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YouTube timestamp link generator

Create a YouTube link or embed code that starts playback at an exact time.

Chapters — one "time description" per line, for a batch link list
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YouTube timestamp link generator

Paste a YouTube video URL and a time — 1:23:45, 83m or 5000s all work — and this tool builds a link that opens the video already playing at that moment. It's the fastest way to point someone at the exact clip you mean, whether that's a highlight in a long stream, the punchline in a tutorial, or the section a comment is arguing about.

Choose a short youtu.be link or the long youtube.com/watch form for the plain timestamp link, or switch on the embed option to get an iframe snippet instead, with separate start and end times so a clip stops itself rather than playing on. The tool also normalizes whatever shape of URL you paste — a full watch link, a youtu.be short link, a Shorts URL, an embed URL, even a bare video ID — so you never have to hunt for the "real" link first.

For a whole set of chapters at once, paste a list of lines into the second field, each one a time followed by a description — "0:00 Intro", "1:20 - Setup", "83m: Wrap-up" — and the tool turns it into a ready-to-paste Markdown or HTML list, every line already linking to its own timestamp. That's the same structure a video description's chapter markers use, generated as clickable links instead.

Everything runs locally in your browser: the URL and times you type are never sent anywhere. Copy the result, download it as a .txt file, or send it to another tool's input to keep working on it.

FAQ

What time formats does it accept?
Colon-separated times like 1:23:45 or 23:45, plain seconds like 5000, and unit suffixes like 83m or 1h2m3s — pick whichever is easiest to read off the video.
What's the difference between the short and long link form?
Short uses youtu.be/VIDEO_ID?t=SECONDS; long uses the full youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID&t=SECONDSs address. Both open at the same moment — pick whichever fits where you are pasting it.
Can I generate a clip that stops automatically?
Turn on the embed option and set an end time alongside the start time. The generated iframe code plays only that range when it is embedded on a page.
Does it work with any YouTube link, including Shorts?
Yes. Watch links, youtu.be links, Shorts links, embed links and even a bare video ID are all recognized and normalized to the same video.
Is my video URL or chapter list uploaded anywhere?
No. Every link and every chapter is built entirely in your browser — nothing you type here is sent to a server.