7 YouTube URL Tricks You May Not Know About

1. Sending a link to any part of the video

When you copy a link to a YouTube video and send it to a friend, the video starts over. If you only want to show a specific section, add a small label to the URL. This can be done in three ways.

1. Write the required timecode yourself. To do this, at the end of the video url you need to add & t = YmXXswhere Y is minutes and XX is seconds. It is optional to use both variables.

Normal video address	With timecode
youtube.com/watch?v=a1sWMRaEahg	youtube.com/watch?v=a1sWMRaEahg & t = 7m42s

2. At the end of the URL, enter & start = 30, where 30 is the number of seconds to skip.

Normal video address	With timecode
youtube.com/watch?v=AKEpNl9A3JA	youtube.com/watch?v=AKEpNl9A3JA & start = 320

3. Open the video, click on the "Share" button and check the "Start" box. A link to the video will appear with a tag where you left off.

2. Creating a looped video

There are a lot of clips and various soundtracks on YouTube. If you suddenly stumble upon a song and want to listen to it again and again, you don't have to look for the 10-hour version. To loop a video, just write youtuberepeater.com at the beginning of the URL instead of youtube.com.

Normal video address	Looped video address
youtube.com/watch?v=QHRuTYtSbJQ	youtuberepeater.com/ watch? v = QHRuTYtSbJQ

3. Bypass age restrictions

YouTube sometimes places an age limit on videos. Such videos are blocked for minors and those who do not have an account. To get around this ban, you need to replace youtube.com at the beginning of the URL with genyoutube.com … The video will open in a new tab without age restrictions.

Normal video address	No age restrictions
youtube.com/watch?v=wvZ6nB3cl1w	genyoutube.com/ watch? v = wvZ6nB3cl1w

4. Download video

If you need to download a video, you can do so using the URL. Enter pwn or ss at the beginning of the line. A service will open that allows you to download videos in any available format.

Normal video address	Download link
youtube.com/watch?v=ncEb_U7JNss	pwnyoutube.com/watch?v=ncEb_U7JNss

Be careful - do not re-upload copyrighted videos. You may be given a strike and banned from streaming or uploading videos.

5. Save pictures from any video

Quite often, Google in an image search returns images from YouTube. They are usually called maxresdefault and act as a cover.

You can watch and download any preview if it is installed for the video. To do this, you need to modify the URL a little: img.youtube.com/vi/ [VideoID]/maxresdefault.jpg … VideoID is the video address that can be found in the URL after? V =.

Normal video address	Link to picture
youtube.com/watch?v= JeWOAsXHjHM	img.youtube.com/vi/JeWOAsXHjHM/maxresdefault.jpg

6. Create GIFs from video

Meme moments are common in YouTube videos. You can easily make a-g.webp

To do this, in the URL you need to change youtube.com to gifyoutube.com … You will be taken to the Gifs website, where you can select the beginning and end of the future gif, add effects and download it. Note that the trick may not work with videos longer than three hours.

Normal video address
youtube.com/watch?v=J0dGoFsO_j4	gifyoutube.com/ watch? v = J0dGoFsO_j4

7. Transition to YouTube TV

YouTube TV is an interface designed for TVs and applications on consoles. It is not very convenient to use it on a computer, since it is designed to be controlled via a remote control or a gamepad. However, it can come in handy if you're interested in watching something new.