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In some use cases, you may not want playback to start at the beginning of a media asset. While not all features are supplied by the Android SDK, here are two possible use cases:
Continuing to consume a media asset that was previously started, but not completed
Sharing a link to a specific moment in a media asset
The `startTime` property enables you to define the number of seconds from the start of a media asset when playback should begin.
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## Add startTime to a PlaylistItem
Use the following steps to include this functionality in your app:
Identify the number of seconds from the start of a media asset when playback should begin.
Set the `
startTime` for the `PlaylistItem`. The following code example shows how to set the `startTime` with the value captured in the previous step.
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