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The web is constantly evolving. New and innovative websites are being created every day, pushing the boundaries of HTML in every direction. HTML 4 has been around for nearly a decade now, and publishers seeking new techniques to provide enhanced functionality are being held back by the constraints of the language and browsers
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Note that the specification is still a work in progress and quite a long way from completion.

HTML 5 introduces a whole set of new elements that make it much easier to structure pages. The simplest way to embed a video is to use a video element and allow the browser to provide a default user interface.

<video src="video.ogv" controls poster="poster.jpg" 
width="320" height="240">
    <a href="video.ogv">Download movie</a>
</video>

read the specification

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