'how should we link videos and audios on our html file?

<video  width="500" height="500" controls="contrlos">
  <source src="hope.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video> 

this is the code I tried on vscode, the video file is stored in my drive c, but I don't know why when I run it, it doesn't work, and I cannot play the video. by the way I open it in Chrome. and when I google a video and copy the link address in src="" the same problem repeat. does the audio and video files we want to put in html need to be stored in a special place in my computer?? plz help me! I'm beginner.



Solution 1:[1]

You can also use the iframe tag to display videos, use

<iframe width="465" height="315" src="path-to-your-video.mp4"></iframe>

Solution 2:[2]

There are 2 solutions of this problem:

  1. Keep the video file in same folder where you have stored your html file or
  2. Wrrite the full path of the video file where you have stored.

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Solution 1 Tovape
Solution 2 Pranjal S Choubey