Linking to Specific Times
Deep Links allow you to share interesting or funny moments in a video with your YouTube contacts. Once a Deep Link is incorporated into a video, the viewers of the video can start watching from a particular point and jump straight to the part of the video that you'd like them to see.
In order to create a Deep Link, please follow the steps listed below:
- Find a video with a specific scene you'd like to share with a friend.
- In the video information section (the grey box to the right of the video), copy the text located in the 'URL' box.
- Click the 'Share' tab (located below the video).
- Paste in the text you copied from the URL box into the message. This text is the video's URL.
- Go to the end of the URL and add the time code for the specific time in the video you'd like the viewer to start watching.
For example, if you'd like the viewer to start watching the video at one minute and fifteen seconds into the video, you'd add the following time code to the end of the URL: #t=1m15s . The URL with the Deep Link should appear this way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI#t=01m15s
Deep Links and Comments
You can also use Deep Links with comments to let other users know which part of the video you think is funny / interesting etc.. To reference a particular point in a video, type your comment in the 'Comment on this Video' field, including the time code of the moment you'd like other users to see. Once you've posted your comment, the time code in your comment will turn into a hyperlink. When other users click the hyperlink the video will start playing at the time specified in your comment.
Make sure to enter the time code in the following format: for one minute and fourteen seconds, please type 1:14. An example of the comment would be:
"haha, the dog at 1:14 is funny!!"
