'this' keyword is undefined inside Mapping Statement (React) - reactjs

Question

The this keyword inside the vidsAsHtml mapping function keeps returning undefined.
I read this, and a couple other SO questions about this but their solutions did not solve the problem. I'm already using es6 syntax arrow function for the map, but I've also tried putting in this as a second argument, which didn't solve the issue. Curious if anyone knows why 'this' keyword keeps coming up as undefined here.
import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
import axios from 'axios'
const VideoGrid = (props) => {
const [videos, setResource] = useState([])
const fetchVideos = async (amount, category) => {
const response = await axios.get('https://pixabay.com/api/videos/', {
params: {
key: '123456679',
per_page: amount,
category: category
}
})
console.log(response)
const vidsAsHtml = response.data.hits.map(vid => {
return (
<div className={`${props.page}--grid-content-wrapper`} key={vid.picture_id}>
<div className={`${props.page}--grid-video`}>
<video
poster="https://i.imgur.com/Us5ckqm.jpg"
onMouseOver={this.play()}
onMouseOut={this.pause()}
src={`${vid.videos.tiny.url}#t=1`} >
</video>
</div>
<div className={`${props.page}--grid-avatar-placeholder`}></div>
<div className={`${props.page}--grid-title`}>{vid.tags}</div>
<div className={`${props.page}--grid-author`}>{vid.user}</div>
<div className={`${props.page}--grid-views`}>{vid.views}
<span className={`${props.page}--grid-date`}> • 6 days ago</span>
</div>
</div>
)
})
setResource(vidsAsHtml)
}
useEffect(() => {
fetchVideos(50, 'people')
}, [])
return (
<main className={`${props.page}--grid-background`}>
<nav className={`${props.page}--grid-nav`}>
<button
id='followButton'
className={`${props.page}--grid-nav-${props.titleOne}`}
>{props.titleOne}
</button>
<button
id='recommendedButton'
className={`${props.page}--grid-nav-${props.titleTwo}`}
>{props.titleTwo}
</button>
<button
id='subscriptionsButton'
className={`${props.page}--grid-nav-${props.titleThree}`}
>{props.titleThree}
</button>
<button className={`${props.page}--grid-nav-${props.titleFour}`}>{props.titleFour}</button>
<button className={`${props.page}--grid-nav-${props.titleFive}`}>{props.titleFive}</button>
<button className={`${props.page}--grid-nav-follow`}>FOLLOW</button>
</nav>
<hr className={`${props.page}--grid-hr-nav-grey`} />
<hr className={`${props.page}--grid-hr-nav-black`} />
<div className={`${props.page}--grid`} style={{marginTop: 'unset'}}>
{videos}
</div>
</main>
)
}
export default VideoGrid

Answer 1

Event handler props are expected to be passed a function. Currently you are trying to pass the return values of this.play() and this.pause() as event handlers, which wouldn't work anyway.
Also React doesn't make the element available to the event handler via this, but you can access it via event.target:
<video
poster="https://i.imgur.com/Us5ckqm.jpg"
onMouseOver={event => event.target.play()}
onMouseOut={event => event.target.pause()}
src={`${vid.videos.tiny.url}#t=1`} >
</video>

Answer 2

You can use ref for this,
let vidRef = React.createRef();
You should create function separately,
const playVideo = () => {
// You can use the play method as normal on your video ref
vidRef.current.play();
};
const pauseVideo = () => {
// Pause as well
vidRef.current.pause();
};
provide ref to video,
<video
ref = {vidRef} //Provide ref here
poster="https://i.imgur.com/Us5ckqm.jpg"
onMouseOver={() => playVideo()}
onMouseOut={() => pauseVideo()}
src={`${vid.videos.tiny.url}#t=1`} >
</video>
Demo