Hi Steve and Ashley, thank you for your replies.
Steve-
Thank you for the suggestion, but I still need to be able to sync the video to the timeline. Looks like I'll either have to leave it as is or go the hotspot route.
Ashley-
I have the player controls disabled. What I am referring to is when the user drags their mouse over the slide, specifically over the embedded video and clicks. It will pause the video if it is still in play, or replay if the video has already completed. I have the video set to remain on the timeline for the length of the entire slide.
Thanks again for the suggestions.