Ejemplo usando la etiquete video de HTML5
<video controls id=»vid_player_main» poster=»images/poster_vid1.jpg»>
<source src=»videos/1.mp4″ >
<source src=»videos/1.ogv» >
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
Para deter el video:
$(«#vid_player_main»)[0].pause();