Embedding a video clip from Youtube.

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  satinr · Member · Oct 25, 2012 at 12:50 am

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  I’ve been trying to embed a clip of a video from Youtube. I’m able to embed the entire video, however, haven’t been able to figure out how to get it to start from a specific time.

  I thought that adding the code “t=4m39s” would get it to start at the 4min 39 second mark, but it doesn’t.

  Can anyone help me?

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  timethief · Member · Oct 25, 2012 at 12:52 am

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  Start an embedded YouTube video at a certain timestamp
  by Matt Cutts on March 3, 2010 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/start-youtube-video-minutes-seconds/

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  satinr · Member · Oct 25, 2012 at 1:23 am

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  Hi, timethief! Thank you for the speedy response.

  Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be working. I have put the code:

  <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2A-opxByWw&hl=en_US&start=279"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2A-opxByWw&hl=en_US&start=279" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

  into my html tab, but nothing shows up.

  If I try to do the simple version:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2A-opxByWw#t=4m39s

  the video shows up, but it still plays from the beginning.

  Any further help would be great appreciated!

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  satinr · Member · Oct 26, 2012 at 4:51 pm

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  :( Anybody else willing or able to help me out?

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  jetonr · Member · Nov 12, 2012 at 4:19 am

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  Satinr if you didnt find the solution yet I have it for you and maybe it will help somebody else too.
  You approach was good but instead of using m and s you just calculate like this 1 min = 60 so if you want to start at min 4 and 39 sec that is 4×60=240 plus the 39 seconds it adds up to the total of 279 and your link should be like
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2A-opxByWw#t=279

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  timethief · Member · Nov 12, 2012 at 4:24 am

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  @satinr
  You use the youtube shortcode http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/#embedding-with-a-shortcode

  To make a Youtube video start from a specific point, you write the shortcode this way:
  [youtube=URL HERE&start=NUMBER HERE]

  (Number = how many seconds from beginning of video.)

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  satinr · Member · Nov 13, 2012 at 2:08 am

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  Thank you again for revisiting my question. I put [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KSxlpMCt2SY&amp Start=270] into my post, however the video still starts from the beginning.

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Nov 13, 2012 at 5:38 am

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  You seem to have left the equal sign = out
  [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KSxlpMCt2SY&amp Start=270]