Fair is fair – Google Video allows precision pointing

Posted on July 29, 2006 by Brian

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I’m not above a little Google bashing, but this ability of Google Video to enter any clip at a defined point deseves some love. So, if I would like to point you directly to Jesco White’s danced-up version of the Ozark Mountain Daredevil’s “If You Want to Get to Heaven” (and I do) it’s just a matter of appending #XmXXs to the video URL of the Google Video link of the original movie file, or simply adding the seconds if it’s within the first minute, ie: http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=4188363107289074909#47

I agree with Alan, with a bit of imagination, this principle could be hugely useful.

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3 Responses to Fair is fair – Google Video allows precision pointing

  1. Jeremy says:
    August 2, 2006 at 11:04 am

    Oh. My. The Dancing Outlaw.

  2. Bryan Alexander says:
    August 7, 2006 at 11:12 am

    IT Conversations used to let us create URLs for clips from shows, just by typing in start and end times. Doesn’t seem to be up anymore.

  3. Dorai Thodla says:
    August 20, 2006 at 10:44 am

    I think the potential is huge. Especially when you extend the concept of “granular addressing” to web pages, documents, audio and video.

    https://dorai.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/granular-addressing-in-google-video/

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