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Courses Plus Student 655 PointsWordpress "video element" code
The following code gives an error: <video src=http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/html-video-and-audio/bridge.mp4"/>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>HTML Video and Audio</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="normalize.css">
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito:400,300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css">
</head>
<body>
<h1>HTML Video and Audio</h1>
<div class="wrapper">
<!-- Add your code below this line -->
<video src="http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/html-video-and-audio/bridge.mp4"/>
</div>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
Kieran Barker
15,028 PointsThe <video>
element isn’t self-closing. It needs a closing </video>
tag.
Kieran Barker
15,028 PointsStanley West — I'm not sure what to tell you. If you view the MDN Web Docs for the <video>
element, it says 'both the starting and ending tag are mandatory'. Perhaps you can check through the docs and try to implement their methods.
Stanley West
Courses Plus Student 655 PointsStanley West
Courses Plus Student 655 Pointshttps://1drv.ms/i/s!AqbLcvmlmxrMgfAqH7VkrNToDAxSEA Above links to a copy of the video "TH-HTMLVideo-Stage1-Video2-360" where the use of the self closing tag is used. I tried using the closing tag but error recurrs : https://1drv.ms/i/s!AqbLcvmlmxrMge43PdL5yuh-69ZLyQ