Vimeo – How to Link to a Specific Portion of a Video

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I would like to share a link to a Vimeo video and have it queue to a specific frame for beginning playback.

Specifically, I would like to point out the Loss Aversion section of the Everything is a Remix video and have people start watching at 3 minutes and 28 seconds to hilight the discussion on Intellectual Property and Loss Aversion

Is it possible to generally link to Vimeo videos while picking an arbitrary start point? If not, what workarounds are available whether it's an embed, or other means to reduce the effort for people to get to a specific point in a video. I'd rather not have to edit the footage directly and host it elsewhere.

Best Answer

Simply append #t=0m0s to the URL to point 0 minutes and 0 seconds past the start of the video. Replace the 0 with your desired values and the link will scrub forward the specified amount in your browser.

Although this wasn't a feature when I asked the question, Vimeo now supports this across the board.

The forum post with the announcement of this feature and an example of how to link to a moment inside a linked video:

http://vimeo.com/forums/topic:49396

Basically, by appending #t=1m5s you can request the playhead be moved to one minute (1m) and five seconds (5s) of the video, so in the case of my question, the URL would be #t=3m28s:

http://vimeo.com/36881035#t=3m28s

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