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HTML

<a href="javascript:void callPlayer(&quot;whateverID&quot;,&quot;playVideo&quot;)">Start</a> &bull; <a href="javascript:void callPlayer(&quot;whateverID&quot;,&quot;pauseVideo&quot;)">Pause</a> &bull; <a href="javascript:void callPlayer(&quot;whateverID&quot;,&quot;stopVideo&quot;)">Stop</a> - Hover over the links to see the called function
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<div id="whateverID"><iframe width="640" height="390" frameborder="0" title="YouTube video player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/u1zgFlCw8Aw?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></div>

CSS

/**
 * callPlayer - a lightweight function to interact
 *              with a chromeless Youtube Iframe player
 *
 * Contact: Rob W <[email protected]>
 * Release date: 24 july 2012
 * Website: http://stackoverflow.com/a/7513356/938089
 */

JavaScript

/**
 * @author       Rob W <[email protected]>
 * @website      http://stackoverflow.com/a/7513356/938089
 * @version      20120724
 * @description  Executes function on a framed YouTube video (see website link)
 *               For a full list of possible functions, see:
 *               https://developers.google.com/youtube/js_api_reference
 * @param String frame_id The id of (the div containing) the frame
 * @param String func     Desired function to call, eg. "playVideo"
 *        (Function)      Function to call when the player is ready.
 * @param Array  args     (optional) List of arguments to pass to function func*/
function callPlayer(frame_id, func, args) {
    if (window.jQuery && frame_id instanceof jQuery) frame_id = frame_id.get(0).id;
    var iframe = document.getElementById(frame_id);
    if (iframe && iframe.tagName.toUpperCase() != 'IFRAME') {
        iframe = iframe.getElementsByTagName('iframe')[0];
    }

    // When the player is not ready yet, add the event to a queue
    // Each frame_id is associated with an own queue.
    // Each queue has three possible states:
    //  undefined = uninitialised / array = queue / 0 = ready
    if (!callPlayer.queue) callPlayer.queue = {};
    var queue = callPlayer.queue[frame_id],
        domReady = document.readyState == 'complete';

    if (domReady && !iframe) {
        // DOM is ready and iframe does not exist. Log a message
        window.console && console.log('callPlayer: Frame not found; id=' + frame_id);
        if (queue) clearInterval(queue.poller);
    } else if (func === 'listening') {
        // Sending the "listener" message to the frame, to request status updates
        if (iframe && iframe.contentWindow) {
            func = '{"event":"listening","id":' + JSON.stringify(''+frame_id) + '}';
            iframe.contentWindow.postMessage(func, '*');
        }
    } else if (!domReady || iframe && (!iframe.contentWindow || queue && !queue.ready)) {
        if (!queue) queue =...