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Add valid YouTube chapters: pick sections from retention data, check the timestamp list, save in…
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For YouTube creators and editors who want viewers to jump between sections of a longer video. You end up with a timestamp list in the description that meets YouTube's stated chapter rules, checked by a small script, with section starts chosen from the retention report. Studio steps come from YouTube Help and were not run, and the script cannot tell whether YouTube will show the chapters.
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Add valid YouTube chapters: pick sections from retention data, check the timestamp list, save in Studio
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For YouTube creators and editors who want viewers to jump between sections of a longer video. You end up with a timestamp list in the description that meets YouTube's stated chapter rules, checked by a small script, with section starts chosen from the retention report. Studio steps come from YouTube Help and were not run, and the script cannot tell whether YouTube will show the chapters.
Example
A four-chapter list for a 600-second test video passed the checker, and the same list failed for a 335-second video because the last chapter would be 5 seconds.
Useful starting points
- Start the list at 00:00 and keep at least three chapters in ascending order.
- Make every chapter, including the last, at least 10 seconds long.
- Re-time your stamps if you re-edit the video.
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