With the help of Javascript programming, you can create your own controls to control the video. This means you can create your own video player, apply different styles to it, add the functionality you want your way. Controls attribute in the video tag allows you to use the default controls in the video player. If you remove this attribute, all you get is a video window (without any controls). You can add your own controls underneath the video window.
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