
Now we can share the link out and the video will start at that specific moment. In addition to a web interface, Google Drive offers apps with offline capabilities for Windows. Every account comes with powerful features like spam filters that block 99.9 of dangerous emails before they ever reach you, and personalized security notifications that alert you of suspicious activity and malicious websites. Launched on April 24, 2012, Google Drive allows users to store files in the cloud (on Google's servers), synchronize files across devices, and share files. Your Google Account automatically protects your personal information and keeps it private and safe.

To start the video at a specific point, we add /view?t=1m20s where 1m20s means we want to start the video at 1 minute, 20 seconds. Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service developed by Google. The link will look something like this and automatically be shared for viewing by everyone with the link: You do that by right-clicking on the video and selecting Get Shareable Link.

To create a link to start at an appropriate moment, we first have to get a link to the video. Get started Read a technical overview of this. It turns out that the Google Drive not only looks like the Youtube player, but also accepts some of the same parameters. The Drive API is used to interact with Google Drive storage, and supports several popular programming languages, such as Java, JavaScript, and Python. I’ve talked about using Google Drive to store videos for your class, and today I want to show you how you can form a link to a video so it starts playing at a specific time.
