Overlay youtube embedded video with image, hide image when clicked and autoplay

Question

I would like to display an image before viewing a youtube video in my page. Is there a way to do this with jquery or a javascript function.

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Answer 1

I am sorry the last solution to your issue was incorrect, well no it wasn't but too complicated for what you wanted.

youtube videos will not play if hidden. so add your embed code and set the autoplay=1 but hide the div and then do the jquery flip on the elements. if you copy the code below and run it it should work (except you have to point it to your jquery library)