Have you ever wished you could start a YouTube video at a certain point rather than wasting your time on the intro? Many tutorials start with boring intros that have you moving the slider to find a point where the information you want to see starts. You may also want to share YouTube videos, but would rather start it at a certain point and skip the boring stuff. By following the tricks given below, you can now share YouTube videos starting at a certain point.

Steps to Share YouTube Videos Starting at a Certain Point

There are two ways to share YouTube videos starting at a certain point. One method is using the browser in your system and another is using any other platform to add some special characters in the YouTube URL you want to share with your friends and family members.

Sharing YouTube Videos Starting at a Certain Point Using Your Browser

• Share the Video: In this method, you need to first select the YouTube video you would like to share with your friends and family members. For example, you could select the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRUJEnNOkBc. After selecting, go to the video and under the “Subscribe” option you can see an option called “Share.” Click on the Share button and you will see a share window that shows various social media networks to which you can share the YouTube video. There you can see an option called “Start At.”
• Set the Starting Point: Just click on this option and it will allow you to choose from where you would like to start your YouTube video. You can either type the exact time from where you want to share YouTube videos to start or you can move the slider to the point instead (such as starting at the 4:45 point). After you make the changes, copy the URL and share it with your friends and family. The URL generated for the above is: https://youtu.be/dRUJEnNOkBc?t=4m45s
• Open the Shared Video: When your friends or family members click on the link and open the YouTube video, it will start from where you have set the video to start at. If they wish to start from the beginning, they can do that by moving to the beginning of the video.

Share YouTube Videos Starting at a Certain Point by Adding Special Characters

This method is not as easy. You need to have some understanding of how the URL works. There is no shortcut method or tool to edit the YouTube video URL. Let’s take the same URL generated in the above example and see how we can create the URL with special characters in it.

https://youtu.be/dRUJEnNOkBc?t=4m45s

Here you can mention the time where you need your YouTube video to start. We  have specified that the video should start from 4 minutes 45 seconds. By just adding “?t=”, which equals ‘time,’ it tells the computer at which point it should start the video. You can create your own YouTube videos that will start from where you want it to start. But, when you do this to share YouTube videos, you have to be careful not to edit and remove any part of the URL description (in this case “dRUJENOkBc”).

Conclusion

When you want to share YouTube videos starting at a certain point is an interesting and must need option for many users all around the world. Both the ways discussed above can help you set a YouTube video to start at a certain point and can then be easily shared with people you think will find it interesting as well.