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October 10, 2008

Embed a Part of a YouTube Video

If you want to embed a YouTube video that starts to become interesting somewhere in the middle, there's a simple way to skip the boring part. YouTube's embedded player has a parameter that lets you specify the number of seconds that should be skipped before starting to play the video. Here's how you should edit the code: append &start=[number of seconds from the start of the video] to both URLs.

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/abcdefghijk&hl=en&fs=1&start=15"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/abcdefghijk&hl=en&fs=1&start=15" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

For example, the video below includes some excerpts from Google Chrome's launch, but I skipped to the last part, when Sergey Brin answers some interesting questions.


Unfortunately, YouTube doesn't provide an option to link to a part of the video, but you can still use the embedded player:
http://www.youtube.com/v/w8oPEJiCqi4&start=249&autoplay=1,
where the autoplay parameter is necessary to automatically start the video.

Since there's no end parameter, you can try Splicd, a site that uses YouTube's API to isolate a part of a video.

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37 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 10, 2008 at 1:49 PM

    Once again great tips.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 10, 2008 at 8:44 PM

    Great tip, but there are also many ways to do this...for example Splicd can help one split a YouTube video too -

    http://kidtechguru.blogspot.com/2008/10/splicd-lets-you-split-and-share-any.html

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  3. AnonymousOctober 11, 2008 at 11:48 AM

    Great trick, very useful.

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  4. Matt CuttsOctober 11, 2008 at 3:16 PM

    Finally! I've been wanting to do this forever on YT since you can do it on Google Video, e.g. http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060721/3605/ tells how to do it with Google Video.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 12, 2008 at 9:06 AM

    Another great way to irritate surfers.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 13, 2008 at 2:46 AM

    Wonderful Job thx

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  7. AnonymousOctober 16, 2008 at 8:20 PM

    wow, great tip buddy i loved it.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 26, 2008 at 5:56 AM

    Is it possible to add a stop time after the start? I would like to play only a small part of the video.

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  9. AnonymousDecember 17, 2008 at 12:56 PM

    This was exactly what I was looking for! Well explained and referenced. Kudos

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2009 at 8:26 PM

    Did it here: http://www.wayswithwordsonline.com/2009/02/nod-to-all-part-time-and-adjunct.html

    It worked great.

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  11. Jaakko H.March 24, 2009 at 3:35 PM

    I think you've covered this in a later post but in any case maybe you could update this post, too.

    That is, to note that YouTube actually _does_ enable people to "deep link" directly to a specific spot in a video. Just add #t=XmYs where X is the number of minutes and Y the number of seconds you want to jump to. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPQViNNOAkw#t=12m40s for an example (Clay Shirky explaining the beauty of The Long Tail).

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  12. macmillJuly 9, 2009 at 11:04 PM

    Just make height= something smaller. I'm not sure the exact height for YouTube's controller. Experiment. It's probably around 30.

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  13. MartiAugust 22, 2009 at 11:11 AM

    You can actually link to a specific moment of the video by adding this to the end of the URL
    #t=0m56s

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  14. Goemon 2009September 13, 2009 at 5:32 PM

    It works on me,..
    Thanks!

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  15. stop dreaming start actionSeptember 13, 2009 at 5:38 PM

    i found somemagic tool if embeding disable on http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com/2009/02/youtube-embed-magic-tool.html, is thath true?

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2009 at 10:12 AM

    can anyone tell if i want to embed a youtube video directy by its url..... it is something like "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNGlf3hUyMY&feature=channel"............ now if i replace the src with this url, it dosnt work........ any one has idea?? plz help!!!

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  17. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2009 at 10:33 AM

    @Anonymous:

    Use http://www.youtube.com/v/BNGlf3hUyMY

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  18. AnonymousOctober 7, 2009 at 4:27 AM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8oPEJiCqi4#t=4m09s

    Here's the link construction to take you to the same start point you've set using the embed code.

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  19. campervan australiaDecember 16, 2009 at 1:39 PM

    what I cannot find about youtube is how to embed search phrases with the youtube video so that google can pick up your video and your related keyphrases associated with the video?

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  20. tropical ceiling fans with lightsFebruary 1, 2010 at 1:57 PM

    YouTube actually _does_ enable people to "deep link" directly to a specific spot in a video. Just add #t=XmYs where X is the number of minutes and Y the number of seconds you want to jump to. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPQViNNOAkw#t=12m40s for an example (Clay Shirky explaining the beauty of The Long Tail).

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  21. negotiation tacticsFebruary 3, 2010 at 12:34 PM

    Is it possible to add a stop time after the start? I would like to play only a small part of the video.

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  22. iPad Development AustraliaMarch 7, 2010 at 10:45 PM

    Great news... Now I can remove unwanted stuff appear at the beginning of youtube videos....

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  23. Gordon WalesMarch 13, 2010 at 5:28 PM

    That's all very well, but can anyone tell me why when I click start on a YouTube video in my blog(using Blogger), it will not stop, plays on and on until the end no matter what I do? Is this unique or a usual phenomenon, and could someone please supply and answer? I'm trying to put a couple of music videos into a blog post, and the above happens! Thanks to anyone who could give me some advice.

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  24. AnonymousNovember 30, 2010 at 7:54 AM

    One would have thought that since Google included a "start" parameter, they would also have included a "stop" one. Instead, we have to go through the hassle of using a service like Splicd to achieve the desired result. (True, it's not THAT big of a hassle but still...)

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  25. khalidDecember 3, 2010 at 3:50 AM

    Thanks, I was searching for something like this! You often find advice on how to start at a certain point of time but not how to stop it!

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  26. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2011 at 7:36 PM

    how do you start a youtbe video at certain time and stop at certain time in same embed

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  27. Brad FallonMarch 2, 2011 at 12:24 AM

    Is it possible to embed a song from a youtube video on a powerpoint?

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    1. UnknownApril 3, 2013 at 10:53 PM

      But you can easily download the song through catchmp3.net

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  28. AnonymousMarch 22, 2011 at 5:54 PM

    thats gonna be a bit tough. you need to grab the song first.

    however, an easier way to share a youtube video from a specific moment is videoblast.it - i sort of like it..

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  29. truelogicMarch 29, 2011 at 5:56 AM

    http://splicd.com/vCk6qMKdAXk/170/184

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  30. eb 5 visaDecember 19, 2011 at 7:02 AM

    Is there any open source cms out there that I can embed youtube video and create a site?

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  31. Mobile app developmentFebruary 28, 2012 at 11:52 PM

    Will it work for all possible browsers? IE, FF, Opera, Chrome at least?

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  32. AnonymousMay 20, 2012 at 5:30 AM

    Hi I'm trying to link to this clip on 25 min and 5 seconds using:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=860UkVLvEEE&start=1505&autoplay=1

    However it just starts at 00:00. Can you help out?

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    1. pikMay 21, 2012 at 2:43 PM

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=860UkVLvEEE&t=25m5s

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  33. postsecretJuly 14, 2012 at 7:01 PM

    Thanks, used it tonight on my site - PostSecret
    -Frank

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  34. Andrew GoldNovember 14, 2012 at 10:29 PM

    How come this doesn't work?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLFmkGseZ-8&start=0&end=54

    It will start at the designated seconds, but not end. This topic is from 2008, still no way to end a clip?

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  35. UnknownNovember 25, 2012 at 11:04 PM

    to those having problem with some browsers try to use wmode=opaque in you'er URL such as http://www.youtube.com/embed/lb3qp0HsZ1A?wmode=opaque&version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata . let me know in www.facejar.com for any issue...

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