YouTube Timestamp Generator

Four: the first timestamp must be 0:00, there must be at least three, they must be in ascending order, and each chapter must be at least ten seconds long. Every line needs a title after its time. The tool checks all of these as you type and says which one is missing; when they all pass it says so.

Minutes and seconds (1:23), hours too (1:02:03), unit style (1h2m3s, 90s) or plain seconds (90). The time can be at the start or the end of the line, with or without brackets, dashes or a colon between it and the title. Plain seconds are the one exception: write them in brackets or with a dash or colon — [90] Intro or 90 - Intro — so a title like “5 tips for beginners” is not read as a time. It always comes out as 0:00 or 0:00:00 — the format YouTube reads.

A YouTube link with ?t= and a number of seconds opens the video at that second — youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?t=83 starts at 1:23. Paste the video link and each chapter gets its own link, plus one “copy all” list with the time, title and link on each line.

Yes — that is the Timestamp link mode. Paste the video link, type the hours, minutes and seconds, and copy the short youtu.be link or the full youtube.com/watch link.

Chapters show on regular videos and on live streams after they end and the description has the block. Shorts do not display chapters, though timestamp links to a Short still open it.

Check that the block is in the description itself (not a comment), that the first line is 0:00, and that there are three or more lines at least ten seconds apart. Automatic chapters may also be on for the video — turn them off under Show more in the video details if you want yours instead. Changes can take a few minutes to appear.

No. The lines are parsed and formatted in your browser; the page never sends your text or link anywhere.