Javascript to pause/play project

So I created an HTML5 project with CP8 and have a button on top to pause play the movie connected to an advanced conditional action to pause and play. Here are the screen shots:
This action works fine until a hyperlink or a button with external link is opened. After that the pause button needs to be held for 2 seconds and then released to actually pause the slide while the play function works instantly. This is being packaged into an App for review by the Apple store and I know they are going to have a field day with it.
So the question is is there some javascript code that I can use to accomplish the same function
Example On Click-> Execute JS
Script:
function playPause() {
    var mediaPlayer = document.getElementById('cp.movie');
    if (mediaPlayer.paused) {
        mediaPlayer.play();
    } else {
        mediaPlayer.pause();

Never mind I changed things around and now everything works.
Conditional actions crash when opening a link so avoid using them.

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