X has added a brand new manner to assist customers navigate longer movies within the app, with uploaders now ready so as to add timestamp hyperlinks to their connected clips.
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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 section within the playback.
In case you’re on iOS.
In case 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 seeking to make the choice extra broadly out there in future.
X first previews its new timestamps possibility again in August, with an instance of how one can add a reference inside your publish textual content.
In an effort 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 particular 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 to add as much as 50 timestamp references per add.
It might be a great way to assist customers navigate your longer clips, and with X seeking to put extra emphasis on long-form content material, that might be a consideration on your 2024 platform technique.
