Definition and Usage
The poster attribute specifies an image to be shown while the video is downloading, or until the user hits the play button. If this is not included, the first frame of the video will be used instead.
Applies to
The poster attribute can be used on the following element:
| Elements | Attribute |
|---|---|
| <video> | poster |
Example
Video Example
A video player with a poster image:
<video controls
poster="/images/w3html5.gif">
<source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
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Browser Support
The poster attribute has the following browser support:
| Element | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| video | 4.0 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 10.5 |