Link to a specific moment in a YouTube video
On YouTube, click Share, tick Start at, check the time, and copy the link. On WithTranscript, press S while the video plays to copy a link that opens at that second with the transcript beside it. Part of quoting a YouTube video.
On YouTube, desktop
- Pause the video at the moment you want, or note the time.
- Click Share under the video.
- Tick Start at and adjust the time if needed.
- Copy the link. It carries the start time, usually as
?t=followed by the number of seconds.
On YouTube, phone
YouTube's help describes it for Android and iPhone: tap Share under the video, then turn on the start-time option shown with the minute and second, and share the link.
On WithTranscript
Play or click to the moment, then:
- press S, or click Copy link at current time in the player controls (desktop);
- tap Share link at current time (phone).
The link looks like withtranscript.ai/video/<id>?t=341. It opens the video at that second with the transcript on the same line, and its preview in chats and posts shows the time and the words spoken there.
Which to send
Send the YouTube link when the person will just watch. Send the WithTranscript link when the words matter: they can read the passage, scroll for context, and check the quote without hunting.