rotating tabs, need to stop when content is clicked

rotating tabs, need to stop when content is clicked


I have rotating tabs working, and some hover code so the rotation will
stop when I hover over the DIVs and resume when I mouseout. All is
well.
Now, one of my rotating DIVs will have a video clip in it, and if the
user plays the video clip I want to shut down the rotation completely
until they click another tab to get it going again. The problem is,
the hover seems to take control, so rotation stops when I click but
resumes when I mouseout. Any ideas how I can stop the mouseout from
doing its thing? Do I need to set some kind of variable flag to track
if the video was clicked, and then check the status of that flag when
the mouseout happens to see if I should resume rotation or not? If
that's the best approach (and it's what I'm currently trying) I may be
having variable scope issues, because it's either not getting set or
the mouseout function is not able to see it.
I can post a code fragment if it will help ... Thanks for your tips.
CW