Make an exception for "Start from beginning" for the url-parameter t(ime)

[ShalokShalom]

"Force video to start from beginning" does allow to avoid videos to be played from previous states.

So, when we leave one video, we dont want it to be played from that exact position anymore.

But, that feature has an unintended side effect: This link is supposed to jump to 2:19:20

As you can see, there is a dedicated timestamp in the URL. It is used, to send someone a link to a specific position, which is practical if you want to show your friend a certain scene in a 2 hour long video.

I do suggest that we create an exception for such links, and only set back videos, who have the position saved from previous sessions.

[raszpl]

#2062 should fix it, but Im unable to test it fully because I cant trigger YT to serve me video continuing to play from last timestamp. Iv seen this work on other computers - when someone watches YT and shuts down whole computer, next time browser is started it remembers position, but this doesnt happen on my instance for some reason.

[raszpl]

So Iv been thinking, what exactly is the purpose of "Force video to play from the beginning" in the first place?

For example playing some video, then going to YT preferences and Changing Theme leads to viedo page being refreshed to URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrbFpLwLQAk&themeRefresh=1&time_continue=8
followed by
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrbFpLwLQAk&t=8s

With my patch this will result in video being restarted from the start, not good. I would like to see how YT is accomplishing that continue from last time you left functionality, I wouldnt be surprised if its also done with &t= in which case my patch just broke "Force video to play from the beginning" instead of making an exception :(

[ImprovedTube]

&themeRefresh=1&time_continue=8

rare enough(?)
And the regex can cover that too.

what exactly is the purpose of "Force video to play from the beginning" in the first place?

people not wanting to remember where they left? music? @ShalokShalom
not being sure either might make me move it down in the list (unless we start counting popularity of each feature earlier)

[ShalokShalom]

Yeah, having music videos picked up where I left, is super annoying.

This alone is worth installing this extension for me.