Play / Pause Video and javascript issue

Once the user closes the video do they need to be able to access again on that slide, or during duration of project?  If not use $('[id^=video_1]').remove()  - That is jquery for remove that element from the DOM.  If you need something more custom or better than that, send me a private message and I will give you an email for me and will help you.....The use of the the javascript keyword 'this' would help to isolate your videos, but I could do it or show you how to do it much easier than trying to do a coding tutorial in forums.

I have found that the only way to show and hide objects via javaScript is to use the Captivate method to do so.

cp.hide(captivateObjectName);

where captivateObjectName is the name you give it in the Captivate properties window. 

You can also use jQuery to select the object, like you are doing in your example. just put it inside the parenthesis.

cp.hide($('[id^=video_1]'));

Your script is playing and pausing 2 videos at once. get a reference to each like so:

var vid_1 = document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0]
vid_1.pause();
var vid_2 = document.getElementsByTagName("video")[1]
vid_2.pause();

Then you'd  pause/play a specific video:

vid_1.pause();

vid_2.play();