PHYouTube is already one of the best video services
online and there are plenty of tricks to make it
work for you. Some of the best ones, though, can be
done purely from the URL bar.
Repeat All or Part of a Video
We all have that one song that we just can't hear
enough of. If you need to playback a video
automatically, you can add the word " repeater " after
"youtube" in the URL to open it in an external site
that will play it back as often as you let it. You can
also set it to play back just part of the video. So:
youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0
Becomes
ADVERTISEMENT
youtuberepeater.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0
Download Any Video
As any video production student knows, there are
plenty of reasons to download a video that don't
involve copyright infringement for fun and profit. If
you want to get a local copy of a YouTube video,
pwnyoutube.com can help. Just add "pwn" to the
URL before "youtube" and you'll be taken to an
external site with multiple options for download
formats. With this, the following URL:
youtube.com/watch?v=Sagg08DrO5U
Would now be:
pwnyoutube.com/watch?v=Sagg08DrO5U
Bypass Regional Restrictions
Licensing for videos is complicated enough already.
If you're looking to get to a video that has some
form of restriction on it, change the format of the
video link from this:
ADVERTISEMENT
watch?v=IEIWdEDFlQY
To this:
/v/IEIWdEDFlQY
The downside is the video will play filling the entire
window. The upside is it will play.
Jump to a Specific Time
If you need to point someone to a certain portion of
a video, you can always right click on the player
and select "Copy video URL at current time."
However, if you need to be especially specific, you
can modify the end variable that follows "t=X"
where X is the number of seconds into the video
that you want the player to start at. So the good part
isn't here:
ADVERTISEMENT
youtube.com/watch?v=9R6Ibz31DtE
It's here:
youtube.com/watch?v=9R6Ibz31DtE#t=114
Disable Related Videos
It doesn't happen often, but sometimes the related
videos that are shown at the end of a video can be
unsavory. Or, perhaps you just find them irritating.
If you want to disable the array of options that
show up when the clip's done playing, add "?rel=0"
to the end of the URL in the embed code. Changing
this part:
ADVERTISEMENT
src="//You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.
To look like this:
src="//You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.
Note that this doesn't seem to work on regular
links. Just embed codes.
Skip to the Good Parts With the Wadsworth Constant
Just how much of your time on YouTube is wasted
watching the boring parts of a video while waiting
for the main event to begin? If you believe
Wadsworth, the answer is about 30%. While it
started as a joke, Google took it seriously enough to
add the feature to YouTube itself. If you want to
skip the unimportant intros, just add
"&wadsworth=1" to the end of the URL. This will
waste your time:
ADVERTISEMENT
youtube.com/watch?v=c0KYU2j0TM4
But this is where the fun begins:
youtube.com/watch?v=c0KYU2j0TM4&wadswor
Of course, keep in mind with many of these tricks,
things can sometimes change. Most of these aren't
official Google features, so they could disappear of
function differently over time. In general, though,
there are always ways to accomplish nearly
everything on this list, whether it's through Google
or third-party services.
online and there are plenty of tricks to make it
work for you. Some of the best ones, though, can be
done purely from the URL bar.
Repeat All or Part of a Video
We all have that one song that we just can't hear
enough of. If you need to playback a video
automatically, you can add the word " repeater " after
"youtube" in the URL to open it in an external site
that will play it back as often as you let it. You can
also set it to play back just part of the video. So:
youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0
Becomes
ADVERTISEMENT
youtuberepeater.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0
Download Any Video
As any video production student knows, there are
plenty of reasons to download a video that don't
involve copyright infringement for fun and profit. If
you want to get a local copy of a YouTube video,
pwnyoutube.com can help. Just add "pwn" to the
URL before "youtube" and you'll be taken to an
external site with multiple options for download
formats. With this, the following URL:
youtube.com/watch?v=Sagg08DrO5U
Would now be:
pwnyoutube.com/watch?v=Sagg08DrO5U
Bypass Regional Restrictions
Licensing for videos is complicated enough already.
If you're looking to get to a video that has some
form of restriction on it, change the format of the
video link from this:
ADVERTISEMENT
watch?v=IEIWdEDFlQY
To this:
/v/IEIWdEDFlQY
The downside is the video will play filling the entire
window. The upside is it will play.
Jump to a Specific Time
If you need to point someone to a certain portion of
a video, you can always right click on the player
and select "Copy video URL at current time."
However, if you need to be especially specific, you
can modify the end variable that follows "t=X"
where X is the number of seconds into the video
that you want the player to start at. So the good part
isn't here:
ADVERTISEMENT
youtube.com/watch?v=9R6Ibz31DtE
It's here:
youtube.com/watch?v=9R6Ibz31DtE#t=114
Disable Related Videos
It doesn't happen often, but sometimes the related
videos that are shown at the end of a video can be
unsavory. Or, perhaps you just find them irritating.
If you want to disable the array of options that
show up when the clip's done playing, add "?rel=0"
to the end of the URL in the embed code. Changing
this part:
ADVERTISEMENT
src="//You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.
To look like this:
src="//You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.
Note that this doesn't seem to work on regular
links. Just embed codes.
Skip to the Good Parts With the Wadsworth Constant
Just how much of your time on YouTube is wasted
watching the boring parts of a video while waiting
for the main event to begin? If you believe
Wadsworth, the answer is about 30%. While it
started as a joke, Google took it seriously enough to
add the feature to YouTube itself. If you want to
skip the unimportant intros, just add
"&wadsworth=1" to the end of the URL. This will
waste your time:
ADVERTISEMENT
youtube.com/watch?v=c0KYU2j0TM4
But this is where the fun begins:
youtube.com/watch?v=c0KYU2j0TM4&wadswor
Of course, keep in mind with many of these tricks,
things can sometimes change. Most of these aren't
official Google features, so they could disappear of
function differently over time. In general, though,
there are always ways to accomplish nearly
everything on this list, whether it's through Google
or third-party services.