Share at Timestamp alternative: get an end time back
Share at Timestamp tells someone where to start. It cannot tell them where to stop, so what you send is the rest of the video. Here is the shortest way to get an end time back.
YouTube's share menu sets a start and nothing else. Since Clips was retired in April 2026 there is no native way to say where a moment ends, and per-item start and end in playlists is deprecated and ignored.
| Share at Timestamp | Playback | |
|---|---|---|
| Start time | Yes | Yes |
| End time | No | Yes |
| Loops the passage | No | Yes |
| Speed control for the viewer | No | Yes, 0.25x to 2x |
| Mirror the picture | No | Yes |
| Your note travels with the link | No | Yes |
| Several moments, one link | No | Yes |
| Account required to make one | No | No |
| Copies or re-uploads the video | No | No |
How to do it in three presses
- 1Open Loop and paste the YouTube link.
- 2Play to where the moment begins and press Start loop. Play to where it ends and press End loop.
- 3Copy the link. It opens on that passage, repeating, at whatever speed you left it.
Paste a link and try it now.
If the moment needs explaining rather than repeating, make a Playback instead: same start and end, plus a title, your take, and comments that pin to the exact frame. If there are several moments, Cut puts up to twelve of them, from up to six different videos, behind one link.
What you give up
A Playback link is not a YouTube link. Someone opening it lands on playback.tv, with the video playing in YouTube's own embedded player. Nothing is copied or re-hosted and the view still counts for the creator, but if you specifically need a youtube.com URL, Share at Timestamp is the only thing that gives you one.
We also cannot promise frame accuracy. A seek lands on the nearest keyframe, so a start can sit a fraction of a second off where you set it. For a passage of music, a rally or a line of dialogue this never matters. For single-frame work it does.
Questions
- Can YouTube itself set an end time?
- Not since Clips was retired on 17 April 2026. Share at Timestamp sets a start only, and the playlist API fields for a per-item start and end are documented as deprecated and ignored.
- Does the creator still get the view?
- Yes. The video plays in YouTube's own embedded player, on YouTube's terms, with YouTube's ads. Playback hosts nothing.
- Is there a length limit?
- A single moment can run up to five minutes. Most are under fifteen seconds.
Set a start and an end
Three presses. Free, no account, nothing installed.
Set a start and an end →Read next
- BlogYouTube retired Clips: what was lost, and what to use insteadYouTube retired viewer-side Clips on 17 April 2026 and replaced them with Share at Timestamp, which sets a start but no end. Here is exactly what was lost and which tool does each job now.
- GuideHow to share part of a YouTube video, with a start and an endThree ways to send someone one section of a YouTube video instead of the whole thing: the native start-only link, the embed parameters, and a link that starts and stops where you say.