027 |
Aculab plc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_LRC | 0x0028 |
Merging Technologies S.A. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_DOLBY_AC2 | 0x0030 |
Dolby Laboratories |
| WAVE_FORMAT_GSM610 | 0x0031 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_MSNAUDIO | 0x0032 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_ANTEX_ADPCME | 0x0033 |
Antex Electronics Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_CONTROL_RES_VQLPC | 0x0034 |
Control Resources Limited |
| WAVE_FORMAT_DIGIREAL | 0x0035 |
DSP Solutions, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_DIGIADPCM | 0x0036 |
DSP Solutions, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_CONTROL_RES_CR10 | 0x0037 |
Control Resources Limited |
| WAVE_FORMAT_NMS_VBXADPCM | 0x0038 |
Natural MicroSystems |
| WAVE_FORMAT_CS_IMAADPCM | 0x0039 |
Crystal Semiconductor IMA ADPCM |
| WAVE_FORMAT_ECHOSC3 | 0x003A |
Echo Speech Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_ROCKWELL_ADPCM | 0x003B |
Rockwell International |
| WAVE_FORMAT_ROCKWELL_DIGITALK | 0x003C |
Rockwell International |
| WAVE_FORMAT_XEBEC | 0x003D |
Xebec Multimedia Solutions Limited |
| WAVE_FORMAT_G721_ADPCM | 0x0040 |
Antex Electronics Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_G728_CELP | 0x0041 |
Antex Electronics Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_MSG723 | 0x0042 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_MPEG | 0x0050 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_RT24 | 0x0052 |
InSoft, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_PAC | 0x0053 |
InSoft, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_MPEGLAYER3 | 0x0055 |
ISO/MPEG Layer3 Format Tag |
| WAVE_FORMAT_riLUCENT_G723 | 0x0059 |
Lucent Technologies |
| WAVE_FORMAT_CIRRUS | 0x0060 |
Cirrus Logic |
| WAVE_FORMAT_ESPCM | 0x0061 |
ESS Technology |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VOXWARE | 0x0062 |
Voxware Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_CANOPUS_ATRAC | 0x0063 |
Canopus, co., Ltd. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_G726_ADPCM | 0x0064 |
APICOM |
| WAVE_FORMAT_G722_ADPCM | 0x0065 |
APICOM |
| WAVE_FORMAT_DSAT_DISPLAY | 0x0067 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VOXWARE_BYTE_ALIGNED | 0x0069 |
Voxware Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VOXWARE_AC8 | 0x0070 |
Voxware Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VOXWARE_AC10 | 0x0071 |
Voxware Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VOXWARE_AC16 | 0x0072 |
Voxware Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VOXWARE_AC20 | 0x0073 |
Voxware Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VOXWARE_RT24 | 0x0074 |
Voxware Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VOXWARE_RT29 | 0x0075 |
Voxware Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VOXWARE_RT29HW | 0x0076 |
Voxware Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VOXWARE_VR12 | 0x0077 |
Voxware Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VOXWARE_VR18 | 0x0078 |
Voxware Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VOXWARE_TQ40 | 0x0079 |
Voxware Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_SOFTSOUND | 0x0080 |
Softsound, Ltd. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VOXWARE_TQ60 | 0x0081 |
Voxware Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_MSRT24 | 0x0082 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_G729A | 0x0083 |
AT&T Labs, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_MVI_MVI2 | 0x0084 |
Motion Pixels |
| WAVE_FORMAT_DF_G726 | 0x0085 |
DataFusion Systems Pty Ltd |
| WAVE_FORMAT_DF_GSM610 | 0x0086 |
DataFusion Systems Pty Ltd |
| WAVE_FORMAT_ISIAUDIO | 0x0088 |
Iterated Systems, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_ONLIVE | 0x0089 |
OnLive! Technologies, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_SBC24 | 0x0091 |
Siemens Business Communications Sys |
| WAVE_FORMAT_DOLBY_AC3_SPDIF | 0x0092 |
Sonic Foundry |
| WAVE_FORMAT_MEDIASONIC_G723 | 0x0093 |
MediaSonic |
| WAVE_FORMAT_PROSODY_8KBPS | 0x0094 |
Aculab plc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_ZYXEL_ADPCM | 0x0097 |
ZyXEL Communications, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_PHILIPS_LPCBB | 0x0098 |
Philips Speech Processing |
| WAVE_FORMAT_PACKED | 0x0099 |
Studer Professional Audio AG |
| WAVE_FORMAT_MALDEN_PHONYTALK | 0x00A0 |
Malden Electronics Ltd. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_RHETOREX_ADPCM | 0x0100 |
Rhetorex Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_IRAT | 0x0101 |
BeCubed Software Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VIVO_G723 | 0x0111 |
Vivo Software |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VIVO_SIREN | 0x0112 |
Vivo Software |
| WAVE_FORMAT_DIGITAL_G723 | 0x0123 |
Digital Equipment Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_SANYO_LD_ADPCM | 0x0125 |
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_SIPROLAB_ACEPLNET | 0x0130 |
Sipro Lab Telecom Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_SIPROLAB_ACELP4800 | 0x0131 |
Sipro Lab Telecom Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_SIPROLAB_ACELP8V3 | 0x0132 |
Sipro Lab Telecom Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_SIPROLAB_G729 | 0x0133 |
Sipro Lab Telecom Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_SIPROLAB_G729A | 0x0134 |
Sipro Lab Telecom Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_SIPROLAB_KELVIN | 0x0135 |
Sipro Lab Telecom Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_G726ADPCM | 0x0140 |
Dictaphone Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_QUALCOMM_PUREVOICE | 0x0150 |
Qualcomm, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_QUALCOMM_HALFRATE | 0x0151 |
Qualcomm, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_TUBGSM | 0x0155 |
Ring Zero Systems, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_MSAUDIO1 | 0x0160 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_WMAUDIO2 | 0x0161 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_WMAUDIO3 | 0x0162 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_WMAUDIO_LOSSLESS | 0x0163 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_WMASPDIF | 0x0164 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_UNISYS_NAP_ADPCM | 0x0170 |
Unisys Corp. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_UNISYS_NAP_ULAW | 0x0171 |
Unisys Corp. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_UNISYS_NAP_ALAW | 0x0172 |
Unisys Corp. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_UNISYS_NAP_16K | 0x0173 |
Unisys Corp. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_CREATIVE_ADPCM | 0x0200 |
Creative Labs, Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_CREATIVE_FASTSPEECH8 | 0x0202 |
Creative Labs, Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_CREATIVE_FASTSPEECH10 | 0x0203 |
Creative Labs, Inc |
| WAVE_FORMAT_UHER_ADPCM | 0x0210 |
UHER informatic GmbH |
| WAVE_FORMAT_QUARTERDECK | 0x0220 |
Quarterdeck Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_ILINK_VC | 0x0230 |
I-link Worldwide |
| WAVE_FORMAT_RAW_SPORT | 0x0240 |
Aureal Semiconductor |
| WAVE_FORMAT_ESST_AC3 | 0x0241 |
ESS Technology, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_GENERIC_PASSTHRU | 0x0249 |
|
| WAVE_FORMAT_IPI_HSX | 0x0250 |
Interactive Products, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_IPI_RPELP | 0x0251 |
Interactive Products, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_CS2 | 0x0260 |
Consistent Software |
| WAVE_FORMAT_SONY_SCX | 0x0270 |
Sony Corp. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_FM_TOWNS_SND | 0x0300 |
Fujitsu Corp. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_BTV_DIGITAL | 0x0400 |
Brooktree Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_QDESIGN_MUSIC | 0x0450 |
QDesign Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VME_VMPCM | 0x0680 |
AT&T Labs, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_TPC | 0x0681 |
AT&T Labs, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_OLIGSM | 0x1000 |
Ing C. Olivetti & C., S.p.A. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_OLIADPCM | 0x1001 |
Ing C. Olivetti & C., S.p.A. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_OLICELP | 0x1002 |
Ing C. Olivetti & C., S.p.A. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_OLISBC | 0x1003 |
Ing C. Olivetti & C., S.p.A. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_OLIOPR | 0x1004 |
Ing C. Olivetti & C., S.p.A. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_LH_CODEC | 0x1100 |
Lernout & Hauspie |
| WAVE_FORMAT_NORRIS | 0x1400 |
Norris Communications, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_SOUNDSPACE_MUSICOMPRESS | 0x1500 |
AT&T Labs, Inc. |
| WAVE_FORMAT_MPEG_ADTS_AAC | 0x1600 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_MPEG_RAW_AAC | 0x1601 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_NOKIA_MPEG_ADTS_AAC | 0x1608 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_NOKIA_MPEG_RAW_AAC | 0x1609 |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VODAFONE_MPEG_ADTS_AAC | 0x160A |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_VODAFONE_MPEG_RAW_AAC | 0x160B |
Microsoft Corporation |
| WAVE_FORMAT_DVM | 0x2000 |
FAST Multimedia AG |
| WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE | 0xFFFE |
Microsoft |
Browser Support
The table below lists the results of canPlayType(type) for different browsers. It does not necessary relate to what the browsers actually can play.
Note: The spec has replaced "no" with "", but no implementations have updated to reflect this yet.
| MIME | Firefox 3.5 | Safari 4 | Chrome 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
application/ogg
|
maybe | no | no |
application/ogg; codecs=bogus
|
no | no | no |
application/mp4
|
no | no | no |
application/mp4; codecs=bogus
|
no | no | no |
audio/aiff
|
no | probably | no |
audio/basic
|
no | probably | no |
audio/midi
|
no | probably | no |
audio/mpeg
|
no | probably | probably |
audio/mp4
|
no | probably | probably |
audio/mp4; codecs=bogus
|
no | maybe | probably |
audio/ogg
|
maybe | no | probably |
audio/ogg; codecs=bogus
|
no | no | probably |
audio/wav
|
maybe | probably | no |
audio/wav; codecs=0
|
maybe | maybe | no |
audio/wav; codecs=1
|
probably | maybe | no |
audio/wav; codecs=2
|
no | maybe | no |
audio/wave
|
maybe | no | no |
audio/wave; codecs=0
|
maybe | no | no |
audio/wave; codecs=1
|
probably | no | no |
audio/wave; codecs=2
|
no | no | no |
audio/x-aiff
|
no | probably | no |
audio/x-wav; codecs=0
|
maybe | maybe | no |
audio/x-wav; codecs=1
|
probably | maybe | no |
audio/x-wav; codecs=2
|
no | maybe | no |
video/3gpp
|
no | probably | no |
video/avi
|
no | probably | no |
video/mpeg
|
no | probably | probably |
video/mp4
|
no | probably | probably |
video/mp4; codecs=bogus
|
no | maybe | probably |
video/quicktime
|
no | probably | no |
video/ogg
|
maybe | no | probably |
video/ogg; codecs=bogus
|
no | no | probably |
video/x-msvideo
|
no | probably | no |
video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"
|
no | maybe | probably |
video/mp4; codecs="avc1.58A01E, mp4a.40.2"
|
no | maybe | probably |
video/mp4; codecs="avc1.4D401E, mp4a.40.2"
|
no | maybe | probably |
video/mp4; codecs="avc1.64001E, mp4a.40.2"
|
no | maybe | probably |
video/mp4; codecs="mp4v.20.8, mp4a.40.2"
|
no | maybe | probably |
video/mp4; codecs="mp4v.20.240, mp4a.40.2"
|
no | maybe | probably |
video/3gpp; codecs="mp4v.20.8, samr"
|
no | maybe | no |
video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"
|
probably | no | probably |
video/ogg; codecs="theora, speex"
|
no | no | probably |
audio/ogg; codecs=vorbis
|
probably | no | probably |
audio/ogg; codecs=speex
|
no | no | probably |
audio/ogg; codecs=flac
|
no | no | probably |
video/ogg; codecs="dirac, vorbis"
|
no | no | probably |
video/x-matroska; codecs="theora, vorbis"
|
no | no | no |
MIME types used in the wild (in type="")
- http://simon.html5.org/dump/type-audio-video-philip-dotbot.xml (from 425k pages; thanks, Philip`!)
- http://simon.html5.org/dump/type-audio-video-google-code-search.txt
MIME type defaults in Web servers
- mime.types in Apache (is there a newer one?)
- MIME types in IIS