diff --git a/elisp/yt-stopwatch/probe.scpt b/elisp/yt-stopwatch/probe.scpt
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diff --git a/elisp/yt-stopwatch/yt-stopwatch.el b/elisp/yt-stopwatch/yt-stopwatch.el
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+++ b/elisp/yt-stopwatch/yt-stopwatch.el
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+(defconst yt-stopwatch-script-path (file-name-directory load-file-name))
+
+(defun yt-stopwatch-record-time ()
+  (interactive)
+  (beginning-of-line)
+  (insert (format "* %ss - " (yt-stopwatch--reformat-time (cdr (yt-stopwatch--probe))))))
+
+(defun yt-stopwatch--reformat-time (seconds)
+  (format-time-string "%H:%M:%S" (encode-time (string-to-number (car seconds)) 0 0 0 0 0)))
+
+(defun yt-stopwatch-video-name ()
+  (interactive)
+  (beginning-of-line)
+  (insert (format "%s\n" (car (yt-stopwatch--probe)))))
+
+(defun yt-stopwatch--probe ()
+  (let ((out (shell-command-to-string (format "osascript %s/probe.scpt" yt-stopwatch-script-path))))
+    (if (string-equal out "---\n")
+        (user-error "VLC isn't running or no video playing")
+      (split-string out " || " t "[\n \t]+"))))
+
+(defun yt-stopwatch-test ()
+  (interactive)
+  (let ((data (yt-stopwatch--probe)))
+    (message "Video: %s \n Time: %ss" (car data) (cdr data))))
+
+(defvar yt-stopwatch-mode-map
+  (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
+    (define-key map (kbd "C-c y") 'yt-stopwatch-record-time)
+    (define-key map (kbd "C-c C-y") 'yt-stopwatch-video-name)
+    map))
+
+(define-minor-mode yt-stopwatch-mode
+  :keymap yt-stopwatch-mode-map
+  :group yt-stopwatch-mode)
+
+(provide 'yt-stopwatch)
+;;; yt-stopwatch.el ends here
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 0e9c9a466..e51f76eda 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 (let ((default-directory my-elisp-dir))
   (normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path))
 
+
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;; Just the... bear necessities...
 (mapc 'require
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@
         ;; init-vala
         init-web
         init-yasnippet         ; type for me
+        init-youtube           ; tools for youtube vids
 
         my-bindings
         my-settings
diff --git a/init/init-youtube.el b/init/init-youtube.el
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+++ b/init/init-youtube.el
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+
+(require 'yt-stopwatch)
+
+(provide 'init-youtube)
+;;; init-youtube.el ends here
+