12/21/10

Linking to a time in a YouTube video

Here's a hot tip I got from @Hanselman: How to link to a specific time in a YouTube video. If you've ever received a link from a friend and sat through the "boring" part of a video waiting to get to the meat of the matter, this is for you.

For example, here's a video I made of downtown Portland before the Pearl District phenomenon kicked into high gear.


If I want to point out the old ad for Wrigley's gum painted on a building wall, I can get the normal YouTube URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyXQxkoPOLs


But then add "&feature=youtu.be#t=XmYs" which links directly to the segment of the video with the ad.
Substitute the minutes and seconds for X and Y:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyXQxkoPOLs&feature=youtu.be#t=00m42s


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