How To Make A YouTube Video Stop At A Certain Time [Illustrated Guide]

To make a YouTube video stop at a particular time when sharing it, you must modify the embed code and manually type in the end time by adding end=y (where y is the time you want the video to stop measured in seconds) after the question mark in the video URL.

How to modify the embed code to make a YouTube video stop at a certain time

You can set start and end points for most YouTube videos- even those not from your YouTube channel.

Here’s how to do it in a few simple steps:

1. Click the “share” button under the video. A menu with various share options, such as URLs, pops up.
2. Click Embed
3. Locate the URL of the video clip. It should look like www.youtube.com/embed/VideoID (where VideoID is your video’s string of letters and numbers).
4. Check the “Start at” check box and type in the start time. YouTube will add ?start=x (where x is the start time) to the end of the YouTube video link.
5. Now, you must manually type in the end time by adding &end=y (where y is the time you want the video to stop).
6. Copy the embed code and post it to blog posts or a specific web page you choose.

You must calculate the exact number in seconds to set a video’s start point or endpoint over a minute.

Fx, if you want to make a video start at 15 seconds and stop 2 minutes and 30 seconds into the video content, you need to type in ?start=15&end=150 and add it to the URL.

Also, you don’t have to define a starting point. You can add ?end=y (where y is the endpoint in seconds).

If you add an endpoint and embed the video, it will show up on the YouTube player timeline like this:

The embedding code is a powerful tool for ensuring that your video is utilized best when shared on your company’s website, email, or elsewhere.

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Setting the Start Time for YouTube Videos

Learning how to make YouTube videos start and stop at a specific time is pretty simple:

1. Click the “share” button under the YouTube video player. A menu with various share options, such as the URL, will pop up.
2. Check the checkbox that says “Start at.” It will already display the current time of the video you’re watching. But by checking the checkbox, you can manually type in the start time you want.
3. Copy the YouTube URL of your video and share it on social media and more.

Notice that a t=x (where x is the number of seconds in the video) is now added to the end of the URL after a question mark. See the illustration below:

However, this method isn’t impossible to change the video’s stop time. To do this, you must get the video’s embed code, which you can modify to make the video start and stop at particular times.

Reasons why you sometimes can’t set the endpoint

Sometimes, a video can’t be embedded on other sites. This happens when the content creator has disabled the embedding option – fx for copyright reasons or because of country restrictions.

It can also be that the creator wants you to see the video on his/her channel instead of a third-party website.

You can still share the entire video (copy the video URL and paste the share link to social media or your website), but the video will only be shown as a link.

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