Best practice for adding video

Hi. I've crafted a lovely app with multiple slideshows which was rejected for lack of interactivity. I'm now in the process of planning multiple short videos and audio files to add into it.
To test the video feature I used Handbrake to turn a video to a 330 x 178 resolution MP4 h.264. (I will probably make the final versions about 400 horizonta.)
I used the Place command and in the Content viewer preview it looks fine.
1) Using the Media panel you can choose the Poster be from a current frame but this does not add the Play symbol so app users might think it a static picture. Is my only option to do this is to make my own poster and add the Play symbol on top or is there an integrated way to do this?
2) My app pages have white backgrounds. Aesthetically is it 'wrong' to place the video directly on it. Should I just create a larger black rectangle for each video to give it a border or is there anything else to make it look professional?
3) The Media panel also has a Controller option which i presume allows you to set the video playback controls but anything I select doesn't seem to make a difference. I've also used Lynda but haven't found an explanation. What does it do?
4) I've viewed the My 9 months app made by forum MVP Bob Levine. When turning to a new page a button pops out with a mic. symbol that when pressed plays back audio. It looks pretty clever. If it's not a trade secret how do you make the button pop out?
Thanks

1. I generally create a poster image with that play symbol. Easy enough
to do. Open the video in Photoshop, go to the frame you want, add the
symbol and save as a PNG file.
2. If it looks good, it is good.
3. If you really want to control the video I'd suggest creating buttons
and assigning video actions to them
4. Those are three state MSOs. The first state is an image sequence with
a go to next state button. The next state is the pop out glossary
containing a scrolling frame with anchored MP3 files positioned over the
terms. The close button takes you to a third state with a state version
of the button.

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