How to properly unload/destroy a VIDEO element

Question

I\'m working on a realtime media browsing/playback application that uses objects in the browser for playback, when available.

I\'m using a

Answer 1

ok, here's a simple solution which certainly works:

var bodypage = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
var control_to_remove = document.getElementById('id_of_the_element_here');
bodypage.removeChild(control_to_remove);