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I have created a utility in JavaScript that would help with the timestamps, points of interests in videos. My main goal was to help us with finding and cataloging good parts, especially if the video is long - and as a thank you for those who spend countless hours trying to find the good stuff!
Currently, it can do the following:
Place markers
There are 2 kinds of markers you can place:
Marking a single time is similar to the above, but it is very helpful if we want to just mark a point of interest in the video, and there is no sudden change in mood
Copy current Markers
This will copy the time coded URL to the clipboard, without making any entry - for both Clip (from-to) or Timestamp (single point in time). You can use it if you want to make a quick reply, or you do not need to make a note of it
Taking notes/bookmarks of the video
Add Clip/Timestamp note
This feature will help you to organize the various POIs in the video. It will add your selected time to the list and you can label your selection
You can have as many as you want, and it will keep them in the order of time
Save/Load your notes/bookmarks
You can then save your notes to come back later if you want, the list will be there if you saved them
Each video is tracked separately, so you can have as many tabs open as you want, and you can take notes for each individually, and they will be loaded specifically for that video when you load the Utility again
Undo
It will remove your last entry you created (NOT the last one in the list!), nothing fancy, just your average undo button
Copy
hOnce you are ready to share your findings, it will copy the entire list you have created, along with the youtube links and timestamps.
It will create them in the non-tracking format:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video id]&t=[time code]s
this can be important, as video owners will not see the telemetry where the link originated from. When you copy/share the link through YouTube, it creates a
https://youtu.be/[video id]?t=[time code]
link, which is tracking clicks and where they originated from (yes, they will show TiT forum post as origin), the full format prevents unwanted attention.
Once you click it, you can paste it into the editor here, and format it further if you want.
The Utility is still work in progress, but it is usable and I plan the following features to it:
DISCLAIMER
I will, and I will be gladly helping you with your questions or problems you might have!
How to use it?
If you are done using it, just refresh the page - F5, or open link again
Please check the below videos to see what I am talking about
Last updated: 2021/9/16
FAQ
Q: I found a bug/issue, how do I report it?
A: Please be as detailed as possible, "it's not working" is not helpful. Filling out the following template will help me find the issue:
@Eriongtk sought permission before posting. So, please do not Report it as being Off Topic, as it can be helpful to those who need this.
BQ
...
I have created a utility in JavaScript that would help with the timestamps, points of interests in videos. My main goal was to help us with finding and cataloging good parts, especially if the video is long - and as a thank you for those who spend countless hours trying to find the good stuff!
Currently, it can do the following:
Place markers
There are 2 kinds of markers you can place:
- Mark start of a clip
- Mark end of a clip
- Mark a single time
Marking a single time is similar to the above, but it is very helpful if we want to just mark a point of interest in the video, and there is no sudden change in mood
Copy current Markers
This will copy the time coded URL to the clipboard, without making any entry - for both Clip (from-to) or Timestamp (single point in time). You can use it if you want to make a quick reply, or you do not need to make a note of it
Taking notes/bookmarks of the video
Add Clip/Timestamp note
This feature will help you to organize the various POIs in the video. It will add your selected time to the list and you can label your selection
You can have as many as you want, and it will keep them in the order of time
Save/Load your notes/bookmarks
You can then save your notes to come back later if you want, the list will be there if you saved them
Each video is tracked separately, so you can have as many tabs open as you want, and you can take notes for each individually, and they will be loaded specifically for that video when you load the Utility again
Undo
It will remove your last entry you created (NOT the last one in the list!), nothing fancy, just your average undo button
Copy
hOnce you are ready to share your findings, it will copy the entire list you have created, along with the youtube links and timestamps.
It will create them in the non-tracking format:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video id]&t=[time code]s
this can be important, as video owners will not see the telemetry where the link originated from. When you copy/share the link through YouTube, it creates a
https://youtu.be/[video id]?t=[time code]
link, which is tracking clicks and where they originated from (yes, they will show TiT forum post as origin), the full format prevents unwanted attention.
Once you click it, you can paste it into the editor here, and format it further if you want.
The Utility is still work in progress, but it is usable and I plan the following features to it:
- Sharing notes directly with the utillity - generate a text, which users can paste and if it is recognized, then it will load the same timestamps and notes the original creator set
- Compatibility with both Dark and Light themes of YT, currently optimized for Dark, but passable for Light
- I would be OK implementing user suggested features if they made sense and would not compromise TiT (terms or otherwise)
- Make it compatible with other (Mod approved) video platforms
DISCLAIMER
- Work-In-Progress - things can change as/if more functionality will be added
- It does not have ANY telemetry - it does not track, or send any information to me or anyone else, not even "usage statistics"
- WORKS in Incognito/Private mode browsing (seen in video)
- Will not work on the mobile app, you will need Desktop version of YouTube
- Browser's "Local Storage" is used to store note/bookmark data
- You can delete the stored data for a specific video by double-clicking Delete All button
- You can just reload the video/page to get rid of the utitlity and use YT as normal (even if they have saved content)
I will, and I will be gladly helping you with your questions or problems you might have!
How to use it?
- Copy contents of YTHelper_<date>.txt (attached)
- Open up the video you want to take notes for
- Press F12 on your keyboard, or CTRL+SHIFT+I to open up Developer Tools of your browser
- Click on 'Console' tab - you might need to click the '»' icon to bring up not visible tabs to see this tab
- Paste code into the '»' and blinking icon part of the Developer Tools
- I would recommend waiting until page completely finishes loading
- Press enter - this will load the code
- Pasting and accepting code again will lead to error message, you only need to do it once per loaded page
- You can now close the Developer Tools with F12 or CTRL+SHIFT+I
If you are done using it, just refresh the page - F5, or open link again
Please check the below videos to see what I am talking about
Last updated: 2021/9/16
FAQ
Q: I found a bug/issue, how do I report it?
A: Please be as detailed as possible, "it's not working" is not helpful. Filling out the following template will help me find the issue:
Browser: <your browser's name>
Version: <your browser's version>
Description: <headline of the issue you are having>
Steps: <steps to reproduce (what lead to the issue?)>
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