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Created July 2, 2023 22:27
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A simple method to stop YouTube, Vimeo, and HTML5 videos from playing.
/**
* Stop an iframe or HTML5 <video> from playing
* @param {Element} element The element that contains the video
*/
var stopVideo = function ( element ) {
var iframe = element.querySelector( 'iframe');
var video = element.querySelector( 'video' );
if ( iframe ) {
var iframeSrc = iframe.src;
iframe.src = iframeSrc;
}
if ( video ) {
video.pause();
}
};
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