Glossary
YouTube timestamp links
Updated · By the WithTranscript team · How we checked
YouTube timestamp links: A YouTube timestamp link opens a video at a set moment by adding a start time to the URL, such as youtu.be/VIDEO_ID?t=90 for 1 minute 30 seconds.
The t parameter takes seconds (t=90) or a duration (t=1m30s), and works on both youtube.com/watch and youtu.be links. The YouTube Share dialog has a "Start at" box that builds one for you.
They are how a transcript quote becomes checkable: cite the words, link the moment. Timestamps in a transcript copy are only useful if they match the video, so tools that keep the timings from the captions are safer than ones that rewrite the text.
How WithTranscript handles it
Every paragraph in a WithTranscript copy starts with its timestamp, and the copy includes the video's YouTube link, so a quote can be turned into a timestamp link by hand or by your AI assistant.