You can by using a mix of PHP and Javascript and depends on the player that you use.. Something like <script type="text/javascript"> var currentPosition; var currentVolume; var currentItem; function sendEvent(typ,prm) { thisMovie("mpl").sendEvent(typ,prm); }; function getUpdate(typ,pr1,pr2,pid) { if(typ == "time") { currentPosition = pr1; } else if(typ == "volume") { currentVolume = pr1; } else if(typ == "item") { currentItem = pr1; setTimeout("(currentItem)",100); } var id = document.getElementById(typ); id.innerHTML = typ+ ": "+Math.round(pr1); pr2 == undefined ? null: id.innerHTML += ", "+Math.round(pr2); if(pid != "null") { document.getElementById("pid").innerHTML = "(received from the player with id <i>"+pid+"</i>)"; } }; function loadFile(obj) { thisMovie("mpl").loadFile(obj); }; function addItem(obj,idx) { thisMovie("mpl").addItem(obj,idx); } function removeItem(idx) { thisMovie("mpl").removeItem(idx); } function getItemData(idx) { var obj = thisMovie("mpl").itemData(idx); var nodes = ""; for(var i in obj) { nodes += "<li>"+i+": "+obj[i]+"</li>"; } document.getElementById("data").innerHTML = nodes; }; function thisMovie(movieName) { if(navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1) { return window[movieName]; } else { return document[movieName]; } }; </script> Code (markup): and calling it like <a href="javascript:sendEvent('playpause')"><b><u>Click to Play/Pause this video</u></b></a>