Loop any part of a YouTube video
Drag the handles to choose the part you want. Slow it down or share the loop.
An example: the finger position for an A chord, on repeat. Paste your own link above, or press Start loop anywhere in this one.
Start1:54.0
--loop length · example, muted
End--
Share this loop
The start, end, speed and note are saved in the link.
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Adjust start and end times, speed, and more.
Start
End
Speed
Keys: L starts and ends the loop, Space plays and pauses, R replays, S is slow-mo (hold S to creep at the slowest speed), N opens the note. I and O set the start and end on their own, [ and ] change the speed by 0.05, M mirrors, Z shows the full timeline or zooms back, and the arrows move a second (Shift for a tenth).
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Turn this moment into something bigger.
How to repeat part of a video
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Paste the video link
Paste a YouTube link and it opens straight away, already repeating. No account, nothing to set up. Watch until you reach the section you want on repeat.
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Set the start and the end
Press Start loop where your part begins, let it run, and press the same button, now reading End loop, where it should stop. From then on only that section repeats: a start, an end, and an A-B loop between them. To tighten it, drag either red handle. The picture follows your finger, and letting go of the end handle plays the last two seconds into the repeat, so you can hear whether the join is clean before you send it.
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Slow it, mirror it, send it
Slow-mo steps down to three-quarter and half speed, and the square brackets move it 0.05 at a time for anything in between. Mirror the picture, add a note saying what the loop is for, then copy the link. The start, the end, the speed, the mirror and the note all travel in it, so whoever opens it gets the loop you made, not a description of it.
What can you loop?
- A riff, a lick, a fill. Loop four bars at 0.7x until your hands have it, then bring the speed back up a step at a time. Loop a passage for music practice
- Eight counts of choreography. Mirror the picture so their left is your left, and repeat the eight counts you keep losing. Mirror and loop for dance practice
- One sentence in another language. Hear it again and again at 0.85x, say it back, then move on to the next. Loop a sentence for language learning
- One play, one swing, one step of a tutorial. Watch the same three seconds until you see what full speed hid. Break down a play for sports analysis
Questions
How do I repeat just one part of a YouTube video?
Paste the link above and the whole video starts looping. Play it to where your part begins and press Start loop. Let it run to where the part ends and press the same button, which now says End loop. It jumps back to the start and keeps repeating that part until you stop it. You can also drag the two red handles on the bar.
Can I slow the loop down?
Yes. Slow-mo drops it to 0.75x, then 0.5x, then back to normal. If you need something in between, open Fine tune: half, three-quarter, normal and 1.25x are one press each, and More moves the speed in steps of 0.05 from 0.25x to 2x. The number shown is the speed YouTube's player reports back, so it is always the speed you are really hearing. YouTube keeps the pitch the same when it slows down.
Can I share a loop or come back to it later?
The loop lives in the link: the video, the start, the end, the speed and your note. Press Copy link, or Share on a phone, and whoever opens it lands on the same loop and reads the note first. There is nothing to sign up for. Your recent loops are also remembered on this device, and never leave it.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. Replay, Start loop and Play are sized for a thumb, and the handles are easy to grab. On Android you can install Playback from the browser menu and then use Share in the YouTube app to send a video straight here. Some phones need one tap on the video itself before sound is allowed to start; that rule is the browser's.
Is there a faster way than pasting a link?
On any YouTube video, change youtube.com in the address to playback.tv and press Enter. The video opens in the Playback composer with its time kept, ready to mark a moment. Paste that same address into the box above instead and it opens here, as a loop. Both work: youtu.be links and m.youtube.com addresses are the two that cannot be swapped this way, so paste those.
Does it keep looping if I switch tabs?
Yes. The loop is held by a timer as well as by the screen clock, so it carries on behind a chord chart or a set of notes. In a hidden tab the browser lets timers run about once a second, so the wrap can land a fraction late there and is exact again when you come back.
How exact are the start and end?
You can set them to a tenth of a second. YouTube's player then starts from the nearest point it can, which is usually within a fraction of a second. If a loop clips the first note or word, open Fine tune and move the start a little earlier.
Is the video copied or downloaded?
No. It plays through YouTube's own player, with YouTube's own controls, captions and fullscreen all working. Playback only tells that player where to start and where to go back to. The video stays on YouTube and stays its uploader's.
What can I do with a loop besides repeat it?
Three things a bare loop cannot do. Make it a Playback: give it a name, say what to notice, and it gets a page of its own. Start a Cut: add more loops, from this video or from others, and one link plays them back to back. Or Compare it: put two takes side by side and play them together.
Read about it
- GuideHow to share part of a YouTube video, with a start and an endThree ways to send one section instead of the whole video: the start-only link YouTube gives you, embed parameters, and a link that stops where you say.
- ComparisonShare at Timestamp alternative: get an end time backYouTube's Share at Timestamp sets where a video starts but never where it stops. Get a start and an end, a speed and a note, in one link, without an account.
- BlogYouTube retired Clips: what was lost, and what to use insteadYouTube retired Clips on 17 April 2026 and replaced them with Share at Timestamp: a start, but no end. What was lost, and what does each job now.