Play/pause HTML 5 video using JQuery

Question

I am trying to control HTML5 videos using JQuery. I have two clips in a tabbed interface, there are six tabs in total, the others just have images. I am trying to make the video clips play when their tab is clicked and then stop when any of the others are clicked.

This must be a simple thing to do but I cant seem to get it to work, the code I am using to play the video is:

$('#playMovie1').click(function(){
  $('#movie1').play();
      });

I have read that the video element needs to be exposed in a function to be able to control it but can't find an example. I am able to make it work using JS:

document.getElementById('movie1').play();

Any advice would be great. Thanks

Answer 1

use this.. $('#video1').attr({'autoplay':'true'});

Answer 2

I like this one:

$('video').click(function(){
    this[this.paused ? 'play' : 'pause']();
});

Hope it helps.

Answer 3

By JQuery using selectors

$("video_selector").trigger('play');  
$("video_selector").trigger('pause');
$("div.video:first").trigger('play');$("div.video:first").trigger('pause');
$("#video_ID").trigger('play');$("#video_ID").trigger('pause');

By Javascript using ID

video_ID.play();  video_ID.pause();

OR

document.getElementById('video_ID').play();  document.getElementById('video_ID').pause();