X Launches Timestamp Links for Video Uploads

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

As you’ll be able to see on this clip, uploaded by Lex Friedman, now you can add timestamp listings to your publish, which customers can then faucet on to skip to that particular phase within the playback.

In the event you’re on iOS.

In the event you’re not seeing the hyperlinks within the publish above in blue, that’s as a result of they’re solely energetic on iOS for now, however X is trying to make the choice extra broadly accessible in future.

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

With the intention to add timestamps to your X video uploads, you merely want so as to add in time markers within the publish.

As defined by X:

“Whereas composing a publish containing a video, a timestamp will robotically change into clickable on iOS when you publish for those who reference a selected time within the video in any of the next codecs:

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

So, it’s as simple as placing in a number of numbers, with the system then robotically 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 trying to put extra emphasis on long-form content material, that could possibly be a consideration to your 2024 platform technique.