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Text tracks

Widely available since 2018-01-29
Tags: api html Groups: HTML > Media elements HTML > HTML elements

The <track> element is used as a child of the media elements that lets you specify a timed text track to be displayed in parallel with the media element.

Specifications

Browser support

  • Chrome 23 Released on 2012-11-06
  • Chrome Android 25 Released on 2013-02-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 31 Released on 2014-07-22
  • Firefox for Android 31 Released on 2014-07-22
  • Safari 6 Released on 2012-07-25
  • Safari on iOS 6 Released on 2012-09-10