Though; removing 'Controls' within the HTML5 Video mark-up, kills the video on iPad; so am in need of another solution. @1977 This question is probably relevant – robertc Jan 5 '13 at 0:14. The problem of HTML5 video controls in full-screen mode. Today I thought it high time to revisit my Build an HTML5 Video Player tutorial and build upon what we created. This attribute specifies the height of the video's display area, in CSS pixels.