How do you change video src using jQuery?

Question

How do you change the src of a HTML5 video tag using jQuery?

I got this HTML:

Answer 1

What worked for me was issuing the 'play' command after changing the source. Strangely you cannot use 'play()' through a jQuery instance so you just use getElementByID as follows:

HTML

JAVASCRIPT

$("#videoplayer").html('' );
document.getElementById("videoplayer").play();