Non-youtube-vimeo video embed with controls?

Question

Hi,
I noticed in Heathrowe's code you could bring in video from a youtube style site with controls already or you can call a video from your public html folder. I see that it says that playback controls are coded in but they do not work.
Can someone tell me how to get them to work?
It pulls in the videos just fine but I have several videos that need to be larger than youtube and more than 1 a week on vimeo for a portfolio.
Here is the code:
//Sample One
//Append Video
var vid = $("<video width='352' height='155' controls='controls'>" +
"<source src='http://www.w3schools.com/html5/movie.mp4' type='video/mp4' />" +
"<source src='http://www.w3schools.com/html5/movie.ogg' type='video/ogg' />" +
"This browser is not compatible with HTML 5" +
"</video>");
sym.$("vcontainer").append(vid);
vid.attr('autoplay','autoplay');
vid.attr('preload','auto');
the control='controls' looks to be the part I need but it doesn't work. Do I need some sort of player shell sitting in my public html folder as well?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi Darrell!
Thank you very much. You are too kind. If you have a donation page, I would love to support you. Your information has been more than worth the price of admission (which, in this case, has been completely free).
On a side note, I boiled your code down to this:
var myvideo = sym.$("vcontainer");
var vid = $("<video controls width='350' height='250'>" +
     "<source src='http://www.w3schools.com/html/movie.webm' type='video/webm' />" +
     "<source src='http://www.w3schools.com/html/movie.ogg' type='video/ogg' />" +
     "<source src='http://www.w3schools.com/html/movie.mp4' type='video/mp4' />" +
     "This browser is not compatible with HTML 5" +
     "</video>");
sym.$("vcontainer").append(vid);
myvideo.css({"width":vid.width(),"height":vid.height()});
If you have a donation page and I donate, maybe you could explain in detail how the rest of the code works with all of the devices that you have in your example? Just a note: It is absolutely unneccessary for me to get to that point with my website but, hey, I like to learn.
I see you have the code to get the video to work in all apple products, Android and to detect a browser if none of those work.
Otherwise, I'll still donate anyway if you have a paypal connection! I'll check your site for now but if not, maybe you should put one up! Making people pay for knowledge is one thing. Putting in valuable time without expecting to receive compensation is another and I"m fully appreciative and willing to donate if possible.
Thank you so much.
Scott