YouTube Hack: How To Set The Start Frame Of YouTube Videos

You just have to add a parameter that indicates the start point of the video in seconds:  &start=X (codified &start=X). By taking this example, here’s the video starting from minute 3.

<object width=“425″ height=“344″>
<param name=“movie” value=“http://www.youtube.com/v/MuqiGrWBRqE&amp;start=180“></param>
<param name=“allowFullScreen” value=“true”></param>
<param name=“allowscriptaccess” value=“always”></param>
<embed src=“http://www.youtube.com/v/MuqiGrWBRqE&amp;start=180” type=“application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=“always” allowfullscreen=“true” width=“425″ height=“344″></embed>
</object>

Click on play to see how this trick affect the video.

[via scriptol]

This trick can be really useful when you want to focus the attention of your reader to a specific scene of a movie, or when you want to skip an intro.

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by Dan Di Gregorio | 26 August 2009 | Tech

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One Response to “YouTube Hack: How To Set The Start Frame Of YouTube Videos”

  1. Fitzgerald says:
    February 2, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    A similar story, twitter.com got phished the other day. Seems that no site is unbreakable.

    Reply

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