Media in HTML ka matlab hai sound, music, videos, movies, aur animations. Media in HTML ki madad se developers web pages par audio aur video content easily add kar sakte hain.
What is Multimedia?
Multimedia bahut alag-alag formats mein aata hai. Ye almost kuch bhi ho sakta hai jo aap sun ya dekh sakte ho, jaise images, music, sound, videos, records, films, animations, aur bhi bahut kuch.
Web pages mein aksar multimedia elements hote hain jo different types aur formats ke hote hain. Isi wajah se Media in HTML modern websites ka important part ban chuka hai.
Browser Support
Sabse pehle jo web browsers the unme sirf text ka support tha, wo bhi ek hi font aur ek hi color tak limited tha. Baad mein browsers aaye jisme colors, fonts, images aur Media in HTML ka support bhi add ho gaya.
Multimedia Formats
Multimedia elements (jaise audio ya video) media files mein store kiye jate hain. File ka type jaanne ka sabse common tareeka hai uska file extension dekhna.
Multimedia files ke alag-alag formats aur extensions hote hain jaise:
.wav, .mp3, .mp4, .mpg, .wmv, aur .avi.
Common Video Formats
Bahut saare video formats available hain.
MP4, WebM, aur Ogg formats HTML dwara supported hain.
MP4 format YouTube dwara recommended hai.

MPEG – .mpg, .mpeg
MPEG ko Moving Pictures Expert Group ne develop kiya. Ye web par pehla popular video format tha. Ab HTML mein supported nahi hai.
AVI – .avi
AVI (Audio Video Interleave) ko Microsoft ne develop kiya. Ye video cameras aur TV hardware mein commonly use hota hai. Windows computers par achha chalta hai, lekin web browsers mein nahi chalta.
WMV – .wmv
WMV (Windows Media Video) ko Microsoft ne develop kiya. Ye video cameras aur TV hardware mein commonly use hota hai. Windows computers par achha chalta hai, lekin web browsers mein nahi chalta.
QuickTime – .mov
QuickTime ko Apple ne develop kiya. Ye video cameras aur TV hardware mein commonly use hota hai. Apple computers par achha chalta hai, lekin web browsers mein nahi chalta.
RealVideo – .rm, .ram
RealVideo ko Real Media ne low bandwidth par video streaming ke liye develop kiya. Ye web browsers mein play nahi hota.
Flash – .swf, .flv
Flash ko Macromedia ne develop kiya. Isko web browsers mein play karne ke liye aksar extra component (plug-in) ki zarurat hoti thi.
Ogg – .ogg
Theora Ogg ko Xiph.Org Foundation ne develop kiya. Ye HTML dwara supported hai.
WebM – .webm
WebM ko Mozilla, Opera, Adobe, aur Google ne develop kiya. Ye HTML dwara supported hai.
MPEG-4 ya MP4 – .mp4
MP4 ko Moving Pictures Expert Group ne develop kiya. Ye video cameras aur TV hardware mein commonly use hota hai. Ye sabhi browsers dwara supported hai aur YouTube dwara recommended hai.
Note: HTML standard ke according sirf MP4, WebM, aur Ogg video supported hain.
Common Audio Formats
MP3 compressed recorded music ke liye best format mana jata hai. MP3 shabd digital music ka synonym ban chuka hai. Agar aapki website recorded music ke baare mein hai, to MP3 best choice hai.

MIDI – .mid, .midi
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) electronic music devices jaise synthesizers aur PC sound cards ke liye main format hai. MIDI files mein actual sound nahi hota, balki digital notes hote hain jo electronic devices dwara play kiye jate hain. Ye computers aur music hardware par achha chalta hai, lekin web browsers mein nahi chalta.
RealAudio – .rm, .ram
RealAudio ko Real Media ne low bandwidth par audio streaming ke liye develop kiya. Ye web browsers mein play nahi hota.
WMA – .wma
WMA (Windows Media Audio) ko Microsoft ne develop kiya. Ye Windows computers par achha chalta hai, lekin web browsers mein nahi chalta.
AAC – .aac
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) ko Apple ne iTunes ke default format ke roop mein develop kiya. Ye Apple computers par achha chalta hai, lekin web browsers mein nahi chalta.
WAV – .wav
WAV ko IBM aur Microsoft ne develop kiya. Ye Windows, Macintosh, aur Linux operating systems par achha chalta hai. Ye HTML dwara supported hai.
Ogg – .ogg
Ogg ko Xiph.Org Foundation ne develop kiya. Ye HTML dwara supported hai.
MP3 – .mp3
MP3 files asal mein MPEG files ka sound part hoti hain. MP3 music players ke liye sabse popular format hai. Ye achhi compression (chhoti file size) aur high quality ka combination deta hai. Ye sabhi browsers dwara supported hai.
MP4 – .mp4
MP4 ek video format hai, lekin audio ke liye bhi use kiya ja sakta hai. Ye sabhi browsers dwara supported hai.