Monday, April 22, 2013

YouTube Hack

Here is a YouTube Hack inspired by an exchange with one of my 7th graders today.


We set out to see if specifying the end point of a YouTube video is possible. Here is what we came up with:
http://www.youtube.com/v/QDqskltCixA&start=0&end=175&version=3;rel=0

&start=0 indicates a starting point of 0 seconds
&end=175 indicates an ending at 2 minutes, 55 seconds
;rel=0 removes the related videos at the end

In a more generic form where you just have to change the info in []:
http://www.youtube.com/v/[video reference]&start=[start time in seconds]&end=[end time in seconds]&version=3;rel=0

Works for embed code, too:


Disclaimer #1 - judging by the yellow rectangle in the corner, this video may not quite play by fair use rules
Disclaimer #2 - the ending point can be fairly easily removed by hovering over the end point and clicking the X
Disclaimer #3 - this video may try to sign you up for a local dating site

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