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Using a Spreadsheet, I pasted this URL in:

    file://localhost/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/username/Tutorials/Photoshop/Using Layers.mp4

When I click on it, it opens up the video in VLC and it starts to play. So far, so good. Now, is it possible to add a time parameter to the URL so that the video will start play at a certain time, instead of at the beginning?

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    Via a hyperlink, only if the opening program (VLC in this case) takes additional parameters that specify time; there's no standard way to specify a time with the file: URI scheme, because most files don't have a "time" offset. You could also see if your video player supports its own URI scheme - something like vlc://<path>?time=<target> or similar - but again, that's something the player itself would need to implement, and to have registered on the PC when installed.
    – CBHacking
    Commented Oct 22, 2015 at 20:18
  • A desktop shortcut could probably do it, if VLC has a command-line parameter to open the media at a specific time point. However, that's different from a URL. You could embed a shortcut file into an Excel spreadsheet, but it might not work on any computer but your own.
    – CBHacking
    Commented Oct 22, 2015 at 20:20
  • VLC does have command line parameters. Some claim start-time does not work. I have seen working (it's claimed) examples that work on a PC, I've yet to hear of a working Mac example.
    – Matt Shalvatis
    Commented Oct 23, 2015 at 13:43

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