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In the previous chapter you learnt about the SECTION Element. Now with this chapter we will learn about the SOURCE Element, Which is used as a child element of VIDEO Element and AUDIO Element.

<source src="" type=""/>

The SOURCE Element is used as a child element of AUDIO and VIDEO Element. The SOURCE Element searches the source file and call it inside the main element.

The SOURCE Element contains mainly three attributes: src (media file searching), type (media file format) and media (not supported in any browsers).

Here is the Syntax for SOURCE Element

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<source src="" type=""/>

Below is complete syntax along with example


<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
	
    <head>
    	 <title>Title name will go here</title>
    </head>
    
    <body>
		
    	<audio controls>

			<source src="media/simple_audio.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"/>
    		<source src="media/simple_audio.ogg" type="audio/ogg"/>
      <!-- This line will be called when you are running an old browser -->
			<p>Your file doesn't support the audio element</p>
            
		</audio>
		
	</body>
    
</html>

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