Detect if HTML5 Video element is playing

Question

I\'ve looked through a couple of questions to find out if an HTML5 element is playing, but can\'t find the answer. I\'ve looked at the W3 documentation and it has an event n

Answer 1

var video_switch  = 0;

function play() {

    var media = document.getElementById('video');

    if (video_switch == 0)
    {
        media.play();
        video_switch = 1;
    }
    else if (video_switch == 1)
    {
        media.pause();
        video_switch = 0;
    }
}