Player API availability?

[ivo_mixer]

I included the player in my page but want to be able to control the playback based on user events.

There are times when people click on information links on my page, I dont want to unload the player, I want to stop the playback while the info pane is up and power back up when dismissed.

Or I want to be able to switch channels based on user events without having to reload the player instance. Currently I can only have separate embeds per channel, I much rather have a single embed where I can load channels based on user clicks on a playlist.

How can I achieve this with the current player?