# How to make a youtube video start where you want **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 7, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-youtube-video-start-where-you-want/673339 "2013-11-07T16:41:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-youtube-video-start-where-you-want/673339/1 "2013-11-07T16:41:29Z")
By using the share video option on youtube, you can have your link start anywhere in the video. (inspired by the Bear trap thread) Bear trap punched (with horrific results) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RpAvycIQwnY/hqdefault.jpg "Dieter Puts his Hand in a Beartrap") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpAvycIQwnY) Bear trap punched, with no damage [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YWUeAAaSPTI/maxresdefault.jpg "amazing bear trap punch") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWUeAAaSPTI) See how easy that is? Spread the word. Never again will you have to say where it starts, or waste any ones time watching two minutes of boring before the action. With the video stopped where you want people to see, just click the “Start at” box in the “Share this video” section, which is a link below the Youtube video. Called “share” It will add the data to the link. Or you can add it your self. t=1m52s t is time, m is minutes, s is seconds. And yes, h is hours. So you can directly link to Super Bad at 1 hour 33 minutes and 26 seconds, in the link below. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exVC-uFWNZM) I hope this movement spreads. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-youtube-video-start-where-you-want/673339/2 "2013-11-07T18:09:51Z")
There’s an even easier way. Just right-click in the player window and select “Copy video URL at current time”, and Bob, as they say, is your uncle. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-youtube-video-start-where-you-want/673339/3 "2013-11-07T20:30:12Z")
Well I’ll be damned. So, no more reasons for anyone to not do this. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-youtube-video-start-where-you-want/673339/4 "2013-11-07T21:36:53Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > So, no more reasons for anyone to not do this. We say that about taking cellphone video in landscape mode, but yet people still hold them vertically… ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-youtube-video-start-where-you-want/673339/5 "2013-11-07T21:39:18Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > We say that about taking cellphone video in landscape mode, but yet people still hold them vertically… [The more you know](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt9zSfinwFA). ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-youtube-video-start-where-you-want/673339/6 "2013-11-07T21:49:41Z")
Bless you, friedo. You always got a bad rap from that brother of yours. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-youtube-video-start-where-you-want/673339/7 "2013-11-08T01:15:38Z")
Getting people to change how they hold their phone is a big problem.