Youtube Javascript API play(); not working.. what am I doing wrong?

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Published on 2011-01-08T08:22:07Z Indexed on 2011/01/08 8:54 UTC
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Hello,

I'm playing around with YouTubes Javascript API. I've set up a test page on my local enviornment, but the play function is not working. The video loads, and I can press play on the yt video screen, but my link "play" isn't working. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong??

I've been following this: http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/js_api_reference.html

<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="public/javascripts/swfobject.js"></script> 
  </head>

  <body>

    <div id="ytapiplayer">
      You will need Flash 8 or better to view this content.
    </div>

    <script type="text/javascript">
      var params = { allowScriptAccess: "always" };
      var atts = { id: "myytplayer" };
      swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.youtube.com/v/OQSNhk5ICTI&enablejsapi=1&playerapiid=ytplayer", "ytapiplayer", "425", "365", "8", null, null, params, atts);

      function onYouTubePlayerReady(playerId) {
        ytplayer = document.getElementById("myytplayer");
      }

      function play() {
        if (ytplayer) {
          ytplayer.playVideo();
        }
      }
    </script>

    <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="play();">Play</a>

  </body>
</html>

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