SS7.1 YouTube video not starting at correct timestamp

Site URL: https://www.zachkononov.com/press-media

Hi all!

I'm trying to embed a YouTube video to my website with a URL that starts the video at a specific timestamp. I pulled the URL from the YouTube video at that specific timestamp (2:06), but when I play the embedded video, it always starts at 1:45. On my boyfriend's laptop, it starts at 0:00 sometimes and 1:45 other times. I have changed the URL to different timestamps as a test, and it still always starts at 1:45 or 0:00. 

The page with the video is here: https://www.zachkononov.com/press-media. The video in question is the second video on the left, at bottom of the page. 

Regular video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-sJCxXyHg4

Timestamp video URL: https://youtu.be/4-sJCxXyHg4?t=126

I'm having this same issue. Is there a solution?

any news about this? having the same problem...

Also have this problem. Unable to get the YouTube video to ever embed at a specific timestamp. Instead it always starts at the beginning of the video. Please let me know if find a solution.

12 minutes ago, Colodolo said:

Unable to get the YouTube video to ever embed at a specific timestamp. Instead it always starts at the beginning of the video.

It's no longer possible to add video options to a sharing link on Squarespace. If you want to set the starting point you'll need to use the embed code instead:

Paul2009 - that worked great - thanks!! 😇

I can't get the embed feature recommended here to work in 7.0. and it's weird that some videos I posted last year with timestamps work, but setting up new posts with videos does not allow the timestamps to work. I noticed that youtube also formats the URLs differently and wonder if that has anything to do with it. I don't understand why Squarespace WOULDN'T allow timestamps? 

Here's one link:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=39nTPTg9r2M&t=265s

and here's how youtube reformats the link when you go to share:

https://youtu.be/39nTPTg9r2M?t=265

and here is the embed code

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/39nTPTg9r2M?start=265" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

and on this page, the above link is the second video on this page. no timestamp.

https://www.richmondfolkfestival.org/2021-performers/2021/6/24/sean-jones-dizzy-spellz-feat-brinae-ali

and here is the webpage from last year, where the timestamp works

https://www.richmondfolkfestival.org/2020-performers/2020/9/26/the-campbell-brothers

help! I really need timestamps to work!

I am having a similar problem.  I got the timestamp to work on a recording on 6th June but now I am trying it again today (4th July) it is not working.  I am using the embed code and adding ?start=355  Why is it not working - this is very frustrating - it keeps starting at the beginning.

Using embed code is a decent workaround to this bug. But it's not a solution if you want to:

• use a "start at [time]" URL and...
• upload a custom thumbnail image (vs. thumbnail of YouTube video).

This used to work correctly about a year ago. Hopefully Squarespace can get this fixed.

Any update on this? I still cannot have a video start at a specific time. Embedded workaround does not work.

The embed code works on desktop but doesn't display correctly on mobile. Does anyone have a solution for making the embed code work in the "embed" or "code" blocks on mobile? or is there a solution to add a timestamp to the video block?

+1 requesting this feature. Why was this taken away?

Amazing glory of Squarespace. Removes a feature, doesn't fix it, replace it or even acknowledge, just keeps building other things that also have bugs......

The code finally works for both desktop and mobile. Just copy it and replace the YT ID and timecode. Annoying workaround, but it works!