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October 27, 2008

Link to a Point of Time Within a YouTube Video

Major hat tip to TechCrunch for sharing with the world a way to link to a certain time point within a video on YouTube.

Take for example this video of a clip from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=p1d19wV1GZQ

If you wanted to share the link but have the video start 56 seconds in where the film cuts away from Ginger Rogers in the Senate Gallery to Jimmy Stewart's character speaking and barely standing as part of a filibuster, then you would simply add:

#t=0m56s

Those aren't random letters and numbers. Put the minute number before the letter 'm' and the seconds number before the letter 's' to direct people to the portion of the video you desire.

Now the link is

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=p1d19wV1GZQ#t=0m56s

Posted by Nathania Johnson on October 27, 2008 10:20 AM

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It seems that YouTube is adapting to accommodate the short attention span of many internet users. Other social media sites should take their cues from this practice, seeking to make information easier to pinpoint rather than complicating the user experience with more and more new applications.

Courtney Gager October 28, 2008 10:51 AM

Thanks Nathania & Techcruch

This so awesome sending or receiving a youtube link to a friend and having wait till the good part was always a major drag...

YellowSEO October 28, 2008 4:45 PM

It's a wonderful - and yet perfectly simple idea - now if only someone can make it work with embedded youtube videos, I'll be very happy.

I tend to embed stuff in my blog and the time thing isn't working there... ba....

Mark Sullivan October 31, 2008 3:40 PM

you can omit the 's' at the end.
#t=0m56 still works

lau November 1, 2009 4:05 PM

Rofl @ #t=4m44s

Anonymous January 30, 2010 3:50 AM

October 27, 2008

Link to a Point of Time Within a YouTube Video

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