How to Link Directly to A Specific Point of Time in YouTube Video

October 25, 2008

Thanks YouTube for giving us the ability to link directly to a portion of a video. TechCrunch reports that it’s this easy:

Just add the following after the video’s URL: #t=1m45s  (where the number prior to m is minute, and before s is seconds).

So let’s take my most popular video, which has a long setup. Now I can link you directly to where the plot picks up and Spencer enters the library with his fart machine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ejlkzDCuc#t=1m29s

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{ 27 comments… read them below or add one }

1 sukatra October 26, 2008 at 12:02 am

Now THAT is a cool application.

2 NutCheese October 26, 2008 at 1:24 am
3 What Nalts Wants for Christmas October 26, 2008 at 6:02 am

A replica of the taboo tiki necklace that brought the Brady’s bad luck in Hawaii.

4 xjasongarciax October 26, 2008 at 7:19 am

Coolio!

Nalts, you need a “Cool tricks” section. Then add this and the higher quality code and stuff you learned about. Or is the higher quality mode automatic now? I don’t know, I don’t make videos. :o )

5 somecallmejim October 26, 2008 at 9:02 am

Sweet, now my add video can really get to the point! (click)

6 sukatra October 26, 2008 at 9:09 am

@5

quit whoring that damn video on this blog!!!!!!!!!

7 sukatra October 26, 2008 at 9:11 am

@nutcheese

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Very accurate too.

8 DahliaK October 26, 2008 at 9:57 am

That’s very cool Kevin. If I still made videos, I’d definitely be interested in this.

(actually, nerd that I am, I’ll probably use it for work some day … I am using a Wordle for a brochure cover, and got the idea right here on WVFF)

9 Reubnick October 26, 2008 at 10:25 am

I just realized that “Farting in Public” has the word “Fuck” in it.

There goes the whole “Family Friendly” aspect of Nalts videos right out the window!!

10 jischinger October 26, 2008 at 2:17 pm

did you notice you can set a pause point within the video and the video will stop, for about 2 minutes

- so if the viewer isn’t actually watching the video at the time (just listening while browsing other pages) and you decide to add a correction the video will stop playing and hold at that point. When the viewer returns or says, “WTF?!” and clicks the window back up they will see your important message or annotation for a certain amount of time, then they can just hit play to continue on with the rest of the video.

ArtieTSMITW did it in this one, [click]

11 jischinger October 26, 2008 at 4:33 pm

You Tube expands censorship. [click]

this is crazy that you have to go through all this to share a video.

12 Nalts October 26, 2008 at 7:27 pm

@2 Tried it. Fake site.
@4 You choose if you want it to always default to high or low, or decide on its own based on bandwidth.
@6 It is kinda time to stop mentioning it. Go for something weirder.
@10 HOW!??

13 NutCheese October 26, 2008 at 7:29 pm

@ 12 sucker!

14 jischinger October 26, 2008 at 8:55 pm

@12 I can’t tell you how now because You Tube Sucks so much NOTHING’S WORKING!

Do they even test this stuff before they make in available to the masses?

It’s time – I’m going to start calling You Tube GoogleYouTube (GYT) maybe I just noticed this, but all the links for info and service seem to be heading to that address. When I click on a page say, “wtf, why isn’t this working again!” aka “Help” it goes to a google/youtube first then redirects to youtube.com

i.e. try it
..-http://groups.google.com/group/youtube-help redirect to …-http://help.youtube.com/group/youtube-help

btw, how long has google owned youtube anyway?
oh, wait I remember now! [click]

15 Matt October 26, 2008 at 11:15 pm

Why would anyone link to a Nalts video?

16 Plykshow October 27, 2008 at 9:34 am

@12: Look in the video annotations page. There is a pause button

@14 because his videos are cool! Dur!

17 marquisdejolie October 27, 2008 at 12:01 pm

Speaking of cool stuff, check this out. My momma has been incorporated into an online game:
http://stuff.pyzam.com/toys/tictacscare.swf

18 Reubnick October 27, 2008 at 3:14 pm

Dammit, Marquis!

I have to stop clicking ANYTHING around Halloween…

19 marquisdejolie October 27, 2008 at 3:32 pm

You knew that, Reubnick, and still you opened the box.
:)

20 Marilyn October 27, 2008 at 4:30 pm

I’m with sukatra: I am absolutely sick to death of the damn farting video! Give it a rest already.

MDJ: That was great!!!!!! Sent it to my sons.

Nutcheese: I was hoping for a REAL link to sukatra in the shower. You tease!

21 marquisdejolie October 27, 2008 at 7:06 pm

@14
Thank God he finally found the right medication level.
@20
:)

22 sukatra October 27, 2008 at 9:50 pm

@12

you’re not reading my comment. it’s that damn somecallmetim who keeps whoring his adhd video on this blog. its annoying. he’s becoming an even bigger video whore than marquis, which personally, I did NOT think was possible.

23 marquisdejolie October 28, 2008 at 1:37 am

^You mispelled Kevin’s screenname.

24 Marilyn October 28, 2008 at 7:17 pm

^You misspelled misspell.

25 Rey October 31, 2008 at 3:39 pm

wtf? marquis and sukatra live on Nalty’s WILL VIDEO FOR FOOD BLOG!!

26 marquisdejolie November 1, 2008 at 3:20 pm

^ It’s an escape mechanism, Rey, for those of us who live in shitty/dire circumstances.

27 Rey November 1, 2008 at 3:30 pm

Oh, well then…

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