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HTML Embed

HTML

The <embed> tag acts as a container for external resources such as a picture, a media player, or a plug-in application.

HTML <embed>


HTML <embed> is a container for external resources.

The best use and the objective of <embed> element is to add browsers plug-ins.

HTML has all media control elements to deal with each media types. <iframe>, <img>, <video> etc. So recommendation is to use these elements as a first priority.

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Example

  <h3>Document in embed</h3>
  <div>
    <embed type="text/html" src="index.jsp" width="500" height="200"></embed>
  </div>
  <h3>Media in embed</h3>
  <div>
    <embed type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RL4CyCvt6aw" width="500" height="200"></embed>
  </div>
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