How can I use jquery to tell the OSM playlist player to play a particular video in a given playlist?

My use case for this is actually the same as #1264704: link from remote block to player/playlist on another page? but that issue was misunderstood by the developer when it was closed. I dont want to link from player -> node...I want to link from somewhere -> player (playing a specific video).

So let's say my player is showing on a url of /my-player and I have a video in the player that's node id 123.

I want to be able to create a link like: <a href="/my-player?nid=123">Play Node 123 in Playlist Player</a> and, when it goes to the page it plays the appropriate video in the player. Note this is NOT on the same page so I can't use player-to-player. I realize I'll have to custom code the jquery to get the querystring, etc, but that's why I'm asking: How do I use jquery to play a specific video in a playlist?