How to start a YouTube video at certain time (link & embed)

Update: Google has made it possible to copy the link via right-click menu in the meantime. Just click into the video and right click on the corresponding menu item (copy video URL at current time). 

Very often you would like to show a video not from the start but from somewhere in the middle because the beginning does not contain any relevant information.

It is very simple to get a URL that does exactly that. All you need to do is ad “#t=5m10s” to the URL (simply change the parameter to your needs). Alternatively, you can also get the link via the YouTube menu share/options (see picture), which also provides you with a shortened URL.

If you want to embed a video with a certain start time into a website or Moodle you need to add &start=60 (in seconds) to the URL inside the embed code.

In the following example the video starts at 10 minutes (600 seconds): 

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PjDw3azfZWI&hl=en_US&start=600"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PjDw3azfZWI&hl=en_US&start=600" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

Unfortunately it is not possible to specify a stop time yet. 

Update: Google has made it possible to copy the link via right-click menu in the meantime. Just click into the video and right click on the corresponding menu item.