Enable YouTube API on existing player

I have an embeded youtube video which I want the YouTube API applied. I add the url parameter using jQuery as follows (demo):

$(document).ready(function(){ var obj = $('object'); obj.find('embed').attr('src', function(i,s){return s+'&enablejsapi=1&version=3'}) obj.find('param[name=movie]').attr('value', function(i,v){return v+'&enablejsapi=1&version=3'}) $('.play').click(function(){  obj.find('embed')[0].playVideo(); }); $('.pause').click(function(){  obj.find('embed')[0].pauseVideo(); })});

This method works great in Firefox, but not at all in IE or Chrome (not sure about other browsers). So my question is how do I modify this to make the API work in other browsers? Would I have to completely remove the object and replace it using SWFObject?

Note: The embed code is directly from YouTube.

Update: I figured out if I remove the object, add the url parameters then add the object back, I can now get it to work in Chrome, but still not IE (updated demo).

Addendum: Why doesn't the YouTube API function when the object/embed already has the enable code within it? I'm trying to avoid making SWFObject a dependancy.

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Qj8PhxSnhg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&enablejsapi=1&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Qj8PhxSnhg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&enablejsapi=1&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>