Removing video controls in iBooks Author

Is there a way that I can have it so when you a play a video in my iBook (that doesn't go full screen) the video controls don't show?

KT, have you been able to get animated GIFs to work?
if so what program do you use. the ones I tried from Photoshop didn't work, maybey wrong setting.
While GIF media files may not be directly supported by IBA nor can you embed them directly in an IBA widget, they are supported by most HTML environments and an HTML widget containing an external URL reference will play within your book. Of course, this requires access to the internet and would probably only be worth the effort in situations where use of this already generated GIF file is more efficient than creating an HTML 5 animated version of the same content.
If interested, here is a link to a zipped sample widget file that will play my signature animated GIF below in an iBooks file: SAMPLE WIDGET

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Hello,
I am trying to create a page in Adobe Edge that loads a video without any controls (play, slider bar, volume, full screen) and then displays a replay button after the video finishes which will start it from the beginning.
Currently I am able to load the video file and have it play to the end and stop, but I can't seem to get a replay button working. I also can't find a way to disable controls on the video so they do not show.
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In case anyone is interested in the replay button, I was able to find code that worked:
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This is executed when the replay button is clicked. Just be sure to set the video in question's ID to "activeVideo".
I am still unable to turn off the controls on the video. It seems like some of the code I have tried should work, but I haven't had success yet.
I've tried all of the following:
var vid = $("<video width='980' height='300' controls='none'>"
var vid = $("<video width='980' height='300' controls='0'>"
var vid = $("<video width='980' height='300' controls=''>"
vid.attr('controls', 'none');
vid.attr('controls', '0');
vid.attr('controls', '');
But nothing has worked so far. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!

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