SMIL Tutorial

SMIL is a language that is easy to learn, similar to HTML, and describes audio-visual content.

After learning this tutorial, you will understand what SMIL is, how to create pages based on multimedia content, which includes audio, video, images, text, and other media types.

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Table of Contents

Introduction to SMIL
This chapter introduces the concept of SMIL and how to use SMIL.
SMIL File
This chapter explains what a SMIL file is.
SMIL HTML
This chapter introduces how to apply SMIL to HTML.
SMIL XHTML
This chapter introduces the future application of SMIL in XHTML.
SMIL Timing
This chapter introduces how SMIL uses timing to display its elements.
SMIL Sequence
This chapter introduces how SMIL displays sequences.
SMIL Parallel
This chapter introduces how SMIL displays objects in parallel.
SMIL Transition
This chapter explains how SMIL adds transition to elements (editor's note: transition, transformation).
SMIL Media
This chapter introduces how SMIL defines media elements.
SMIL Reference Manual
CodeW3C.com provides a complete SMIL reference manual for you.