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# X Launches Timestamp Hyperlinks for Video Uploads

X Launches Timestamp Hyperlinks for Video Uploads

X has added a brand new approach to assist customers navigate longer movies within the app, with uploaders now in a position so as to add timestamp hyperlinks to their connected clips.

As you possibly can see on this clip, uploaded by Lex Friedman, now you can add timestamp listings to your put up, which customers can then faucet on to skip to that particular section within the playback.

In case you’re on iOS.

In case you’re not seeing the hyperlinks within the put up above in blue, that’s as a result of they’re solely lively on iOS for now, however X is seeking to make the choice extra extensively obtainable in future.

X first previews its new timestamps choice again in August, with an instance of how one can add a reference inside your put up textual content.

X timestamp tagging

So as to add timestamps to your X video uploads, you merely want so as to add in time markers within the put up.

As defined by X:

Whereas composing a put up containing a video, a timestamp will mechanically turn out to be clickable on iOS when you put up in the event you reference a particular time within the video in any of the next codecs:

  • x:xx
  • xx:xx
  • x:xx:xx
  • xx:xx:xx”    

So, it’s as straightforward as placing in a number of numbers, with the system then mechanically linking to these time references within the playback.

X additional notes that clickable timestamps will solely be seen on posts which have a single video connected, when you’ll be capable of add as much as 50 timestamp references per add.

It could possibly be a great way to assist customers navigate your longer clips, and with X seeking to put extra emphasis on long-form content material, that could possibly be a consideration in your 2024 platform technique.


Andrew Hutchinson
Content material and Social Media Supervisor

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