Brief Summary
This video provides a variety of tips and tricks to enhance the YouTube viewing experience. It covers methods for creating links that start at specific times, customizing the subscription feed, looping videos, accessing stats for nerds, skipping video intros, using Creator Music, adjusting playback speed, refining search queries, utilizing the "Watch Later" feature, employing keyboard shortcuts, exploring 360-degree videos, and removing ads.
- Linking to specific times in a video can be done by modifying the URL or using the share options.
- The subscription page can be set as the default homepage for a more personalized experience.
- Looping videos is now a built-in feature, accessible via a right-click menu.
The video introduces a collection of tips and tricks designed to improve the user experience on YouTube. It highlights that despite the numerous video platforms available, YouTube remains a primary choice for many. The presenter aims to share useful techniques to help viewers maximize their use of YouTube.
The video explains three methods to create a link that starts at a specific time in a YouTube video. The first method involves manually adding "&t=XmYs" to the end of the video URL, where X and Y represent the desired start time in minutes and seconds. The second, easier method uses the "Share" option below the video, where you can check the "Start at" box, set the time, and copy the generated link. The third method involves right-clicking on the video at the desired start time and selecting "Copy video URL at current time".
The video addresses the issue of irrelevant suggestions on the YouTube homepage. To resolve this, the presenter suggests changing the YouTube bookmark to the subscriptions page. This can be done by adding "/feed/subscriptions" to the end of the YouTube URL, ensuring that the bookmark directs users to a more personalized feed of subscribed content.
The video explains how to loop a YouTube video, allowing it to repeat continuously. This feature is useful for music videos or any content you want to play repeatedly. To loop a video, right-click inside the video player and select "Loop" from the menu. Once selected, the video will automatically restart from the beginning when it ends.
The video describes how to access the "Stats for nerds" feature on YouTube. By right-clicking inside the video player and selecting "Stats for nerds," a mini-window appears, displaying various technical details about the video. This includes the video ID, current resolution, connection speed, and other statistics.
The video details how to create a link that skips the beginning of a YouTube video by a specified number of seconds. To do this, add "&start=X" to the end of the video URL, where X represents the number of seconds to skip. When someone clicks this link, the video will begin playing at the specified time.
The video discusses YouTube's Creator Music platform, which provides music options for content creators. It outlines three types of music licenses: "paid," where creators can buy songs with full monetization rights; "free," which offers copyright-protected music at no cost; and "rev share," where creators share revenue with the rights holders. The presenter recommends the "free" option as the safest choice for most YouTubers.
The video explains how to adjust the playback speed of YouTube videos. Users can click on the settings icon below the video and select "Playback speed" to choose from preset speeds, ranging from 0.25x to 2x. Additionally, there is a "custom" option that allows users to drag a slider for more precise speed adjustments.
The video introduces a search trick to refine YouTube search results. By typing "allintitle:" followed by a space and then the search term, the results will only show videos that include all the specified keywords in their titles. This method helps to narrow down search results and find more relevant videos.
The video explains how to use the "Watch Later" feature on YouTube to save videos for later viewing. Below the video, click the menu icon (three dots) and select "Save to playlist." Then, check the box next to "Watch Later" and close the window. To access the saved videos, click the menu icon in the upper left corner and select "Watch Later" in the "You" section.
The video highlights several useful keyboard shortcuts for YouTube. Pressing the "K" key or the space bar pauses and resumes the video. The "J" key rewinds the video by 10 seconds, while the "L" key fast forwards it by 10 seconds. The "0" key jumps to the start of the video, and the numbered keys "1" through "9" jump to corresponding percentages of the video (e.g., "1" jumps to 10%, "5" jumps to 50%).
The video explains how to find and watch 360-degree videos on YouTube. After performing a search, click on "Filters" and select "360°" under the "Features" category. Even without a VR headset, you can use your mouse to drag and pan around the video, exploring the full 360-degree view.
The video addresses the issue of ads on YouTube and suggests YouTube Premium as a solution for ad-free viewing. YouTube Premium includes ad-free access to both YouTube and YouTube Music. It offers a one-month free trial, followed by individual, family, and student memberships starting at approximately $8 per month.
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0:00 with all the many places to watch videos YouTube Still Remains a go-to site for most people coming up I'll show you cool tips and tricks that will help you to get the most out of using YouTube and improve your overall viewing experience let's get [Music] started there are many ways now to link to any part of a video usually when you get a link to a video it starts at the beginning if you want to link to a video to have it start at a specific time there are three quick ways that I'll show you first at the top go to the end of the URL of that video and add the an sign the letter T is in Tom then the equal sign let's say I want the video to start at the 20 minute 30C Mark just
0:46 type 20 the letter M is in minute 30 and S is in second then just copy the URL you could use the keyboard shortcut which is control+ C or right click on it and select copy then paste it wherever you need it an easier way of doing this is to go down to share below the video click the empty box before start at then just change the time after that click on copy and paste it wherever you need it and the third way of doing this is to move the timeline to the part of the video you want the link to start right click inside the the video then select copy video URL at current
1:35 time as many of you know the YouTube suggestions on their default homepage are sometimes not very useful or just full of stuff you don't care about what I've done is changed the bookmark I have for YouTube from the homepage to the subscriptions page to see more of the content I'm subscribed to how I did this at the top at the end of the URL add a slash the word feed another slash followed by the word subscriptions with this new URL you would just need to bookmarket one aggravation for users over the years has been being able to Loop a video so it keeps repeating for example some people like to do this with music videos it used to be that you had
2:20 to go to third party websites to do this you don't have to anymore just right click inside the video and select Loop now when the video finishes it will restart from the beginning in that same area where I showed you how to Loop a video is stats for nerds right click inside the video and select stats for nerds you'll get a new Mini window showing all sorts of stats including video ID current resolution connection speed and other stats for you to check out this next one is similar to the first one I showed you earlier if you want to skip a certain amount of the beginning of a video and send a link to someone that is easy too you can't specify minutes you can only use seconds
3:08 here's how you do that here at the top at the end of the URL type the and sign the word start the equal sign and for this one I'll go with 30 seconds so just type 30 now when you copy this video and send the link for the recipient the video will start at the 30second mark this tip is for YouTube creators many of you have asked where I get the music for the videos on this channel the answer is simple I get the music from YouTube with YouTube's audio library being phased out that's something newer called Creator music if you have a channel you can find it in YouTube Studio here on the left there are three types of music you can get paid is where you can buy songs with full monetization
3:53 and copyright protection for the terms of the license I don't recommend this option when the license expires you could get a YouTube warning or copyright strike if you don't remove the music from your video free is the safest option which is what most YouTubers use there is no cost and the music is copyright protected and you don't have to pay any royalties and rev share as the name suggests means that you don't have to pay for the music but will have to share the revenue with the rights holders if you ever want to speed up or slow down a video click on settings below the video then select playback speed .25 is the slowest with two being the fastest doubling the playback speed you can also select custom and drag the
4:42 slider just like Google search some of those tricks I showed you in an earlier video also work when searching on YouTube Here's a search I did just using the keywords Apple Vision Pro fail the results are okay but could be a lot better to have the results show you only those that include all the keywords in front of your search term type all in title followed by a colon then add a space right before the search term then hit enter and you'll notice the search results are a lot better if you see a video that you don't have time to watch you can save it to watch later when you have more time to do this below the video select the menu icon then click on
5:28 Save check the box next to watch later close out the window to find that video or videos that you've saved to watch later click the menu icon in the upper left corner and in the U section select watch later using keyboard shortcuts with YouTube videos can enhance your experience here are some of my favorite hotkeys touching the K key or space bar will pause and resume a video the J key rewinds 10 seconds the L key jumps forward 10 seconds the zero key will jump to the start of the video and using the numbered keys 1 through n will jump to a percentage of the video for example the
6:15 number one key will jump to 10% of the video the five key jumps to 50% and the nine key jumps to 90% if you own a VR headset and even if you don't watch videos in 360° is very cool to find these videos after doing a search click on filters then in features select 360° even without a VR headset you can use your mouse dragging left and right to pan around the area this one might trigger some of you I hear people complain all the time about YouTube being primarily add supported let me be blunt YouTube is not
7:02 a charity it's a business the server costs hosting billions of videos and compensating creators for their content is not cheap so this tip is for those people that do like the content they find on YouTube but truly hate the ads it's recommended that they should look into getting YouTube premium it includes YouTube and YouTube music both of which are ad free they do a one-month free trial after which they have individual family and student memberships that start at around $8 per month thanks for watching if this video was useful for you give it a thumbs up and share it with others let me know in the comments if you know of a useful tip or trick that can be used with YouTube and if you haven't done so already subscribe and click the Bell
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