YouTube is one of the most popular video platforms in the world, but sharing a specific moment inside a video is not always straightforward. Whether you want to highlight a key point in a tutorial, share an important quote from a sermon, or point your audience to a special scene in a movie clip, you often need a timestamp link.
To make this faster and easier, we created the YouTube Video Start, End Time Link Generator — a simple, fast, and user-friendly tool that allows anyone to generate custom YouTube links with start and stop times. No technical knowledge required!
✨ What This App Does
This tool allows you to:
- Paste any YouTube link (watch, short, embed, youtu.be, live, etc.)
- Enter a start time (minutes : seconds)
- Optionally enter a stop time
- Generate the correct timestamp link depending on the URL format
- Preview the video instantly before generating the link
🎯 Supported YouTube Link Formats
The app intelligently detects the type of YouTube URL and applies the correct timestamp structure. Supported formats include:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
- https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID
- https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID
- https://www.youtube.com/live/VIDEO_ID
⚙️ How Timestamp Links Are Generated
▶ START TIME ONLY
When only a start time is entered, the app converts it into seconds and applies it to the proper URL format.
Example:
Start Time: 1:03 → 63 seconds Original Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LpmruHsbi4 Generated Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LpmruHsbi4&t=63
▶ START + END TIME
If both start and stop times are entered, the app uses the embed format and attaches:
?start=START_SECONDS&end=END_SECONDS
Example:
Start: 1:07 → 67 seconds End: 1:12 → 72 seconds Generated Link: https://www.youtube.com/embed/7LpmruHsbi4?start=67&end=72
▶ LIVE VIDEO FORMAT SUPPORT
For YouTube Live URLs such as:
https://www.youtube.com/live/7OwRRQyOGIw
The app automatically generates:
https://www.youtube.com/live/7OwRRQyOGIw?t=60
…based on your entered start time.
🎥 Built-In Video Preview Feature
The tool includes a modern YouTube preview player that supports all formats. As soon as you paste a link, the video loads automatically so you can confirm that you’re trimming the correct content.
💡 Why Use This Tool?
- Helpful for content creators
- Perfect for teachers and trainers sharing lesson timestamps
- Useful for social media posts or WhatsApp shares
- Fast and extremely easy to use
🚀 Try the Tool
Use the YouTube Video Start, End Time Link Generator on this blog to simplify your video sharing experience. Just enter your YouTube link, choose the timestamp, and generate a clean shareable link instantly.
Whether you’re sharing tutorials, music, sermons, lectures, or live videos — this tool helps you guide viewers exactly where you want them to start watching.