# Clips, scheduling and Referer · OmniGet Docs

- URL: https://getomniget.com/docs/section-schedule
- Updated: 2026-10-02
- OmniGet 1.0.0

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# Clips, scheduling and Referer

Three extra options sit under **Advanced** for the link you just pasted. **Download only a section** saves a clip instead of the whole video, **Schedule** starts the download later, and **Referer** helps with videos embedded in another site.

## Where it is

**Home**, after you paste a link: **Quality and more › Advanced**.

## How to use it

### Download only a section

1.  Open **Quality and more › Advanced**.
2.  Under **Download only a section (optional)**, type a **Start** and an **End**, as `mm:ss` or `hh:mm:ss`. A number of seconds also works.
3.  Click the download button.

Leave **Start** empty to begin at the start of the video. Leave **End** empty to go to the end. Leave both empty to download the whole video.

This option is not shown for playlists.

### Schedule a download

1.  Open **Quality and more › Advanced**.
2.  Under **Schedule**, click a shortcut:
    -   **In 1 hour**: an hour from now.
    -   **Tonight**: today at 22:00, or tomorrow if that time has passed.
    -   **Tomorrow**: the same time tomorrow.
3.  Or type the date and time yourself in the first pair of fields (**Start time**).
4.  To stop the download at a set time, fill in the second pair (**Stop time**). If the download is still running then, OmniGet cancels it.
5.  Click the download button. The download waits in the [Queue](https://getomniget.com/docs/queue) until its start time.

Click **Clear** to remove both times. With no start time, the download starts now.

Scheduling is set per download. There is no global scheduler that pauses or starts the whole queue at certain hours.

### Send a Referer

Some videos only play when the request says which page they came from. This is common for videos embedded on another site.

1.  Open **Quality and more › Advanced**.
2.  In **Referer (optional)**, paste the address of the page where the video is embedded, such as `https://example.com`.
3.  Click the download button.

**Referer** is shown only for Vimeo links and for links handled by the generic engine (sites without a handler of their own). See [Sites and engines](https://getomniget.com/docs/sites).

## Options

| Option | What it does | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Download only a section (optional)** | Saves only the part between **Start** and **End**. | Empty (whole video) |
| **Schedule** › **Start time** | When the download begins. | Empty (now) |
| **Schedule** › **Stop time** | Cancels the download if it is still running at this time. | Empty (no stop) |
| **Referer (optional)** | The page address sent with the request. | Empty |

## Common problems

### The whole video downloaded instead of the clip

OmniGet ignores the section when **Start** or **End** is not in a time format it understands. Use `mm:ss` (for example `01:30`), `hh:mm:ss`, or a number of seconds, with no other text.

### The scheduled download did not start

OmniGet has to be running at the start time; it does not use your system’s scheduler. If the app was closed then, open it and check the [Queue](https://getomniget.com/docs/queue). If the item is not there, paste the link again.

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