Show poster image or pause button when HTML5 video is paused?

Question

Hi I'm coding a local site for an iPad and have a video without controls that plays and pauses when clicked on. Is it possible to show the poster image when the video is paused? Or show a pause button in the center? Here's the code I have for playing and pausing:

<script type='text/javascript'>//<![CDATA[ 
window.onload=function(){
var overlay = document.getElementById('video-overlay');
var video = document.getElementById('video');
var videoPlaying = false;
overlay.onclick = function() {
if (videoPlaying) {
    video.pause();
    videoPlaying = false;
}
else {
    video.play();
    videoPlaying = true;
}
}
}//]]>  

</script>

and the HTML for the video

<div id='video-overlay'></div>
<video width="768" height="432" poster="thumbnail2.jpg" id='video'>
<source src="PhantomFuse3_TechVideo_h264.mp4"  type="video/mp4">
</video>

Answer 1

You will have to register pause event on the video.

Something like this: JSFiddle code

Of course you should modify this for your needs and add some structure. Haven't tried it on iPad though. Also to note: registering click will introduce 300ms lag on tap event. You should look at touchstart event for touch devices and register both click and touchstart.

var overlay         = document.getElementById('video-overlay'),
    video           = document.getElementById('video'),
    videoPlaying    = false;

function hideOverlay() {
    overlay.style.display = "none";
    videoPlaying = true;
    video.play();
}

function showOverlay() {
    // this check is to differentiate seek and actual pause 
    if (video.readyState === 4) {
        overlay.style.display = "block";
        videoPlaying = true;
    }
}

video.addEventListener('pause', showOverlay);
overlay.addEventListener('click', hideOverlay);

Answer 2

Another solution is to call:

video.load()

It will redisplay the poster image. it will restart the video on next interaction, but you can save the time stamp and start playing from there if you wish.