Sometime you want your friend to skip at the beginning of the YouTube video. This post shows you how to create a link or a embed code so that people can start watching a YouTube video from the specific point.
Link
Format
#t=XXmXXs
Description
Add #t parameter after URL and declare the minutes and seconds of the video you would like to start playing back.
Sample
It starts playing back a YokosoNews video at 1 minute 8 seconds (= 01m08s)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb5JdgNDw0Q#t=01m08s
WordPress
Description
If you’re using WordPress, you don’t have to use the following embed code. You can simply use the plain text of a URL above. (You should not add any style).
This function is available on WordPress 3.3.1 at least.
Media Settings
You must turn on “Auto-embeds” which you can turn on by visiting [Dashbaord] – [Settings] – [Media].
Sample
Screenshot
The YouTube video above is a simple copy-and-paste of a video URL. Moreover, it starts playing back in the middle of the video that you indicated in URL parameter!
iFrame embed
Format
#t=XXmXXs
Description
Add #t parameter after URL and declare the minutes and seconds of the video you would like to start playing back.
Sample
It starts playing back a YokosoNews video at 1 minute 8 seconds
<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/yb5JdgNDw0Q#t=01m08s” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
Object embed (old version)
Format
&start=XXX
Description
Add a “&start=” parameter and declar the point only in seconds.
Sample
It starts playing back a YokosoNews video at 1 minute 8 seconds (68th second)
<object width=”560″ height=”315″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/yb5JdgNDw0Q?version=3&hl=ja_JP&start=68“></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/yb5JdgNDw0Q?version=3&hl=ja_JP&start=68” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”560″ height=”315″ allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true”></embed></object>
Check out the official instruction of YouTube embed parameters and find out what else you can do.
YouTube Embedded Player Parameters
https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters