Problems regarding a nivoslider?

[Duffy]

Im using a plugin called nivoslider which works fine exept for one thing.
I need the slider to stop when i click on the slider because a window opens and play vimeo.

I need to stop the slider animation because it makes the video halt.

I have added the following code

	slider.mousedown(function(){ 
                vars.paused = true;
                clearInterval(timer);
                timer = '';
	});

This added code works fine if it wasnt for

        //For pauseOnHover setting
        if(settings.pauseOnHover){
            slider.hover(function(){
				vars.paused = true;
                clearInterval(timer);
                timer = '';	
            }, function(){
                vars.paused = false;
                //Restart the timer
                if(timer == '' && !settings.manualAdvance){
                    timer = setInterval(function(){ nivoRun(slider, kids, settings, false); }, settings.pauseTime);
                }
            });
        }

When i remove the slider.hover script the slider animation stops on click as i would for it to do.

But when if not the slider dosn´t stop - i still would like for the animation to stop on hover/mouseover - but how do i kill the hover event when somebody clicks on the slider so the animation stopps????

Edit:

Nivo slider source code