In HTML5, playback video is super easy by <video width="...." height="...." autoplay> tag. You can also set its source by <source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4"> tag.

Below code shows how to playback video in HTML5

<video width="320" height="240" autoplay>
  <source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
  <source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>