Linking a talk to only play a specific part of the video

[butlerrl]

I would like to know the url for a video like the one from Elder Cook on this page:
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/stu ... 6?lang=eng

It only plays from 3:03 to 4:52 instead of starting from the beginning. It would be nice to have the url from the video (or a way to recreate this) to put them into presentations instead of having to leave a presentation, go to the website, and then back to the presentation....

[sbradshaw]

Adding #t=[start],[end] to an MP4 video URL will allow you to start or stop it at a specific time. This works in most browsers (but I'm not sure if it works in presentation software). Here's an example using the clip you shared:
https://media2.ldscdn.org/assets/general-conference/october-2014-general-conference/2014-10-3010-elder-quentin-l-cook-360p-eng.mp4#t=232,292

Here's the web developer documentation:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/Audio_and_video_delivery#specifying_playback_range

I got the MP4 URL by inspecting the page source, then manually added the timestamps to the URL.

[butlerrl]

Can you share with me the quickest way to find the mp4 via the inspect page?

[sbradshaw]

1. Go to the page you want to inspect.
2. Right-click or Control-click somewhere in the middle of the page and choose "Inspect" or "Inspect Element" (depending on your browser).
3. Initiate a find-on-page in the inspector (usually Command-F on Mac, or Control-F on Windows).
4. Type "mp4" and hit enter/return. The first match should be highlighted, which is where it says "mp4" in the video URL.
5. Select and copy the URL from the inspector.
6. Paste the URL in a note or wherever you want it!

Church video URLs tend to follow a consistent pattern. If you have a 360p URL (small), you can usually change where it says "360p" to get the 720p (medium) or 1080p (large) URL:
https://media2.ldscdn.org/assets/general-conference/october-2014-general-conference/2014-10-3010-elder-quentin-l-cook-360p-eng.mp4
https://media2.ldscdn.org/assets/general-conference/october-2014-general-conference/2014-10-3010-elder-quentin-l-cook-720p-eng.mp4
https://media2.ldscdn.org/assets/general-conference/october-2014-general-conference/2014-10-3010-elder-quentin-l-cook-1080p-eng.mp4

If you're familiar with JavaScript, you may be able to create a bookmarklet that you can click to programmatically get the video URL from the page source and copy it to the clipboard.